Wyoming Highway 317
{{short description|State highway in Platte County, Wyoming, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| state = WY
| type = WY
| route = 317
| maint = WYDOT
| alternate_name = Lakeside Drive
| 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 317}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = WYO 317 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 1.66
| 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=2011-10-20|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 =
| decommissioned =
| history =
| nhs=
| restrictions =
| direction_a = South
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=WY|US|26}} west of Guernsey
| direction_b = North
| terminus_b = Lakeside Drive in Guernsey State Park
| counties = Platte
| previous_type = WY
| previous_route = 316
| next_type = WY
| next_route = 318
}}
Wyoming Highway 317 (WYO 317) is a {{convert|1.66|mi|km|adj=on}} north–south state highway in northeastern Platte County, Wyoming, United States that connect U.S. Route 26 (US 26), west of [{Guernsey, Wyoming|Guernsey]] with Guernsey State Park and serves as the park's south entrance.
Route description
WYO 317 begins at US 26 just west of Guernsey. It proceeds northward to Guernsey State Park, where it ends at 1.66 miles.{{google maps|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=WY-317+N%2FLake+Shore+Dr%2FLake+Side+Dr&daddr=WY-317+N%2FLake+Shore+Dr%2FLake+Side+Dr&hl=en&ll=42.278452,-104.75687&spn=0.068585,0.154324&sll=42.283342,-104.763179&sspn=0.017145,0.038581&geocode=FRj8hAIdaILB-Q%3BFTZEhQIdW3HB-Q&vpsrc=6&mra=dme&mrsp=1&sz=15&t=m&z=13|title=Overview Map of Wyoming Highway 317|accessdate=16 November 2011}}[http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-300.html Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 300-399]
The roadway continues as Lakeside Drive and crosses the Guernsey Dam, an earth-fill dam on the North Platte River. Lakeside Drive then runs along the eastern side of the Guernsey Reservoir to the north park entrance and then out to Wyoming Highway 270 northeast of the park.
Major intersections
{{jcttop|state=WY|county=Platte|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=none
| mile=0.00
| road={{jct|state=WY|US|26|dir1=east|name1=Heartland Expy|city1=Guernsey|city2=Fort Laramie|city3=Torrington}}
{{jct|state=WY|US|26|dir1=west|name1=Heartland Expy|city1=Wheatland|city2=Douglas}}
| notes=Southern terminus;
T intersection}}
{{WYint
| location_special=Guernsey State Park
| lspan=2
| mile=1.66
| mspan=2
| road={{jct|state=WY|road|Hydro Cir|dir1=east}}
| notes=Northern terminus;
T intersection}}
{{WYint
| mile=none
| road={{jct|state=WY|road|Lakeside Drive|dir1=north|location1=WYO 270}}
| notes=Continuation north beyond northern terminus}}
{{jctbtm}}
See also
{{stack|{{portal|U.S. Roads|Wyoming}}}}
References
{{reflist|22em}}
External links
{{commons category|Wyoming Highway 317}}
{{Attached KML|display=inline,title}}
- [http://www.aaroads.com/west/wy-300.html Wyoming State Routes 300-399]
- [http://www.davidjcorcoran.com/highways/wy/wyroutes/?p=371 WYO 317 - US-26 to Guernsey State Park]
- [http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/Site/SiteInfo.aspx?siteID=7 Guernsey State Park]
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