Wyoming Highway 316 (WYO 316) is an east–west
Wyoming 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 ...
in central
Platte County.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 316 begins its western end in on the eastern side of
Wheatland at
I-25 Business/
US 87 Business (9th Street). Highway 316 heads east, named Gilchrist Street, crosses
railroad tracks and
Rock Creek Rock Creek or Rockcreek may refer to:
Streams
United States
* Rock Creek (California)
* Rock Creek (Fountain Creek tributary), Colorado
* Rock Creek (Idaho)
* Rock Creek (Kankakee River tributary), Illinois
* Rock Creek (Wapsipinicon River tribut ...
before passing along the south side of
Phifer Airfield on Wheatland's eastern edge.
Chugwater Creek
Chugwater Creek is a tributary of the Laramie River in southeastern Wyoming in the United States. The stream rises northeast of Laramie, Wyoming, Laramie, in the Laramie Mountains in eastern Albany County, Wyoming, Albany County and flows .U.S. Ge ...
as it continues east until reaching its end at a junction with Dickinson Hill and Deer Creek Roads east of Wheatland.[Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 300-399](_blank)
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History
The designation of Highway 316 was originally signed in Converse and Campbell counties between 1926 and 1933 along present day Wyoming Highway 387
Wyoming Highway 387 (WYO 387) is a state road that travels from extreme northeast Natrona County, Wyoming through extreme southeast Johnson County, Wyoming and into southwest Campbell County, Wyoming.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 387 ...
and Highway 59 between Midwest
The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four Census Bureau Region, census regions of the United States Census Bureau (also known as "Region 2"). It occupies the northern central part of ...
and Gillette
Gillette is an American brand of safety razors and other personal care products including shaving supplies, owned by the multi-national corporation Procter & Gamble (P&G).
Based in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, it was owned by The Gil ...
. That designation lasted till about 1940 when it was renumbered to Wyoming Highway 116, no relation to present-day Highway 116.[
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Major intersections
References
External links
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Wyoming State Routes 300-399WYO 316 - I-25 BUS/US 87 BUS to Antelope Gap Road
Transportation in Platte County, Wyoming
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Year 316 ( CCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (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 Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 1069 ''Ab u ...