U.S. Route 16
U.S. Route 16 | |||||||
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US 16 highlighted in red | |||||||
Route information | |||||||
Length | 540 mi[citation needed] (869 km) | ||||||
Existed | 1926[citation needed]–present | ||||||
Major junctions | |||||||
West end | US 14 / US 20 at Yellowstone National Park entrance | ||||||
I-25 / US 87 in Buffalo, WY US 85 in Newcastle, WY US 16 Truck in Rapid City, SD | |||||||
East end | I-90 / I-190 / US 14 / US 16 Truck in Rapid City, SD | ||||||
Location | |||||||
States | Wyoming, South Dakota | ||||||
Highway system | |||||||
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U.S. Route 16 (US 16) is an east–west United States Highway between Rapid City, South Dakota and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming.
As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is at a junction with Interstate 90/U.S. Route 14 (I-90/US 14), concurrent with I-190, in Rapid City, South Dakota. The western terminus is the east entrance to Yellowstone National Park, concurrent with US 14 and US 20.
Contents
1 Route description
1.1 Wyoming
1.2 South Dakota
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 See also
4.1 Related routes
4.2 Special and suffixed routes
5 References
6 External links
Route description
Wyoming
US 16 in Wyoming crosses through the towns of Newcastle and Upton before joining I-90 near Moorcroft. It runs concurrently with I-90 to Gillette, where it splits off north and then arcs back down to the town of Buffalo. From Buffalo it goes over the Powder River Pass on its way to Worland. In Worland, it turns north and overlaps US 20 through the towns of Basin and Greybull. In Greybull, the two routes combine with US 14 and go west to Cody and into Yellowstone National Park. For most of the way it is a two-lane road.
South Dakota
US 16 is also known as Mount Rushmore Road in western South Dakota. The highway enters South Dakota east of Newcastle, Wyoming. It travels near Jewel Cave, the third-longest cave in the world.[1] The highway goes through the city of Custer and shares alignment with US 385. East of Hill City, US 16 splits off US 385. It then becomes a four-lane divided highway, with the two roadways separated by up to a half-mile (0.8 km) in some places, including the old gold-mining town of Rockerville, South Dakota, which is contained entirely between the two roadways. In Rapid City, a newly complete truck bypass runs along Catron Boulevard and Elk Vale Road up to Exit 61 on I-90.
The South Dakota section of US 16 is defined at South Dakota Codified Laws § 31-4-138.[2]
History
US 16 originally connected Detroit with Yellowstone, including a ferry link across Lake Michigan between Muskegon, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In Michigan, the route was in use long before automobiles and was known to white settlers as the Grand River Road, and prior to the designation of US Routes in 1926, had been designated as M-16 in the 1920s from Detroit to south of Muskegon. In 1938, reflectorized discs were placed on US-16 every 100 feet (30 m) from Detroit to Lansing, resulting in fewer nighttime traffic accidents. Other states would later do the same on their roads.
US 16 initially crossed the South Dakota – Wyoming state line west of Spearfish. U.S. Route 216 was commissioned in 1930 as a loop off US 16 to the south between Rapid City and Moorcroft, crossing the state line west of Custer. In 1934, US 16 was moved to the US 216 alignment, while the former US 16 became part of an extension of US 14.
In Michigan, most of US 16 was superseded by I-96 and a segment of Grand River Avenue in Detroit ultimately became M-5. US 16 was later decommissioned in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and eastern South Dakota to its present termini.[3] Between Rapid City and Dexter, Minnesota, it has been supplanted by I-90. East of there it is now Minnesota State Highway 16 and Wisconsin Highway 16. In South Dakota it was replaced by various state highways (including SD 38 and 248) and county roads: generally, in West River the old alignment was transferred to county responsibility entirely, while in East River it remained a state-maintained highway.
An older Alternate US 16 in South Dakota has become South Dakota Highway 240.
In South Dakota, in 2009, the South Dakota Department of Transportation designated US-16/US-385 between Custer and Hill City, which passes by the Crazy Horse Memorial, now being carved in the Black Hills, the Crazy Horse Memorial Highway. This segment of US-385 is also a part of the George Hearst Memorial Highway.
Major intersections
Mileage resets at the state line crossing.
