Highway 49 (MT 49) in the

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is a route running in a northerly direction from a junction with

U.S. Route 2 U.S. Route 2 or U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is an east–west U.S. Highway spanning across the northern continental United States. US 2 consists of two segments connected by various roadways in southern Canada. Unlike some routes, whi ...

in the town of East Glacier Park. The highway extends approximately to an intersection with

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at a location known as

Kiowa Kiowa () people are a Native American tribe and an indigenous people of the Great Plains of the United States. They migrated southward from western Montana into the Rocky Mountains in Colorado in the 17th and 18th centuries,Pritzker 326 and eve ...

. Highway 49 is near the southeastern corner of Glacier National Park, and is heavily used by tourists during the summer months. A spur road heading west from Montana 49 four miles (6 km) north of East Glacier provides access to the

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area of the park. Much of the route is steep, narrow, and winding, and prone to landslides. The northerly of the route, passing over Looking Glass Hill, is unmaintained and usually impassable during the winter months. Highway 49 was once part of the alignment of U.S. 2, prior to the construction of a highway bridge across Two Medicine Creek, which allowed for a more direct route between East Glacier and Browning.

Major intersections

Images

File:Kiowa Montana MT49 North Terminus.jpg, Northern terminus in Kiowa File:Montana Highway 49 Southern terminus looking north.jpg, Southern terminus at East Glacier Village

References

055 Transportation in Glacier County, Montana U.S. Route 2 {{Montana-road-stub