Montana Highway 69 (MT 69) is a route running northerly from an intersection with
MT 55 in the community of
Whitehall
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. The highway extends approximately to an intersection with
Interstate 15
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(I-15) at the northern edge of the town of
Boulder
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In c ...
. Most of the route follows the Boulder River valley, a scenic and relatively unspoiled rural landscape.
Route description
MT 69 begins at
MT 55 at
Whitehall
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London. The road forms the first part of the A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea, London, Chelsea. It is the main ...
. Concurrent with
MT 2, it runs parallel to
I-90
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...
, before intersecting it, and proceeding northward. An intersection with Boulder Cutoff Road is not far off. It reaches an intersection with Wilson Park Road before continuing northward, and intersecting Dunn Canyon Road. Dunn lane intersects from the east, and shortly after, MT 69 intersects with Lower Valley Road. Thereafter, it intersects Quintana Lane before intersecting several minor roads. Through a scenic and rural area, MT 69 proceeds north as ''South Main Street'' as it enters Boulder. MT 69 ends at
I-15
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* Polikarpov I-15, a Soviet fighter aircraft
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, at
Boulder
In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) is a rock fragment with size greater than in diameter. Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles. While a boulder may be small enough to move or roll manually, others are extremely massive.
In c ...
.
History
The southerly six miles of the current MT 69 follows a former alignment of
U.S. Route 10 and parallels
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...
; the U.S. 10 designation was deleted in Montana after the completion of the interstate. The remainder of MT 69 was formerly designated as Secondary Highway 281.
Major intersections
References
External links
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Transportation in Jefferson County, Montana
U.S. Route 10