State | County | Location | mi[4][5] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Wyoming | Yellowstone National Park | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 14 begins / US 20 begins | Western terminus of US 14, US 16, and eastern segment of US 20; western end of US 14 and US 20 concurrencies | |
Park | Cody | 49.410 | 79.518 | WYO 291 | ||
51.900 | 83.525 | US 14A east / WYO 120 north – Powell | Western end of WYO 120 concurrency | |||
54.119 | 87.096 | WYO 120 south – Meeteetse, Thermopolis | Eastern end of WYO 120 concurrency | |||
Big Horn | | 85.056 | 136.884 | WYO 30 east – Burlington | Western terminus of WYO 30 | |
| 85.655 | 137.848 | WYO 32 north – Lovell | Southern terminus of WYO 32 | ||
| 99.197 | 159.642 | US 310 north / WYO 789 north – Lovell | Western end of WYO 789 concurrency; southern terminus of US 310 | ||
Greybull | 204.05 | 328.39 | US 14 east | Eastern end of US 14 concurrency | ||
| 199.27 | 320.69 | WYO 36 (Golf Course Road) | |||
Basin | 196.42 | 316.11 | WYO 30 | |||
| 185.52 | 298.57 | WYO 433 | |||
Manderson | 184.35 | 296.68 | WYO 31 | |||
Washakie | Worland | 0.00 | 0.00 | US 20 east / WYO 789 south / WYO 432 south | Eastern end of US 20 and WYO 789 concurrencies; northern terminus of WYO 432 | |
Ten Sleep | 26.42 | 42.52 | WYO 434 | |||
| 30.04 | 48.34 | WYO 436 | |||
| 33.90 | 54.56 | WYO 435 | |||
Johnson | Buffalo | 92.12 | 148.25 | I-25 Bus. / US 87 Bus. / WYO 196 (Main Street) | Western end of WYO 196 concurrency | |
100.00 | 160.93 | I-25 Bus. / US 87 Bus. / WYO 196 (Main Street) | Eastern end of WYO 196 concurrency | |||
| 100.61 | 161.92 | I-25 / US 87 | I-25 exit 299 | ||
| 2.12 | 3.41 | I-90 | I-90 exit 58 | ||
Sheridan | Ucross | 17.64 | 28.39 | US 14 west | Western end of US 14 concurrency | |
| 54.72 | 88.06 | WYO 341 | |||
Campbell | | 102.07 | 164.27 | WYO 59 | Western end of WYO 59 concurrency | |
Gillette | 114.86 | 184.85 | WYO 50 (Skyline Drive) | |||
113.10 | 182.02 | WYO 59 (Douglas Highway) | Eastern end of WYO 59 concurrency | |||
127.57 | 205.30 | I-90 west / WYO 51 ahead | Western end of I-90 concurrency; I-90 exit 128 | |||
Crook | Moorcroft | 153.41 | 246.89 | I-90 east | Eastern end of I-90 concurrency; I-90 exit 153 | |
153.56 | 247.13 | WYO 51 | ||||
200.00 | 321.87 | US 14 east | Eastern end of US 14 concurrency | |||
Weston | Upton | 219.83 | 353.78 | WYO 116 | Western end of WYO 116 concurrency | |
220.13 | 354.26 | WYO 116 | Eastern end of WYO 116 concurrency | |||
Osage | 233.29 | 375.44 | WYO 451 | |||
| 245.67 | 395.37 | WYO 450 | |||
Newcastle | 247.34 | 398.06 | US 16 Bus. / US 16 Truck | |||
248.99 | 400.71 | US 16 Bus. / US 16 Truck | ||||
249.82 | 402.05 | US 85 | ||||
259.08 0.00 | 416.95 0.00 | Wyoming–South Dakota state line | ||||
South Dakota | Custer | Custer | 26.46 | 42.58 | US 385 / SD 89 | Western end of US 385 and SD 89 concurrencies |
26.96 | 43.39 | US 16A / SD 89 | Eastern end of SD 89 concurrency | |||
Pennington | | 37.49 | 60.33 | SD 87 (Needles Highway) | ||
| 37.69 | 60.66 | SD 244 | |||
Hill City | 40.51 | 65.19 | US 16 Truck / US 385 Truck | |||
41.06 | 66.08 | US 16 Truck / US 385 Truck | ||||
| 45.00 | 72.42 | US 385 | Eastern end of US 385 concurrency | ||
| 50.60 | 81.43 | US 16A | |||
| Rockerville | Interchange; left exits and entrances | ||||
Rapid City | 64.19 | 103.30 | US 16 Truck | |||
69.00 | 111.04 | SD 44 (Omaha Street) to I-190 | Eastern terminus | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Related routes
- U.S. Route 116
- U.S. Route 216
Special and suffixed routes
U.S. Route 16A in South Dakota
- Special routes of U.S. Route 16
References
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^ South Dakota Codified Laws
^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (June 29, 1978). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 3. Retrieved September 2, 2015 – via Wikimedia Commons.
^ "Reference Marker Book" (PDF). Wyoming Department of Transportation. November 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
^ "State Highway Log — Rapid City Region" (PDF). South Dakota Department of Transportation. January 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
External links
Route map:
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- Endpoints of US 16
- Highways and Gas Stations- US Hwy 16 Page
- 1937 South Dakota Transportation Map
- 1930 Minnesota Transportation Map
- 1937 Wisconsin Transportation Map