Wyoming Highway 430 (WYO 430) is a
state highway
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 south-central
Sweetwater County,
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 ...
, United States, that connects the Wyoming-
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
State Line with
Rock Springs.
Route description
WYO 430 begins in a remote area on the Colorado State Line, about west–northwest of
Hiawatha
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, Colorado. (The roadway continues south into Colorado as Moffat County Route 10N, an unimproved road that connects with
Colorado State Highway 318
State Highway 318 (SH 318) is a state highway in Moffat County, Colorado. SH 318's western terminus is at Brown's Park Road at the Utah state line, and the eastern terminus is at U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in Maybell.
Route descriptio ...
, about farther south, west of the northern end of
Dinosaur National Monument
Dinosaur National Monument is an American national monument located on the southeast flank of the Uinta Mountains on the border between Colorado and Utah at the confluence of the Green and Yampa rivers. Although most of the monument area is in ...
.) From its southern terminus WYO 430 heads northerly through remote terrain in the
Horseshoe Basin for nearly before passing through a gap in
Rife Rim
Rife or may refer to:
Geography
* Ferring Rife, stream in West Sussex, England
* Rife, Bhutan
* Rife, Alberta, a locality in the Municipal District of Bonnyville No. 87, Alberta, Canada
* Rife House (Rogers, Arkansas), U.S.
* Rife Farmstead Osage ...
. After continuing north for about another , WYO 430 turns to head northwest for nearly before turning north again as loops around the south end of
Cooper Ridge Just over farther north, the highway turns to the northwest again to cross over the
Salt Wells Creek and pass by the northern end of
Sweeney Ranch as it crosses the
South Baxter Basin. About after its last turn to head northwesterly, WYO 430 enters Rock Springs on New Hampshire Street. WYO 430 then turn southwest on Marchant Street, the first cross street in town. (New Hampshire Street, the former routing of WYO 430 continues northeast.) After quickly passing between two sections of the Canyon Court Mobile Home Park, WYO 430 reaches
Wyoming Highway 376
Wyoming Highway 376 (WYO 376) is a state highway in southern Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, that forms a loop off of the south side of the city of Rock Springs.
Route description
WYO 376 travels counterclockwise from west ...
(WYO 376/South Side Belt Route), its northern terminus. (WYO 376 heads both east and west to connect with
I-80 BL/
US 20 Bus., 9th Street on the east and Dewar Street on the west. Marchant Street continues west for a few
blocks toward the Rock Springs Municipal Cemetery.)
History
WYO 430 previously extended farther north into Rock Springs. Instead of heading southwest along Marchant Street, the highway continued northwest along New Hampshire Street to Connecticut Avenue, then one block north along that street to D Street. After continuing west, then northwest along D Street, it turned southwest to run along Cedar Street before turning northwest again along A Street. Just after passing over several sets of
tracks of the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
, A Street turned north for several blocks before reaching the former northern terminus of WYO 430 at I-80 BL/US 20 Bus. (North Center Street/Bridger Avenue) and the southern terminus of the former
U.S. Route 187 (US 187) in the northern part of the downtown area. (The former US 187 continued north along Elk Street toward
Farson and
Pinedale.)
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
Wyoming State Routes on aaroads.comWYO 430 - WYO 376 to Moffat CR 10N/Colorado State LineCity of Rock Springs website
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Transportation in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
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