Wyoming Highway 216 (WYO 216), Albin Road, is a
state highway
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in the northeastern part of
Laramie County
Laramie County is a county located at the southeast corner of the state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 100,512 or 17.4% of the state's total 2020 population, making it the most populous county in Wyoming, b ...
,
Wyoming
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, United States, that connects
U.S. Route 85
U.S. Route 85 (US 85) is a north–south United States Highway that travels in the Mountain and Northern Plains states of the United States. The southern terminus of the highway is at the Mexican border in El Paso, Texas, connecting wi ...
(US 85), south-southwest of
Meriden with
County Road 164 (CR 164) at the
Nebraska
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state line (east of
Albin).
Route description
WYO 216 begins its west end at an
intersection
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with US 85 that is located northeast of the
Interstate 25
Interstate 25 (I-25) is a major Interstate Highway in the western United States. It is primarily a north–south highway, serving as the main route through New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming. I-25 stretches from I-10 at Las Cruces, New Mexic ...
/US 85 split.
[ WYO 216 travels east intersecting ]Wyoming Highway 213
Wyoming Highway 213 (WYO 213) is a state highway in the eastern part of Laramie County, Wyoming, named Burns Road, that provides travel between Interstate 80/ U.S. Highway 30 and the Town of Burns and north to WYO 216 and US 85.
Route d ...
(Burns North Road) after just .[ At , WYO 216 intersects the northern terminus of WYO 215. WYO 216 then continues east to CR 164 (State Line Road), located on the Nebraska–Wyoming state line, where it terminates.][
]
History
The Wyoming Highway 216 designation was originally commissioned in 1926 in Weston
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* Weston, Australian Capital Territory, a suburb of Canberra
* Weston, New South Wales
* Weston Creek, a residential district of Canberra
* Weston Park, Canberra, a park
Canada
* Weston, Nova Scotia
* W ...
and Crook
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counties. US 16 and Wyoming Highway 116
were designated the same year. WYO 216 began as a state route, but was quickly added to the U.S. route system as US 216. However, in 1936, US 216 became part of the US 16 mainline, and the US 216 designation was deleted.[
]
Major intersections
See also
* List of state highways in Wyoming
The state highway system in the U.S. state of Wyoming consists of a series of numbered routes; usually known as WYO X, where X is the route number.
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References
* Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming
External links
WYO 216 - NE State Line to WYO 215
WYO 216 - WYO 215 to WYO 213
WYO 216 - WYO 213 to US 85
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Transportation in Laramie County, Wyoming
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Year 216 (Roman numerals, CCXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sabinus and Anullinus (or, less frequently, ...