Wyoming Highway 130


Wyoming Highway 130 is a state highway in the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is known locally as the Snowy Range Road. It makes its way west from Laramie across the plains, and rises over the Medicine Bow Mountains. The road then turns north through the town of Saratoga, and ends at Interstate 80. The stretch of road over the mountains is a National Forest Byway. WYO 130 over Snowy Range Pass is closed during winter

Route description

Wyoming Highway 130 travels from Interstate 80 and US 30/US 287 at Walcott south through Saratoga, intersecting unsigned Wyoming Highway 74 at, and continuing further south to a junction with Wyoming Highway 230 at, where WYO 130 turns east to head to Laramie. WYO 130 heads east across the Medicine Bow Mountains and through part of the Medicine Bow National Forest, and passes through Centennial at around. Six miles east of Centennial, 130 intersects Wyoming Highway 11 which provides a route to Albany. From there Highway 130 travels in a relatively due east direction over rolling hills. At Wyoming Highway 12 is intersected, and at Highway 130 meets Highway 230 once again just west of Laramie. From here the routes 130 and 230 run together into Laramie as Snowy Range Road. This is the only instance in Wyoming where two state routes are merged. Shortly after, Snowy Range Road has an interchange with I-80. Almost after that interchange Wyoming Highway 130, as well as Wyoming Highway 230, ends at I-80 BUS/US 30/US 287

History

Highway 130 used to begin in downtown Saratoga at the current unmarked junction with Wyoming Highway 74. The current routing of Wyoming 130 from the Highway 74 junction south to the Highway 230 junction was once part of Wyoming Highway 70. Originally Highway 130 traveled southeast along the Carbon County Route 504 path to Ryan Park. The roadway from Ryan Park to the WYO 130/WYO 230 junction was not built at that time. Then 130 resumes its current course east to Centennial and Laramie.

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