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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2007-06-14</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000906469</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WASHINGTON GROUP INTERNATIONAL INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WNG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001206932</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FINLAYSON FRANK S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>3816 N. LANCER WAY</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BOISE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>ID</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>83713</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Sr. VP Proj. Dev. &amp; Treasurer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4250</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Non-Qualified Stock Option (right to buy)</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>21200</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeHolding>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">These shares of restricted stock will vest as follows:  1,450 shares on February 9, 2008; 1,450 shares on February 28, 2009; and 1,350 shares on March 1, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Reporting person has been awarded a total of 53,700 non-qualified stock options, 32,500 of which have been exercised to date.  The vesting schedule for the remaining options is as follows:  2,250 options were granted on February 13, 2004, at an exercise price of $38.72 per share, all of which are currently exercisable; 6,750 options were granted on May 7, 2004, at an exercise price of $34.45 per share, all of which are currently exercisable; 4,300 options were granted on February 9, 2005, at an exercise price of $42.25 per share, of which 2,867 are currently exercisable; 4,300 options were granted on February 28, 2006, at an exercise price of $58.37 per share, of which 1,434 are currently exercisable; and 3,600 options were granted on March 1, 2007, at an exercise price of $59.37 per share, none of which are currently exercisable.  All of the above options vest in three equal installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">All of the above options will expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of award.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Frank S. Finlayson</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2007-06-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
