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Wyoming Highway 173 (WYO 173) is a short
Wyoming Highway 173 begins its west end at US 20/ WYO 789 just over a mile and a half south of Thermopolis. Named Buffalo Creek Road, Highway 173 travels southeasterly along the south bank of the
Wyoming State Routes 100-199WYO 173 - US 20/WYO 789 to Hot Springs CR 31
Transportation in Hot Springs County, Wyoming
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the s ...
state road located in Hot Springs County
Hot Springs County is a county in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 4,696, making it the second-least populous county in Wyoming. Its county seat is Thermopolis. The county is named for the hot s ...
south of Thermopolis.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 173 begins its west end at US 20/ WYO 789 just over a mile and a half south of Thermopolis. Named Buffalo Creek Road, Highway 173 travels southeasterly along the south bank of the Bighorn River
The Bighorn River is a tributary of the Yellowstone, approximately long, in the states of Wyoming and Montana in the western United States. The river was named in 1805 by fur trader François Larocque for the bighorn sheep he saw along its ba ...
. At 1.42 miles, WYO 173 crosses the river via the CQA Four Mile Bridge which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
. Two-tenths of a mile later WYO 173 reaches its end at County Route 31 (South Yellowstone Road). CR 31 continues another 1.6 miles south and returns to US 20/WYO 789.
History
The original Four Mile Bridge, which carried Highway 173 over the Big Horn River, was completed in 1928 and was added to theNational Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
as part of a forty-bridge collection that illustrate steel truss
A truss is an assembly of ''members'' such as beams, connected by ''nodes'', that creates a rigid structure.
In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...
construction. It was offered for sale by the Wyoming Highway Department in 1987 ahead of a planned replacement. The project to improve Highway 173 and replace the bridge was part of a 1984 agreement to eventually transfer control to Hot Springs County, but the county government declined to assume responsibility in 1993.
Major intersections
See also
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External links
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Transportation in Hot Springs County, Wyoming
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