Wyoming 511

Wyoming Department of Transportation

About this app

Wyoming 511 is the official road condition and traffic information app of the Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT). Information comes from the same source as the wyoroad.info webpage.

- Provides pre-trip map-based road and traffic conditions (Map)
- Displays web camera images (Map)
- Shows users their route and mile marker location and includes latitude / longitude (Where Am I?)
- Speaks conditions so drivers know what they can expect on the road ahead (Hands Free/Eyes Free)
- Alerts drivers to traffic information, including crashes and other hazards within a user-specified radius (Hands Free / Eyes Free)
- Periodically updates data from WYDOT’s servers over cellular and Wi-Fi connections
- Uses GPS to provide location-based reports

For tutorials and more information, visit http://wyoroad.info/511/WY511Mobile.html.

Ratings and reviews

Updates constantly fail. App shows old, inaccurate information. Even after force closing, updating, restarting, and reinstalling, it fails to update every time. The website appears to have correct and accurate road condition information, but none of this is reflected in the app. Not sure what the point of the app is, if you're going to have to rely on the web based version anyways. Perhaps current storm has the servers overloaded? (Feb 22, 2023) 1 star for the app, but 5 stars for the website!

This app was extremely helpful to us on our trip. If location services are on, you are able to see where you are as well as icons describing road issues you may encounter. It's not intuitive that the numbers on the map represent how many conditions are on the route. Adding a quick informational popup would alleviate that issue. The only downside is that you can't enter a "from" location & a destination like Google maps. Doing so would give the user complete advance trip details.

Fast map and road info! Links quickly to data from available weather stations, Loads route camera images fast. These links also display icons/links for Google Maps (so you can get to the trouble spot and fix it, I guess). Works for the basics even if you don't give it some requested permissions for advanced functions (example - phone permission for hands free eyes free voice condition report).

What's new

In this version of Wyoming 511, the minimum supported Android version has been upgraded to 5.0 to ensure the continued security of the application.