Montana Department of Transportation

Driving the Beartooth Highway definitely needs to be on your bucket list!

If you travel into downtown Billings using Rimrock Road, or have recently come down North 27th from the airport, you may have noticed signs preparing you for an upcoming road closure.

The Beartooth Highway offers some of the most breathtaking scenery in Montana.

Beginning this fall, the Montana Department of Transportation plans to start reconstruction of the bridge over the Yellowstone River, and the widening of I-90. More than a week before icy road conditions contributed to a 30-car pile up on the Yellowstone River bridge, MDT held a virtual meeting to discuss the construction schedule, processes, and "general overview" of their plan to impro

The Montana Department of Transportation is inviting the public to give feedback and comments during two upcoming webinars

The 27th Street Improvement Project continues to move toward completion, with crews planning another round of paving that may cause delays for those traveling into downtown Billings.

From our 23rd floor studios in the DoubleTree Hotel, the hundreds of brake lights from cars stopped on downtown streets, made it look like a big display of Christmas lights spread across the city.

Weather will be ideal this week for road crews to begin the resurfacing of 27th street, so motorists should expect delays getting through the heart of downtown for at least the next 2 weeks.

Motorists who use Rimrock Road to get into and out of downtown Billings may encounter a detour until further notice, according to the Montana Department of Transportation.

Crews have been updating sidewalks and traffic signals along 27th Street over the past several months, and while there's still work to be completed, the new traffic lights along this busy street street in downtown Billings are now active.

The first of two closures on US Highway 212 / 310 is expected to begin soon, according to a press release from the Montana Department of Transportation.

While Zimmerman Trail has reopened to all traffic after chip sealing and striping was completed, there's another project nearby that could slow traffic this week.