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Wyoming Highway 24 (WYO 24), also known as the Bear Lodge Highway, is a state highway in Crook County, 
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Wyoming Routes 000-099
WYO 24 - SD-34/South Dakota State Line to WYO 111
WYO 24 - WYO 111 to WYO 112
WYO 24 - WYO 112 to WYO 110
WYO 24 - WYO 110 to US 14
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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 ...
, United States. that connects U.S. Route 14
U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For ...
(US 14) in Carlile Junction with South Dakota Highway 34
South Dakota Highway 34 (SD 34) is a state route that runs parallel to Interstate 90 across the entire state of South Dakota. It begins at the Wyoming border west of Belle Fourche, as a continuation of Wyoming Highway 24 (WYO 24). The east ...
(SD 34) at the South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux Native American tribes, who comprise a large porti ...
state line. The route passes through the northern portion of the Bear Lodge Mountains, part of the Black Hills National Forest
Black Hills National Forest is located in southwestern South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming, United States. The forest has an area of over 1.25 million acres (5,066 km²) and is managed by the Forest Service. Forest headquarters are locate ...
. The highway also passes by Devils Tower National Monument
Devils Tower (also known as Bear Lodge Butte) is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fo ...
.
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Route description
WYO 24 is begins at US 14 in Carlile Junction (also known as Devils Tower Junction). From its western terminus, it travels in a north–south direction, although the route is signed east–west. It is mainly a two-lane highway from US 14 to near Devils Tower National Monument. When it gets to Devils Tower, it spawns a short spur, Wyoming Highway 110 (WYO 110). After passing by WYO 110, it curves northeast-southwest. The road reachesHulett
The Hulett was an ore unloader that was widely used on the Great Lakes of North America. It was unsuited to tidewater ports because it could not adjust for rising and falling tides, although one was used in New York City.
History
The Hulett was i ...
, where it intersects Wyoming Highway 112. In Hulett
The Hulett was an ore unloader that was widely used on the Great Lakes of North America. It was unsuited to tidewater ports because it could not adjust for rising and falling tides, although one was used in New York City.
History
The Hulett was i ...
, WYO 24 is dubbed Main Street and A Street. Moving on, WYO 24 curves to the signed east–west orientation, but curves northwest-southeast. WYO 24 passes by some gulch
In xeric lands, a gulch is a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion. It may contain a small stream or dry creek bed and is usually larger in size than a gully. Sudden intense rainfall upstream may produce flash floods in the bed of the gulch. ...
es, most notably Reservoir Gulch and Lucky Gulch. WYO 24 then turns south, then generally follows the east–west orientation. It then intersects Wyoming Highway 111 a short time later. There are no further major junctions and towns on the route, as WYO 24 crosses the state line and becomes SD 34.
History
WYO 24 was not in the original State Highway grid until 1961. The predecessor to this route was Wyoming Highway 514. In 2018, thespeed limit
Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road. Speed limits are generally indicated on a traffic sign reflecting the maximum permitted speed - expre ...
on WYO 24 near Devils Tower was reduced from to due to higher traffic volumes during peak travel seasons and the road's history of collisions. The monument had its highest visitor count in 2021, which saw traffic jams from the entrance that slowed a section of WYO 24.
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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External links
Wyoming Routes 000-099
WYO 24 - SD-34/South Dakota State Line to WYO 111
WYO 24 - WYO 111 to WYO 112
WYO 24 - WYO 112 to WYO 110
WYO 24 - WYO 110 to US 14
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