UPDATE, 2:48 p.m., Saturday: WYDOT Director Darin Westby called Teton Pass "a lifeline" in a statement he posted on the agency's social media channels. He assured residents that agency employees remain on site "decisively engaged on fixing the road and restoring connectivity to the Teton Valley.”

UPDATE, 2:40 p.m., Saturday: St. John's Hospital has assembled a team to consider the impacts an extended Teton Pass closure will have on its staff. No changes to services or hours are expected at this time.

UPDATE, 11:58 a.m., Saturday: Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon met with state officials this morning from the Wyoming Department of Transportation and Wyoming Office of Homeland Security "to coordinate a response to the catastrophic landslide that has closed Teton Pass."

He released a statement that continues: "I am grateful for the efforts of WYDOT staff to protect public safety during this developing situation, and am thankful no one was injured during this incident.

"WYDOT geologists and engineers will be on site today to conduct an assessment and develop a long-term solution to rebuild the roadway. At this point, we do not have an estimated timeline for the road to reopen. I recognize the impacts this closure has to Teton County residents, regional commuters and the local economy. We will continue to provide updates on the road status as additional information becomes available."

Update, 11:40 a.m., Saturday: Teton County School District No. 1, which has at least 50 teachers and support staff living in Idaho, will meet Sunday morning to consider a plan for the last few days of the school year.

Update, 10:30 a.m., Saturday: Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon is meeting now with WYDOT officials and other agencies to marshal resources for a rebuild of the affected Teton Pass highway. Click above to see related article.

Update, 9:22 a.m., Saturday: The Wyoming Department of Transportation is shifting gears on Teton Pass. What was once a reconstruction fix at mile marker 12.8 will be a total rebuild, said Stephanie Harsha, public information officer for the department on Saturday morning.

WYDOT is working today on next steps to rebuild the section of road that collapsed sometime between midnight and 4 a.m. on June 8.

There will be no rerouting of traffic on Teton Pass while crews rebuild.

“Anytime you are working on a mountain pass, you are working with limited space,” Harsha said of not installing a reroute at the failed section of the road. “The 'shoofly' is no longer going to work. We are focused on long-term, more permanent fixes.”

She had no estimated price tag for the rebuild, nor a timeframe for construction. She asked that the public be mindful of the road closure and not attempt to drive or bike Teton Pass.

“The road is closed and you will not make it over,” she said.

Commuters and travelers can use the Snake River Canyon as a way around Teton Pass. Harsha said there is no major construction planned for that stretch of road this summer, only patch work in certain areas of the canyon.

Original article, 8:15 a.m. June 8: A landslide has taken out an entire section of highway on Teton Pass, triggering a long-term closure to a highway that is a main artery for commuters and commerce.

Crews were working to repair damage at milepost 12.8 on Highway 22 when the road "catastrophically failed," the Wyoming Department of Transportation said in a press release Saturday morning.

WYDOT and contract crews from Evans Construction were working in the area to build a detour around a damaged section of highway when a landslide took out the whole road. No one was injured, and no equipment was damaged, WYDOT said.

A large crack was first discovered Thursday at milepost 12.8 after a motorcyclist hit the feature and crashed into the guardrail. The discovery closed the pass for just over three hours Thursday as WYDOT crews evaluated the safety of the area and made a temporary patch.

Then WYDOT closed the road Friday to deal with a mudslide at milepost 15 and to make a more permanent repair at milepost 12.8. Crews were working last night to remove a guardrail and had begun preparing for the removal of the pavement.

The mudslide at milepost 15 has breached the roadway with mud and debris, overwhelming the channeled drainage ditch and culvert, WYDOT report Saturday morning. Crews are working on clearing the mud and debris this morning.

Residents of Idaho and visitors can still get to Jackson via Swan Valley and Alpine, which adds about an hour (and 63 miles) to the trip from Victor.

Twenty-seven years ago, the Dog Creek slide blocked traffic from another major commuter route, Highway 26/89, for almost a month.

Spring runoff saturated soils when the Dog Creek slide let loose on May 18, 1997. That year the Bridger-Teton National Forest also saw other large landslides at Mosquito Creek and Spread Creek drainages.

This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.