Wyoming Highway 76
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| Length: | 6.54 mi[1] (10.53 km) | |||||||||
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      I-80 / US 30 / US 287 / I-25 Bus. west / US 30 Bus. west in Rawlins | |||||||||
| East end: |
I-80 / US 30 / US 287 near Sinclair | |||||||||
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| Counties: | Carbon | |||||||||
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Wyoming Highway 76 is a 6.54 miles (10.53 km) east-west Wyoming State Road located entirely in Carbon County that travels from Rawlins to Sinclair.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 76 is the former routing of US 30/US 287 and still closely parallels their new route on Interstate 80. WYO 76 begins its west end at exit 215 of I-80/US 30/US 287 and the eastern terminus of I-80 BUS/US 30 BUS. Highway 76 heads east, running south of the interstate, but closely paralleling it until the town of Sinclair where I-80/US 30/US 287 pass over WYO 76 as it turns north and heads into town as S. 9th Street.[2] At just over 4 miles, WYO 76 turns east on Lincoln Avenue (Exit 219 can be reached by heading west on Lincoln Avenue). Highway 76 continues east through the town of Sinclair as Lincoln Avenue, but now is on the north side of I-80. Shortly after leaving the town center, WYO 76 nears exit 221 of I-80/US 30/US 287 where it ends at 6.54 miles[2]
Neither exit of Interstate 80 mention Wyoming Highway 76, but there are trailblazer signs along its routing.[1]
History
In 1938, Wyoming Highway 76 started out as the designation for Battle Mountain Road, which is the present-day routing of Wyoming Highway 70 between Baggs and Riverside. At that time, the WYO 70 designation was applied to the current routing of Wyoming Highway 230 from Walcott Junction south into Saratoga, then south through Riverside into Colorado, then northeast into Laramie via Woods Landing.[1]
Today's current routing of WYO 76 is the former alignment of US Route 30 and US Route 287 between Interstate 80 (Exit 215) at Rawlins east to the East Sinclair interchange of I-80 (Exit 221).[1]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Carbon County.
| Location | Mile | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Rawlins | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-80 / US 30 / US 287 / I-80 Bus. west / US 30 Bus. west | Western terminus of WYO 76 Eastern terminus of I-80 BUS/US 30 BUS Exit 215 (I-80/US 30/US 287) | |
| Sinclair | 4.20 | 6.76 | To I-80 / US 30 / US 287 | To Exit 219 (I-80/US 30/US 287) | |
| 6.54 | 10.53 | I-80 / US 30 / US 287 | Eastern terminus of WYO 76 Exit 221 (I-80/US 30/US 287) | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 000-099
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yahoo Maps. Overview Map of Wyoming Highway 76 (Map). http://maps.yahoo.com/#mvt=m&lat=41.773894&lon=-107.094766&zoom=12&q1=41.787191%2C-107.196218&q2=41.777367%2C-107.147166&q3=41.779063%2C-107.119914&q4=41.771638%2C-107.081591. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming
External links
- Wyoming State Routes 000-099
- WYO 76 - I-80/US 30/US 287 to I-80/I-80 Bus/US 30/US 287/US 30 Bus
- City of Rawlins website
- Carbon County-Town of Sinclair website