Billings Bypass Bridge to Open July 3, 2025!
The Montana Department of Transportation is planning to open, on July 3, the Bypass corridor across the Yellowstone River which will connect Johnson Lane in Lockwood to Five Mile Road in the Heights. “We aren’t opposed to opening it sooner,” said Mike Taylor, MDT’s District Administrator in Billings, but there are still aspects of construction […]
Billings Bypass Railroad Bridge Nearing Completion
Last week contractors working on the Billings Bypass Railroad Bridge started their final steps on the bridge that will connect Lockwood to the newly built Yellowstone River Bridge. According to District Administrator Michael Taylor, the contractor Wadsworth Brothers Construction will be pouring its final concrete for the bridge deck on October 24. The concrete deck […]
Road Connection Completed
Knife River recently completed a section of the Billings Bypass that connects the Yellowstone River crossing with the railroad and Coulson Road overpass, according to Dowl, the lead project engineering company for the Billings Bypass. Construction on the Montana Department of Transportation’s (MDT) Billings Bypass project continues with the completion of the Railroad Overpass roadway […]
Bypass Bridge Complete
The Billings Bypass bridge, pictured here on December 13th spanning the Yellowstone River, has been completed; more dirt work and construction is still needed before vehicles can travel on each side of it. Construction of the railroad overpass in Lockwood will be moved ahead of the Johnson Lane Diamond Interchange (at Interstate 90) in order […]
Billings Bypass Plan to Bridge The Gap
The Montana Department of Transportation announced that Wadsworth Brothers Construction was awarded the contract to build the bridge across the Yellowstone River that will be part of the Billings Bypass project.
The Billings Bypass will not be called the Billings Bypass
Maybe it will be called the Lockwood-Heights Commerce Park Way. The Montana Department of Transportation will name the proposed section of highway that will connect Johnson Lane in Lockwood to the Heights near the junction of Highways 312 and 87, west of Main Street. But earlier this year a MDT spokesman said the agency tends […]
Billings Bypass revs up plans to connect the city
The plan is officially underway to link Lockwood and the Heights via the Billings Bypass. This new road system will not only make traveling between the two areas of Billings much faster; it will also make it easier on truckers as they will no longer have to drive down Main Street to continue their truck […]
Billings Bypass construction to begin as soon as 2019
Originally published in the 3/16/18 print edition of Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — How truck traffic will be handled through the Johnson Lane Interchange in Lockwood has been resolved in the latest updates from the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), regarding the construction of the Billings Bypass. Engineers and MDT officials expressed confidence in an […]
Commissioners OK TEDD Master Plan’s planning, infrastructure approach
Originally published in the 12/1/17 print edition of Yellowstone County News. LOCKWOOD — The Yellowstone County Commissioners on Tuesday approved the recently completed Master Plan for the Lockwood Targeted Economic Development District (TEDD) after a public hearing. Planners under the direction of KLJ, have spent most of the past year developing a plan under which […]
DOT announces open house regarding Billings Bypass
Originally published in the 9/15/17 print edition of YCN. LOCKWOOD — An open house to update the community on the progress of the Billings Bypass will be held on Thursday, Sept. 28, 6-7:30 pm at the Eileen Johnson Middle School Commons at Lockwood School. The Montana Department of Transportation is inviting the public to attend to […]