Wyoming Highway 89 (WYO 89) is a north-south

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that jumps in and out of

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three times, and runs through the western edges of and

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and

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. Highway 89 leaves the state of Wyoming for approximately , and becomes close to leaving the state two additional times. The portion in the state of

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is known as

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and

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. The only other routes that jump in and out of the state are

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along the

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near

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and Highway 230, which runs through the "Three Way Junction" of Colorado State Highways 125 and 127 south of the

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Route description

Wyoming Highway 89 follows State Control Route 10 for its entire length.

Southern segment

Wyoming Highway 89 has two different segments to its route. The first starts at

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/ US 189 (Exit 5) and Highway 150 in Evanston. (The roadway continues south of I-80/US 189 as WYO 150 to the Utah border). From Exit 5, WYO 89 heads north as ''Front Street'' into downtown Evanston. At , Highway 89 turns north onto ''Highway 89 north''. From here, WYO 89 runs

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for a short distance with I-80 Business/ US 189 Business until it intersects Bear River Drive where the business routes turn east. As Highway 89 leaves Evanston behind the roadway heads northwest. The highway passes through the former coal mining camp of Almy and reaches the Town of Bear River just before reaching the

state line. Bear River is one of Wyoming's newest towns, being incorporated in 2001. Just after leaving Bear River, WYO 89 temporarily ends at

Utah connection

The roadway continues as Utah SR 16. SR 16 intersects SR-39 in

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at from its start at WYO 89. SR-16 ends at SR-30 in

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at . SR-30 'East' travels back to Wyoming State Line, where at , SR-30 ends and WYO 89 resumes.

Northern segment

The northern segment of Wyoming Highway 89 begins at

at the

state line west of

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. WYO 89 travels northeast to

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at Sage. Here, WYO 89 turns north to join US 30 as it heads north WYO 89 runs concurrent with US 30 for almost from Sage through Cokeville, north to one-half mile east of the

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state line. This section is also known as the ''Emigrant Trail''. At , US 30/WYO 89 intersects WYO 231 (E. Main St.) and WYO 232 in the Town of Cokeville. From there WYO 89 continues with US 30 north. At , WYO 89 ends its concurrency with US 30 near Border Junction. Wyoming Highway 89 heads north from U.S. Route 30 as it continues westward. WYO 89 then travels north for approximately , closely paralleling the Idaho-Wyoming state line until it finally crosses it and finally ends near Geneva, Idaho. The roadway continues as

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for a very short length of , until

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in Geneva, Idaho.

History

According to an original network map of

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, this route was defined as Wyoming Highway 65 in 1924. With the introduction of US routes in 1926, the route between Cokeville and

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was renamed Highway 89, while the section south of Sage remained designated as Highway 65. This was done in the hopes that US 89 would be extended north into Wyoming.

was extended in 1936 along old Highway 287. Highway 89 was recommissioned as

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to avoid confusion between the two highways, while Highway 65 kept its original number. However, within a few years, US 89 was rerouted to its current route in

and

, and US 189 was created along old Highway 287. As a result, Wyoming recommissioned Highway 89 over both Highway 65 and Highway 91.

Major intersections

* Mileage shown above asterisk indicates mileage in

via

References

* Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming

External links

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Wyoming State Routes

WYO 89 - ID 61/Idaho State Line to US 30

WYO 89 - US 30 to WYO 231/WYO 232

WYO 89 - WYO 231/WYO 232 to US 30

WYO 89 - US 30 to SR-30/Utah State Line

WYO 89 - SR-16/Utah State Line to I-80 BUS/US 189 BUS

WYO 89 - I-80 BUS/US 189 to I-80/US 189/WYO 150
Transportation in Uinta County, Wyoming Transportation in Lincoln County, Wyoming 089 U.S. Route 89