Wyoming Highway 230

Wyoming Highway 230
Rivers Road
WYO 230 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WYDOT
Length	78.74 mi[1] (126.72 km)
Major junctions
West end	WYO 130
Major intersections	WYO 70 in Riverside I-80 in Laramie
East end	I-80 BL / US 30 / US 287 in Laramie
Location
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
Counties	Albany, Carbon
Highway system
Wyoming State Highway System Interstate US State
← WYO 226 → WYO 231

Wyoming Highway 230 (WYO 230) is a 78.74-mile-long (126.72 km) state highway in the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is known locally as Rivers Road and travels from WYO 130 approximately 8 miles (13 km) south of Saratoga south from there to intersect WYO 70 in Riverside and then heads southeast to the Colorado-Wyoming State Line. The Route continues southeast in Colorado as Colorado State Highway 125, then it turns northeast as Colorado State Highway 127. At the Wyoming-Colorado State Line, WYO 230 resumes. WYO 230 then heads northeast towards Laramie to end at Business Loop I-80/US 30/US 287 in Laramie.[2] WYO 230 provides a scenic and less-traveled alternative for travelers who want to avoid Interstate 80 and US 30 but cannot take WYO 130 which is closed in the winter.

Route description

Wyoming Highway 230 basically crosses the same type of terrain as Wyoming Highway 130.[1] The part of Highway 230 from WYO 130, south of Saratoga and the Wyoming-Colorado State Line slowly climbs out of the Platte Valley to a height of over 8,000 feet (2,400 m). At 10 miles (16 km) there is a junction with Wyoming Highway 70 in the community of Riverside where route 70 heads west to Baggs and 230 turns southeast towards the state line. At the state line WYO 230 ends briefly and the roadway continues southeast into Colorado as SH 125.[1] 9 miles (14 km) into Colorado there is a junction with SH 127 north of Cowdrey, Colorado. SH 127 heads northeast approximately 9 miles (14 km) back into Wyoming where that state highway ends and WYO 230 resumes. From there Wyoming 230 climbs again into the southeastern edge of the Snowy Range Mountains through mostly forested areas.[2] At 51.8 miles (Wyoming State Highway miles) there is a junction with Wyoming Highway 10 in Woods Landing. Further east along the Highway 230, it the route descends into the Laramie Basin. Highway 230 meets WYO 130 just west of Laramie, and the two routes run together into Laramie as Snowy Range Road.[1][2] (This is the only instance in Wyoming where two state routes are merged).[1] There is an interchange with Interstate 80 (Exit 311) at 77.7 miles (125.0 km), and route 230 ends at 78.74 miles (126.72 km) at I-80 BUS/US 30/US 287 (3rd Street).[2]

Major intersections

Mileposts for the western segment run west-to-east; for the eastern segment, mileposts run east-to-west.

County	Location	mi[3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Carbon	​	0.00	0.00	WYO 130	Western terminus; highway continues as WYO 130 west
	Riverside	9.11	14.66	WYO 70 west – Encampment
Wyoming–Colorado line		37.17	59.82	SH 125 south	Continues 8.4 miles (13.5 km) to SH 127 north
Gap in route
Colorado–Wyoming line		41.96	67.53	SH 127 south	Continues 9.2 miles (14.8 km) to SH 125
Albany	Woods Landing-Jelm	27.26	43.87	WYO 10 – Woods Landing, Jelm
	Laramie	2.12	3.41	WYO 130 – Centennial, Snowy Range Ski Area	West end of concurrency with WYO 130
		1.32	2.12	I-80 – Rawlins, Cheyenne	Exit 311 on I-80
		0.00	0.00	WYO 130 ends US 287 / US 30 / I-80 BL (3rd Street)	Eastern termini of WYO 230 and WYO 130; east end of concurrency with WYO 130
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. aaroads.com - Wyoming Routes 200-299
2. "Wyoming Highway 230 (via Colorado State Highways 125 and 127)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
3. Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. February 15, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2017.

External links

Template:Attached KML/Wyoming Highway 230

KML is from Wikidata

• Wyoming Routes 200-299
• WYO 230 - I-80 Bus/US-30/US-287/WYO 130 to WYO 130 (see Wyoming 230)