State Highway 33 (SH-33) is a state highway in eastern
Idaho
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, spanning from
U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) and
US 26 to
Wyoming Highway 22
Wyoming Highway 22 (WYO 22) is a state highway in the U.S. State of Wyoming known as the Teton Pass Highway in Teton County Wyoming. WYO 22 spans from Idaho State Highway 33 at the Idaho-Wyoming state line to the concurrency of U.S. Routes 26 ...
(WYO 22) at the state line.
Route description
SH-33 begins at an intersection with
US 20/
US 26 in
Butte County. It proceeds northwesterly, passing through rural area of the
Idaho National Laboratory
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, before bending and traveling northward. The highway continues northward until intersecting with the Little Lost River Highway, and turning east. The road proceeds eastward, before intersecting
SH-22.
After continuing eastward, the roadway bends northwest for a short distance, before bending back eastward. The route continues eastward, passing the Mud Lake Airport, and meeting
SH-28. The roadway continues eastward, continuing through rural area, before reaching an interchange with
Interstate 15 (I-15). The highway proceeds eastward, passing over the
Snake River
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, and continuing eastward.
The road enters
Rexburg
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, reaching an interchange with US 20. The route continues eastward into Rexburg, before turning northward. The highway proceeds northward out of Rexburg, before bending northeast, traveling parallel to US 20. The roadway bends eastward, passing through
Sugar City, before turning north. The route bends back eastward, and proceeds to the community of
Teton.
The highway continues east, passing through
Newdale, and continuing through rural area. It continues, bending southeast, before bending northeastward, and afterward, bending back southeast. The highway travels east, intersecting
SH-32, before turning south. The route passes the
Driggs-Reed Memorial Airport and enters the city of
Driggs. The road proceeds southward through Driggs, intersecting
SH-31 in the community of
Victor
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, and bending southeast. As the Teton Pass Highway, it continues to its eastern termination at the Wyoming state line, at an approximate
elevation
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of above
sea level
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.
WYO 22 continues eastward, climbing over
Teton Pass
Teton Pass is a high mountain pass in the western United States, located at the southern end of the Teton Range in western Wyoming, between Wilson and Victor, Idaho. At an elevation of above sea level, the pass provides access from the Jackson Ho ...
at , then on to
Jackson
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* Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region
* Jackson North, Qu ...
.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Idaho State Highway 33
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Transportation in Butte County, Idaho
Transportation in Jefferson County, Idaho
Transportation in Madison County, Idaho
Transportation in Fremont County, Idaho
Transportation in Teton County, Idaho