Wyoming Highway 78 (WYO 78) is a long
Wyoming 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 ...
located in
Carbon County in the city of
Rawlins. The highway runs along a portion of South Higley Boulevard.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 78, albeit short in length, serves as a connection between
Highway 71,
Interstate 80
Interstate 80 (I-80) is an east–west transcontinental freeway that crosses the United States from downtown San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey, in the New York metropolitan area. The highway was designated in 1956 as one o ...
, and
U.S. Route 30 at exit 214, and the
Wyoming State Penitentiary to the south.
Highway 78 begins at the Wyoming State Penitentiary south of Rawlins, and heads north along South Higley Boulevard. Highway 78 intersects I-80 / US 30 at exit 214, and just later terminates at
Highway 71.
Mileposts increase from north to south along Highway 78.
Major intersections
See also
*
U.S. Route 287
U.S. Route 287 (US 287) is a north–south (physically northwest–southeast) United States highway. At long, it is the second longest three-digit U.S. Route, behind US 281. It serves as the major truck route between Fort Worth and Ama ...
, which carries the name North Higley Boulevard in Rawlins
References
* Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming
External links
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Wyoming State Routes 000-099WYO 78 - Wyoming State Penitentiary to I-80/US 30WYO 78 - I-80/US 30 to WYO 71City of Rawlins website
Transportation in Carbon County, Wyoming
078 78 may refer to:
* 78 (number)
* one of the years 78 BC, AD 78, 1978, 2078
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