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| Wyoming Highway 789 |
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| Canada to Mexico Highway | |||||||||||||
| Length: | 407.14 mi (655 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: | Wyoming-Colorado Border near Baggs | ||||||||||||
| Major junctions: |
 I-80  US 30 near Creston Junction US 287 in Rawlins WYO 220 in Three Forks WYO 28 south of Lander US 26 in Riverton US 20 in Shoshoni WYO 120 in Thermopolis US 16 in Worland US 14 and  US 310 in Greybull US 14 Alt in Lovell WYO 114 near Deaver |
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| North end: | Wyoming-Montana Border near Frannie | ||||||||||||
| Counties: | Carbon, Sweetwater, Natrona, Fremont, Hot Springs, Washakie, Big County | ||||||||||||
| Major cities: | Rawlins, Lander, Riverton, Thermopolis, Worland | ||||||||||||
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Wyoming Highway 789 is a state route in Wyoming. Wyoming Highway 789 runs north to south from the Montana border to the Colorado border. For most of its length, it is joined with other routes.
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Route description
Carbon County
Wyoming Highway 789 begins at the Colorado border just south of Baggs. It travels north for about four miles to Baggs. After Baggs, it continues north for about 45 miles until it reaches the county line.
Sweetwater County
After crossing the county line, Wyoming Highway 789 travels north for about 6 miles where it reaches Exit 187 at Interstate 80/US 30. Wyoming Highway 789 joins I-80/US 30 eastbound.
Carbon County
Wyoming Highway 789 with I-80/US 30 re-enters Carbon County. Just west of Rawlins, Wyoming Highway 789 exits I-80/US 30 at Exit 211. Wyoming Highway 789 joins Business Loop 80 through Rawlins. North of town, Wyoming Highway 789 intersects US 287 and joins it north for 50 miles to the county line.
Natrona County
Wyoming Highway 789 travels through this county for about 2 miles.
Fremont County
Wyoming Highway 789 with US 287 continues heading in a northwest direction passing through the towns of Jeffrey City and Sweetwater Station. About 40 miles from Sweetwater Station, Wyoming Highway 789/US 287 arrives in the city of Lander. Wyoming Highway 789 splits from US 287 in Lander and continues northeast for 24 miles alone to Riverton. Wyoming Highway 789 joins US 26 until they reach Shoshoni. Wyoming Highway 789/US 26 intersect US 20 where Wyoming Highway 789 continues north with US 20 west.
Hot Springs County
Wyoming Highway 789/US 20 continue through the Wind River Canyon into Thermopolis. From there, the highway breaks off in a northeasterly direction into Washakie County.
Washakie County
From the county line, the highway travels approximately 21 miles before crossing the Big Horn River into Worland where it joins US 16-20.
Big Horn County
Upon crossing into Big Horn County, Wyoming Highway 789/US 16-20 veers back to the northwest and crosses back over the Big Horn River after reaching Manderson. It continues on 20 miles to the north through Basin and Greybull. Upon reaching Greybull, Wyoming Highway 789 along with US 16-20 head west and join US 14 for about five miles.
At that point, Wyoming Highway 789 abandons US 14-16-20 and returns to its northern path along with US 310 for about 28 miles to the town of Lovell. For three miles, Wyoming Highway 789/US 310 runs west along US 14A. Wyoming Highway 789/US 310 then turns north three miles to Cowley and then heads west seven miles to Deaver.
Park County
From Deaver, Wyoming Highway 789/US 310 runs six miles north along the Park County line to Frannie. The highway leaves Wyoming on the eastern edge of Park County and enters into Montana.
History
Highway 789 was part of a proposed border-to-border U.S. Highway 789 that would have run from Sweetgrass, Montana to Nogales, Arizona. After the US 789 proposal was rejected by AASHTO, Highway 789 became part of a series of state highways numbered "789" running along the proposed route. Wyoming, however, was the only state that actually renumbered an existing highway (the other states simply added a concurrent SR-789 over existing highways).1 Because of this, all the states except Wyoming deleted the designation and removed the signs.
References
- ^ "U.S. Highway 789 (Proposed/Never Commissioned)". Retrieved on 2007-10-02.
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- This page was last modified on 9 September 2008, at 16:43.
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