Wyoming Highway 230 (WYO 230) is a

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in the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is known locally as Rivers Road and travels from

WYO 130 Wyoming Highway 130 (WYO 130) is a state highway in the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is known locally as the Snowy Range Road. It makes its way west from Laramie across the plains, and rises over the Medicine Bow Mountains. The road then turns nor ...

approximately south of Saratoga south from there to intersect WYO 70 in

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and then heads southeast to the Colorado- Wyoming State Line. The Route continues southeast in Colorado as

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, then it turns northeast as

Colorado State Highway 127 State Highway 127 (SH 127) is a state highway in far northern Colorado. Route description SH 127 begins in the south at its junction with SH 125 roughly four miles north of Cowdrey and proceeds generally northeast to the Wyoming state lin ...

. At the Wyoming-Colorado State Line, WYO 230 resumes. WYO 230 then heads northeast towards Laramie to end at Business Loop I-80/ US 30/

US 287 U.S. Route 287 (US 287) is a north–south (physically northwest–southeast) United States highway. At long, it is the second longest three-digit U.S. Route, behind US 281. It serves as the major truck route between Fort Worth and Am ...

in Laramie. WYO 230 provides a scenic and less-traveled alternative for travelers who want to avoid

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and US 30 but cannot take WYO 130 which is closed in the winter.

Route description

Wyoming Highway 230 basically crosses the same type of terrain as

Wyoming Highway 130 Wyoming Highway 130 (WYO 130) is a state highway in the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is known locally as the Snowy Range Road. It makes its way west from Laramie across the plains, and rises over the Medicine Bow Mountains. The road then turns n ...

. The part of Highway 230 from WYO 130, south of Saratoga and the Wyoming- Colorado State Line slowly climbs out of the

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to a height of over . At there is a junction with Wyoming Highway 70 in the community of

where route 70 heads west to Baggs and 230 turns southeast towards the state line. At the state line WYO 230 ends briefly and the roadway continues southeast into Colorado as SH 125. into Colorado there is a junction with SH 127 north of

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. SH 127 heads northeast approximately back into Wyoming where that

ends and WYO 230 resumes. From there Wyoming 230 climbs again into the southeastern edge of the

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through mostly forested areas. At 51.8 miles (Wyoming State Highway miles) there is a junction with

Wyoming Highway 10 Wyoming Highway 10 (WYO 10) is a Wyoming state highway known as Jelm Mountain Road in southwestern Albany County, Wyoming, Albany County. Route description WYO 10 is a north–south route that runs from Wyoming Highway 230 in Woods Landing ...

in Woods Landing. Further east along the Highway 230, it the route descends into the

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. Highway 230 meets

just west of Laramie, and the two routes run together into Laramie as Snowy Range Road. (This is the only instance in Wyoming where two state routes are merged). There is an interchange with

(Exit 311) at , and route 230 ends at at I-80 BUS/ US 30/

(3rd Street).

Major intersections

References

External links

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Wyoming Routes 200-299WYO 230 - I-80 Bus/US-30/US-287/WYO 130 to WYO 130 (see Wyoming 230)
Transportation in Albany County, Wyoming Transportation in Carbon County, Wyoming

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