Wyoming Highway 316
Encyclopedia
Wyoming Highway 316 is an east-west 11.91 miles (19.2 km) Wyoming
state road in central Platte County.
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. 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.
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.
Wyoming
Wyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
state road in central Platte County.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 316 begins its western end in on the eastern side of WheatlandWheatland, Wyoming
Wheatland is a town in and the county seat of Platte County in southeastern Wyoming, United States. The population was 3,548 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Wheatland is located at ....
at I-25 Business/US 87 Business (9th Street). Highway 316 heads east, named Gilchrist Street, crosses railroad tracks and Rock Creek
Rock Creek
-Streams:* Rock Creek * Rock Creek , disambiguation* Rock Creek * Rock Creek , in Illinois* Rock Creek , in Maryland and the District of Columbia* Rock Creek , in Missoula County...
before passing along the south side of Phifer Airfield on Wheatland's eastern edge. WYO 316 leaves Wheatland at eight-tenths of a mile and passes through the community (CDP
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...
) of Chugcreek
Chugcreek, Wyoming
Chugcreek is a census-designated place in Platte County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 132 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chugcreek is located at ....
and changes names to Antelope Gap Road. Past Chugcreek, WYO 316 crosses Chugwater Creek
Chugwater Creek
Chugwater Creek is a tributary of the Laramie River, long, in southeastern Wyoming in the United States.It rises in the Laramie Mountains in eastern Albany County, northeast of Laramie. It flows northeast, emerging from the mountains and flowing past Chugwater, where it turns north-northwest,...
as it continues east until reaching its end at a junction with Dickinson Hill and Deer Creek Roads east of Wheatland.
History
The designation of Highway 316 was originally signed in Converse and Campbell counties between 1926 and 1933 along present day Wyoming Highway 387Wyoming Highway 387
Wyoming Highway 387 is a state road that travels from extreme northeast Natrona County, Wyoming through extreme southeast Johnson County, Wyoming and into southwest Campbell County, Wyoming.-Route description:...
and Highway 59
Wyoming Highway 59
Wyoming Highway 59 is a long north–south state highway that runs from Douglas to the Montana–Wyoming State Line, where the roadway continues as Montana Highway 59.-Douglas:...
between Midwest
Midwest, Wyoming
Midwest is a town in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. It is part of the Casper, Wyoming Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 408 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Midwest is located at ....
and Gillette
Gillette, Wyoming
Gillette is a city in and the county seat of Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 29,087 in 2010. Gillette is a city centrally located in an area involved with the development of vast quantities of American coal, oil, and coal bed methane gas...
. That designation lasted till about 1940 when it was renumbered to Wyoming Highway 116, no relation to present-day Highway 116.