Wyoming Highway 193
{{Short description|State highway in Wyoming, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=WY
|type=WY
|route=193
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Wyoming Highway 193}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=WYO 193 highlighted in red
|length_mi=6.19
|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 }}
|direction_a=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=WY|US|87|WY|346}} near Fort Phil Kearny
|junction={{jct|state=WY|WY|194}} in Story
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=WY|US|87|WY|344}} in Banner
|previous_type=WY
|previous_route=192
|next_type=WY
|next_route=194
}}
Wyoming Highway 193 (WYO 193) is a {{convert|6.19|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} north–south Wyoming State Road that runs through southern Sheridan County and the extreme northern part of Johnson County and serves the community of Story.
Route description
File:Fort Phil Kearney - Pilot Hill.JPG
Wyoming Highway 193 begins its southern end at U.S. Route 87 and Wyoming Highway 346 near the Fort Phil Kearny Historic Site and northwest of Interstate 90 (Exit 44).{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.ca/maps/dir/44.5396535,-106.8218962/44.6009214,-106.8662109/@44.5710621,-106.8701562,12.96z|title=Wyoming Highway 193|accessdate=13 November 2016}} WYO 346 is the designation for the old southern section of US 87 that has been closed due to landslides.[http://www.aaroads.com/west/us-087_wy.html Wyoming @ AARoads.com - U.S. Route 87] Because of the landslides, US 87 Temporary overlaps WYO 193 in its entirety. Highway 193 travels northwesterly towards the community of Story, reaching the community at just under 4 miles where it intersects the eastern terminus of Wyoming Highway 194.{{Failed verification|date=April 2022}} Leaving the eastern edge of Story, WYO 193 heads north to the unincorporated community of Banner where it reaches its northern terminus at U.S. Route 87 and its unsigned[http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-300.html Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Highway 344] concurrent designation of Wyoming Highway 344.{{Failed verification|date=April 2022}}
History
{{Infobox road small
|state=WY
|type=US-Temp
|route=87
|location=Massacre Hill Historic Site
}}
In the late 1990s, a short section of US 87/WYO 344 between Interstate 90 north of Buffalo and Sheridan, at the Massacre Hill Historic Site, had been permanently closed due to recurring landslides. According to the Wyoming Department of Transportation, the stretch of roadway has ongoing and costly maintenance problems, with the most recent landslides closing the roadway as of the Spring of 1998. Because repairing the roadway could potentially damage the historic site, WYDOT recommends that through traffic use either Interstate 90 or Wyoming 193 as an alternate route.
As a result of the landslide on US 87, Wyoming petitioned the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (or AASHTO) to reroute US 87 over Highway 193 in the late 1990s. However, this was denied. Consequently, a detour for US 87 follows WYO 193 since it is unlikely that US 87 will be reconstructed at its current location.[http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-100.html Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 100-199]
Major intersections
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{{WYint
|county=Johnson
|location=none
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=WY|US|87|dir1=south|WY|346}}
|notes=Temporary southern overlap US 87
}}
{{WYint
|county=Sheridan
|cspan=2
|location=Story
|mile=3.93
|road={{jct|state=WY|WY|194}}
|notes=Eastern terminus of WYO 194
}}
{{WYint
|location=none
|mile=6.19
|road={{jct|state=WY|US|87|dir1=north|WY|344}}
|notes=Temporary northern overlap US 87
}}
{{jctbtm}}
See also
{{portal|U.S. Roads|Wyoming}}
References
{{reflist|22em}}
External links
{{commons category|Wyoming Highway 193}}
{{Attached KML|display=inline,title}}
- [http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-100.html Wyoming State Routes 100-199]
- [http://www.aaroads.com/west/us-087_wy.html U.S. Route 87]
- [http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/highways/wy/wyroutes/?p=2429 WYO 193 - US 87 to WYO 194]
- [http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/highways/wy/wyroutes/?p=2430 WYO 193 - WYO 194 to US 87]
Category:Transportation in Johnson County, Wyoming