Wyoming Highway 51
Encyclopedia
Wyoming Highway 51 is a 24.79 miles (39.9 km) east-west Wyoming
State Road located in Campbell and Crook Counties, between Gillette
and Moorcroft
.
/US 16 (Exit 128) and the eastern terminus of I-90 BUS east to the town of Moorcroft
. Highway 51 travels east, passing through the communities of Wyodak and Rozet, south of the Campbell County fairgrounds http://www.campbellcountyfair.com/, coal mines, and south of Wyodak power plant. Wyoming 51 is the old alignment for US 14/US 16; and for most of its length closely parallels Interstate 90 which carries US 14
/US 16. WYO 51 comes to an end at just under 25 miles at US 14
/US 16/I-90 BUS.
WYO 51 is signed as a secondary state highway, but not marked from the Interstate 90 interchanges like most secondary state highway frontage roads.
and US Route 16. With the construction of Interstate 90, US 14 and US 16 were realigned onto that highway.
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 Campbell and Crook Counties, between Gillette
Gillette, Wyoming
Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 29,087 in 2010. Gillette is a city centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coal bed methane gas...
and Moorcroft
Moorcroft, Wyoming
Moorcroft is a town in Crook County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 807 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Moorcroft is located at ....
.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 51 travels from the eastern outskirts of Gillette at an interchange with I-90/US 14U.S. Route 14 in Wyoming
In the U.S. state of Wyoming U.S. Route 14 runs east west across the northern part of the state. The road connects South Dakota on the east with Yellowstone National Park on the west...
/US 16 (Exit 128) and the eastern terminus of I-90 BUS east to the town of Moorcroft
Moorcroft, Wyoming
Moorcroft is a town in Crook County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 807 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Moorcroft is located at ....
. Highway 51 travels east, passing through the communities of Wyodak and Rozet, south of the Campbell County fairgrounds http://www.campbellcountyfair.com/, coal mines, and south of Wyodak power plant. Wyoming 51 is the old alignment for US 14/US 16; and for most of its length closely parallels Interstate 90 which carries US 14
U.S. Route 14 in Wyoming
In the U.S. state of Wyoming U.S. Route 14 runs east west across the northern part of the state. The road connects South Dakota on the east with Yellowstone National Park on the west...
/US 16. WYO 51 comes to an end at just under 25 miles at US 14
U.S. Route 14 in Wyoming
In the U.S. state of Wyoming U.S. Route 14 runs east west across the northern part of the state. The road connects South Dakota on the east with Yellowstone National Park on the west...
/US 16/I-90 BUS.
WYO 51 is signed as a secondary state highway, but not marked from the Interstate 90 interchanges like most secondary state highway frontage roads.
History
Wyoming Highway 51 is the original alignment of US Route 14U.S. Route 14 in Wyoming
In the U.S. state of Wyoming U.S. Route 14 runs east west across the northern part of the state. The road connects South Dakota on the east with Yellowstone National Park on the west...
and US Route 16. With the construction of Interstate 90, US 14 and US 16 were realigned onto that highway.
Major intersections
External links
- Wyoming State Routes 000-099
- http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/highways/wy/wyroutes/?p=2485WYO 51 - I-90 Bus/US 14/US 16 to I-90/I-90 Bus/US 14/US 16
- City of Gillette website
- Town of Moorcroft website
- Campbell County Fair