Wyoming Highway 34
Encyclopedia
Wyoming Highway 34 is a Wyoming
state road located in Albany and Platte counties. It spans 52.38 miles (84.3 km) from US 30/287 near Bosler
to Interstate 25/U.S. Highway 87 in Wheatland
.
and travels from there northeast to Wheatland
by the way of Morton Pass. Nearing its end, WYO 34 intersects the southern terminus of Wyoming Highway 312
, which is the former routing of WYO 34 into Wheatland. Highway 34 comes to an end at Interstate 25/U.S. Highway 87 (Exit 73) just south of Wheatland.
Wyoming 34 follows State Control Route S-109 for its entire length.
Wyoming Highway 34 was formerly designated as Wyoming Highway 26 between 1926 and 1950. The WYO 26 designation was before U.S. Route 26
was extended west across Wyoming
to Wheatland
where it ended at U.S. Route 87
. When US 26 was designated, WYO 26 was renumbered WYO 34 to avoid confusion.
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
state road located in Albany and Platte counties. It spans 52.38 miles (84.3 km) from US 30/287 near Bosler
Bosler, Wyoming
Bosler is an unincorporated community in central Albany County, Wyoming, United States, along the Laramie River. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 30 and 287 north of the city of Laramie, the county seat of Albany County. Its elevation is 7,080 feet...
to Interstate 25/U.S. Highway 87 in Wheatland
Wheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wheatland is located at ....
.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 34 has its west end at US 30/US 287 near BoslerBosler, Wyoming
Bosler is an unincorporated community in central Albany County, Wyoming, United States, along the Laramie River. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Routes 30 and 287 north of the city of Laramie, the county seat of Albany County. Its elevation is 7,080 feet...
and travels from there northeast to Wheatland
Wheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wheatland is located at ....
by the way of Morton Pass. Nearing its end, WYO 34 intersects the southern terminus of Wyoming Highway 312
Wyoming Highway 312
Wyoming Highway 312 is north–south Wyoming State Road located in central Platte County, Wyoming that runs from Wyoming Highway 34 to I-25 BUS/US 87 BUS in Wheatland.- Route description :...
, which is the former routing of WYO 34 into Wheatland. Highway 34 comes to an end at Interstate 25/U.S. Highway 87 (Exit 73) just south of Wheatland.
Wyoming 34 follows State Control Route S-109 for its entire length.
History
U.S. Route 26
U.S. Route 26 is an east–west United States highway. It started in Ogallala, Nebraska, and gradually grew to reach the West Coast in Oregon. When the U.S. highway system was first defined, it was limited to Nebraska and Wyoming; by the 1950s, it continued into Idaho and Oregon. The...
was extended west across Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
to Wheatland
Wheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wheatland is located at ....
where it ended at U.S. Route 87
U.S. Route 87
U.S. Highway 87 is a north–south United States highway that runs for 1,998 miles from northern Montana to southern Texas. Most of the portion from Billings, Montana, to Raton, New Mexico, is co-signed along Interstates 90 and 25...
. When US 26 was designated, WYO 26 was renumbered WYO 34 to avoid confusion.