Wyoming Highway 160
{{Short description|State highway in Wyoming, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
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|type=WY
|route=160
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|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=WYO 160 highlighted in red
|length_mi=1.08
|length_round=2
|length_ref={{cite map
|publisher=WYDOT
|url=http://www.dot.state.wy.us/webdav/site/wydot/shared/Planning/Reference%20Marker%20Book.pdf
|title=Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book - November 2004
|accessdate=2010-02-12
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717050844/http://www.dot.state.wy.us/webdav/site/wydot/shared/Planning/Reference%20Marker%20Book.pdf
|archivedate=July 17, 2011
}}
|established=
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{jct|state=WY|CR|53|county1=Goshen}} west of Fort Laramie
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=WY|US|26}} in Fort Laramie
|counties=Goshen
|previous_type=WY
|previous_route=159
|next_type=WY
|next_route=161
}}
Wyoming Highway 160 (WYO 160) is a short {{convert|1.08|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} east–west Wyoming State Road located in western Goshen County in the town of Fort Laramie.
Route description
File:Fort Laramie NHS-Gate.jpg]]
Wyoming Highway 160 is a short route at only {{convert|1.08|mi|km}} in length that provides access to the Fort Laramie National Historic Site and areas west and southwest of Fort Laramie. Highway 160 begins at Goshen CR 53 and travels east, passing north of the Fort Laramie Historic Site. WYO 160 crosses the North Platte River before reaching Fort Laramie where the highway ends at US Route 26 (Merriam Street).
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History
Wyoming Highway 160 may have previously been routed all the way to Interstate 25 (Exit 80) in Wheatland.[http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-100.html Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 100-199] WYO 160 would have traveled south of Grayrocks Reservoir to Wheatland. The roadway today appears to be a county-maintained road.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/42.2128944,-104.5191909/42.2091597,-104.5408585/@42.2140369,-104.5369382,15.21z|title=Wyoming Highway 160|accessdate=5 September 2016}}
Major intersections
{{Jcttop|state=WY|county=Goshen|location_ref={{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/pvs/bas/bas17maps/st56_wy/cou/|title=Wyoming Governmental Unit Reference Map|author=Geography Division|date=2016|website=|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=January 23, 2017}}}}
{{WYint
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=WY|CR|53|county1=Goshen}}
|notes=Continuation beyond western terminus
}}
{{WYint
|location=Fort Laramie
|mile=1.08
|road={{jct|state=WY|US|26}}
|notes=
}}
{{jctbtm}}
See also
- {{Portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
References
{{reflist|22em}}
- Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming
External links
{{commons category|Wyoming Highway 160}}
{{Attached KML|display=inline,title}}
- [http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-100.html Wyoming State Routes 100-199]
- [http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/highways/wy/wyroutes/?p=409 WYO 160 - US 26 to Fort Laramie National Historic Site]
- [http://www.nps.gov/fola/index.htm National Park Service - Fort Laramie National Historic Site]