Jackson company to build Teton Pass truck arrestor
A Jackson company has been awarded a $3.6 million contract to build a runaway truck arrestor system on Wyoming Highway 22 about 2 miles west of Wilson.
C.M.Owen Construction of Jackson will install a CatchNET system similar to one already in operation on US 16 west of Buffalo. It uses a series of arrestor cables to safely stop trucks carrying loads of up to 90,000 pounds and traveling up to 90 mph.
The system has been used successfully six times.
The highway’s downgrade on Teton Pass is 9.5 percent, one of the steepest on any Wyoming highway.
The project should be complete by October 31, 2016.
It was one of six projects approved by the Wyoming Transportation Commission during its July teleconference meeting.
