Wyoming Highway 312 (WYO 312) is a north–south
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, 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 south ...
State Road
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
located in central
Platte County, Wyoming
Platte County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 8,605. Its county seat is Wheatland.
History
Platte County was created February 21, 1911 with land detached from Laramie Co ...
that runs from
Wyoming Highway 34
Wyoming Highway 34 (WYO 34) is a Wyoming state highway known as Laramie-Wheatland Road. Located in Albany and Platte counties, it spans from U.S. Routes 30 and 287 near Bosler to Interstate 25 / U.S. Route 87 in Wheatland.
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to I-25 BUS/US 87 BUS in
Wheatland.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 312 begins at its south end at
Wyoming Highway 34
Wyoming Highway 34 (WYO 34) is a Wyoming state highway known as Laramie-Wheatland Road. Located in Albany and Platte counties, it spans from U.S. Routes 30 and 287 near Bosler to Interstate 25 / U.S. Route 87 in Wheatland.
Rout ...
, south-southwest of Wheatland, and travels north towards Wheatland. At about , WYO 312 enters the city limits of Wheatland, and is named South Street, as the route turns east to head to an end at
I-25 BUS/
US 87 BUS and the eastern terminus of
Wyoming Highway 310.
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History
Wyoming Highway 312 is the original path that Wyoming Highway 34
Wyoming Highway 34 (WYO 34) is a Wyoming state highway known as Laramie-Wheatland Road. Located in Albany and Platte counties, it spans from U.S. Routes 30 and 287 near Bosler to Interstate 25 / U.S. Route 87 in Wheatland.
Rout ...
used to take into Wheatland before it was realigned to go directly to 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 ...
.Former routing of WYO 34
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Major intersections
References
External links
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WYO 312 - WYO 34 to I-25 BUS/US 87 BUS/WYO 310Wheatland, WY Homepage
Transportation in Platte County, Wyoming
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Year 312 ( CCCXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantinus and Licinianus (or, less frequently, ...