Wyoming Highway 337 (WYO 337), also known as Fort Road, is a east-west
state highway
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in
Sheridan 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 Sheridan Veterans Administration Medical Center
(northwest of
Sheridan) with
Interstate 90 Business Loop/
U.S. Route 14
U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For ...
/
U.S. Route 87 (I-90 BL/US 14/US 87, North Main Street) in Sheridan.
Route description
WYO 337 serves the Sheridan VA Medical Center, which is located at the site of the former
Fort Mackenzie
Fort Mackenzie is a former U.S. Army post in Sheridan, Wyoming, now used by the U.S. Veterans Administration as the Sheridan Veterans Administration Medical Center.
History
Fort Mackenzie was established in Sheridan in 1898 as a U.S. Army outpo ...
.
WYO 337 begins at the southeast corner of the VA Hospital Campus at the intersection of Freedom Lane/Army Lane and Navy Lane. (Freedom lane heads west along the southern edge of campus and Army Layne heads north along the east edge of campus, while Navy Lane continues northwest through the main part of campus.) From its western terminus, WYO 337 heads southeast for about before turning easterly. After continuing easterly for approximately and connecting with the southern end of Industrial Road along the way, WYO 337 enters the
city limits
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of Sheridan. Very shortly after entering the city, WYO 337 connect with the north end of Dana Avenue (Sheridan County Road 80) and then crosses over
Big Goose Creek. The highway then connects with the north end of Frackelton Street (which runs about four
blocks south to end a
Thorne-Rider Park. After connecting with the north end of Val Vista Street, WYO 337 reaches its eastern terminus at North Main Street (I-90 Bus/US 14/US 87) at
T intersection, roughly after entering Sheridan. (From WYO 337's eastern terminus I-90 BL/US 14/US 87 heads north toward an interchange with
Interstate 90
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwest, and ...
and
Wyoming Highway 338, and then on to
Ranchester and
Billings
Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, with a population of 117,116 as of the 2020 census. Located in the south-central portion of the state, it is the seat of Yellowstone County and the principal city of the Billings Metrop ...
,
Montana
Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...
. I-90 BL/US 14/US 87 heads south, through Sheridan, toward
Banner
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,
Ucross, and
Buffalo.)
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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
External links
Wyoming Highway 337
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Transportation in Sheridan County, Wyoming
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