Entrance Road
{{Short description|Scenic state highway in Wyoming, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2013}}
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|type=WY
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|map_notes=WYO 110 highlighted in red
|length_mi=0.585
|length_ref={{cite web |title= Maintenance Section Reference Book |url= http://www.dot.state.wy.us/files/live/sites/wydot/files/shared/Maintenance/Maintenance%20Section%20Reference%20Book/2013%20Maintenance%20Section%20Reference%20Book%20(2-15-2013).pdf |publisher= Wyoming Department of Transportation |access-date= December 18, 2013 |author= Maintenance Staff |date= February 2013}}
|established=1917
|direction_a=East
|terminus_a={{jct|state=WY|WY|24}}
|direction_b=West
|terminus_b=Devils Tower National Monument Entrance
|counties=Crook
|cities=
|previous_type=WY
|previous_route=96
|next_type=WY
|next_route=111
|embedded={{Infobox NRHP
|embed = yes
| name = Entrance Road--Devils Tower National Monument
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| area = {{convert|3|mi|km}}
| built = 1934
| architect = NPS Branch of Plans and Design
| architecture =
| added = July 24, 2000{{NRISref|2010a|dateform=mdy}}
| mpsub = Devils Tower National Monument MPS
| refnum = 00000854
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The Entrance Road at Devils Tower National Monument, officially known as Wyoming Highway 110, is a {{convert|.585|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} scenic road that provides the approach to the Devil's Tower eminence, affording planned views to arriving visitors.
Route description
File:Devils Tower Entrance Road.jpg
The Wyoming Highway 110 designation is a short {{convert|0.59|mi|m|adj=mid|-long}} roadway that starts its at Wyoming Highway 24 and travels west to the Devils Tower National Monument Entrance. Mileposts along WYO 110 increase from east to west.
The entrance road is a {{convert|3|mi|km|adj=on}} long, two-lane, asphalt paved road that spans the distance between the Entrance Station and the visitor parking area located just west of Devil's Tower. The road provides access to the monument's primary developed areas, such as headquarters and visitor center.
History
The road was originally constructed in 1917 with an eight percent grade and a ford at the Belle Fourche River. A bridge was built in 1928, and the road was extensively altered in the 1930s with labor from the Civilian Conservation Corps, improving grades and alignments.{{cite web |url= http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=WY&PARK=DETO&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=6 |date= November 9, 2008 |work= List of Classified Structures |title= Entrance Road |publisher= National Park Service |access-date= November 9, 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110521165108/http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=WY&PARK=DETO&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=6 |archive-date= May 21, 2011 |url-status= dead }} CCC camp NM-1 remained at Devil's Tower from 1935 to 1938.{{cite web |url= https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-the-1930s.htm |date= November 8, 2008 |work= Devils Tower National Monument |title= First Fifty Years: The 1930s |publisher= National Park Service}} A complete loop was planned by the National Park Service Engineering Division in 1927, but was never carried out. The entrance road at Devils Tower is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an example of close integration with the natural surroundings.{{cite web |url= http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/Site.aspx?ID=134 |date= November 8, 2008 |work= National Register of Historic Places |title= Devils Tower Entrance Road |publisher= Wyoming State Preservation Office}}{{cite journal |url= {{NRHP url|id=00000854}} |title= National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Entrance Road |format= PDF |date= January 31, 1996 |first= Kathy |last= McKoy |publisher= National Park Service }}
Much of the CCC work involved realignment of the existing road and the careful obliteration of the old alignment, using young trees and sod stockpiled during construction of the new alignment.
Major intersections
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{{WYint
|location=none
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=WY|WY|24}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of WYO 110
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{{WYint
|location=none
|mile=0.585
|road=Devils Tower National Monument boundary
|notes=Western terminus of WYO 110
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See also
References
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External links
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{{commons category|Wyoming Highway 110}}
- [https://www.nps.gov/deto/learn/historyculture/first-fifty-years-the-early-years.htm National Park Service] Devils Tower First Fifty Years: The Early Years
- [http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/NationalRegister/Site.aspx?ID=134 Devils Tower Entrance Road] at Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
{{NRHP in Devils Tower NM}}
{{NRHP in Crook County, Wyoming}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Devils Tower National Monument
Category:Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming
Category:Transportation in Crook County, Wyoming
Category:Civilian Conservation Corps in Wyoming