Wyoming Highway 316

Wyoming Highway 316
Wyoming Highway 316
Gilchrist Street; Antelope Gap Road
	WYO 316 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by WYDOT
Length	11.91 mi (19.17 km)
Major junctions
West end	; I-25 BL / US 87 Bus. in Wheatland
East end	Antelope Gap Road at; Dickinson Hill Road/Deer Creek Road
Location
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
Counties	Platte
Highway system
	Wyoming State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

Wyoming Highway 316 (WYO 316) is an 11.91-mile-long (19.17 km) east–west Wyoming state road in central Platte County.

Route description

Wyoming Highway 316 begins its western end in on the eastern side of Wheatland at I-25 Business/US 87 Business (9th Street). Highway 316 heads east, named Gilchrist Street, crosses railroad tracks and Rock Creek before passing along the south side of Phifer Airfield on Wheatland's eastern edge.^[1]^[2] WYO 316 leaves Wheatland at eight-tenths of a mile and passes through the community (CDP) of Chugcreek and changes names to Antelope Gap Road. Past Chugcreek, WYO 316 crosses Chugwater Creek as it continues east until reaching its end at a junction with Dickinson Hill and Deer Creek Roads east of Wheatland.^[2]^[3]

History

The designation of Highway 316 was originally signed in Converse and Campbell counties between 1926 and 1933 along present day Wyoming Highway 387 and Highway 59 between Midwest and Gillette. That designation lasted till about 1940 when it was renumbered to Wyoming Highway 116, no relation to present-day Highway 116.^[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Platte County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Wheatland	0.00	0.00	I-25 BL / US 87 Bus.	Western terminus of WYO 316
	11.91	19.17	Antelope Gap Road at Dickinson Hill Road/Deer Creek Road	Eastern terminus of WYO 316
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book - November 2004 (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
^ ^a ^b "Overview Map of Wyoming Highway 316" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 300-399

External links

KML file (edit • help)

Template:Attached KML/Wyoming Highway 316

KML is from Wikidata

[wyorefbook-1] Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book - November 2004 (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-20.

[googlemaps-2] "Overview Map of Wyoming Highway 316" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 November 2011.

[aaroads-3] Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 300-399

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