Wyoming Highway 159 (WYO 159) is a north-south
Wyoming State Road
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located in east-central
Goshen County and travels north of
Torrington.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 159 begins at
US 26/
US 85
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(Valley Road W.) and from there travels north through the western parts of
Torrington named W. C Street
.
[ The first through the city is maintained by the city of Torrington. State maintenance begins at Milepost 0.45.][Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 100-199](_blank)
/ref> WYO 159 reaches the city limits at 1.43 miles.[ Just north of Torrington, at approximately 2.6 miles, WYO 159 turns west but back north again a mile later.]Interstate Canal
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afterward, which provides water for farmland irrigation that comes from the Whalen Diversion Dam near Fort Laramie. For the remaining miles north of the canal, WYO 159 travels through prairie land till its end at Milepost 12.78[ at an intersection with Goshen CR 233.][
]
Major intersections
References
*Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming
External links
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Wyoming State Routes 100-199WYO 159 - US 26/US 87 to Goshen CR 47City of Torrington website
Transportation in Goshen County, Wyoming
159
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