Wyoming Highway 272
{{Short description|State highway in Wyoming, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|marker_image=
|state=WY
|name=
|name_notes=
|type=WY
|route=272
|alternate_name=North Lance Creek Road
|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 272}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=WYO 272 highlighted in red
|length_mi=3.32
|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=2011-04-04
|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=South
|terminus_a={{jct|state=WY|WY|270}} NE of Lance Creek
|direction_b=North
|terminus_b={{jct|state=WY|CR|14|county1=Niobrara}}
|counties=Niobrara
|previous_type=WY
|previous_route=271
|next_type=WY
|next_route=273
}}
Wyoming Highway 272 (WYO 272) is a {{convert|3.32|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} north–south Wyoming State Road named North Lance Creek Road and is located in north central Niobrara County.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 272 has its southern end at Wyoming Highway 270, northeast of Lance Creek. WYO 272 heads north into the Lance Creek Fossil Area. Highway 272 ends at 3.32 miles and Niobrara County Route 14 takes over as the northern routing.{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/dir/43.0553216,-104.6124086/43.0994414,-104.6259195/@43.0782599,-104.645964,13.25z|title=Wyoming Highway 272|accessdate=24 December 2016}}[http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-200.html aaroads.com - Wyoming Routes 200-299]
Major intersections
{{Jcttop|state=WY|county=Niobrara|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 24, 2017}}}}
{{WYint
|location=Lance Creek
|mile=0.00
|road={{jct|state=WY|WY|270}}
|notes=
}}
{{WYint
|location=none
|mile=3.32
|road={{jct|state=WY|CR|14|county1=Niobrara|name1=North Lance Creek Rd}}
|notes=Continuation beyond northern terminus
}}
{{jctbtm}}
References
{{Reflist}}
- Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming
External links
{{Attached KML|display=inline,title}}
- [http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-200.html Wyoming State Routes 200-299]
- [http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/highways/wy/wyroutes/?p=380 WYO 272 - WYO 270 to N. Lance Creek Road/CR 14]