| Exit Number |
Route Number |
Street/Road Name |
Miscellaneous/Trivia |
| Exit 5 |
 NORTH  SOUTH |
Front Street Mirror Lake Scenic Byway High Uintas Wyoming State Hospital |
This exit is the most direct route into downtown Evanston. It also provides access to Wal-Mart, McDonalds, and the whole array of franchise facilities ... but the state mental health facility is right on the other side of the freeway from the franchises. Although Exit 5 now provides direct access into Evanston, this interchange was not part of the Evanston exits as recently as 1985. That middle exit was opened in spring or summer 1986. On the westbound "Evanston NEXT 3 EXITS" sign, you can see the green-out where the "3" was pasted over the "2." Before, that you could only get to and by using Exit 3 or Exit 6, and driving through Central Evanston via . This is one of the reasons why those two exits are also signed as TO , even though they are not the most direct route to .
|
| Exit 6 |
BUSINESS  TO NORTH |
Harrison Drive Evanston |
STATE OF WYOMING INFORMATION CENTER AND REST AREA
Pick up your free Wyoming state map at the information counter.
|
|
Uinta County Route 180 |
|
Bear River State Park
For eastbound travelers, Old
Evanston Road (CR-180) is the original route of Historic SOUTH between exits 10 and 30.
|
| Exit 10 |
|
Painter Road |
The Old Eagle Rock Ski Area, which is no longer in operation, is near this exit.
|
| Exit 15 |
|
Divide Road Three Sisters |
The Three Sisters are the three hills that you will traverse between exits 15 and 30. Heading westbound, the first sister is right after Exit 15.
|
| Exit 18 |
NORTH Uinta County Route 181 SOUTH |
Kemmerer Piedmont |
Yellowstone-Grand Teton National Parks via NORTH
Uinta County Route 181 connects Historic with Historic SOUTH (Uinta County Route 180).
The
exit marks the low point between the first two Sisters if you're heading eastbound (it's between the second two if you're heading westbound).
|
|
EAST
|
|
Exit
21 |
|
Coal
Road |
Between
exits 18 and 21, westbound travelers will go up Toms Draw and then descend
into the Piedmont Valley. Trucks should crank up in preparation for the
last sister, right after Exit 24.
|
| Exit 23A/23 |
|
Bar Hat Road |
|
| Exit 23B/24 |
Uinta County Route 141 Uinta County Route 173 |
Leroy Road Piedmont Road |
Heading westbound, you will see the Bigelow Bench, which will take you to over 6000 feet elevation. Heading eastbound, you are leaving the Green River Basin. The terrain will be much hillier as you head toward Evanston and Utah.
|
| Exit 28 |
Uinta County Route 207 |
French Road |
PARKING AREA
|
| Exit 30 |
Uinta County Route 202 |
Bigelow Road (also Bigelow Bench Road)
|
Westbound
travelers may exit here for historic SOUTH along
Uinta County Route 180 between exits 30 and
10.
|
|
Exit
33 |
Uinta County Route
230 |
Union
Road |
You
are now entering the Bridger Valley, named for the famed mountaineer, Jim
Bridger.
|
|
Exit
34 |
BUSINESS
LOOP
|
Fort
Bridger
Urie
Lyman |
Business
Loop through the Bridger Valley communities
of Fort Bridger, Urie, and Lyman is the longest Interstate business loop
in the state at approximately 15 miles, between exits 34 and 48.
The eastbound and westbound signs announcing the business loop actually read LOOP, which is unlike any other business loop sign in the state. Most times,
Wyoming DOT writes the word "BUSINESS" above the business loop shield. There is no
cardinal direction indicator (i.e., East or West).
|
|
|
Fort Bridger State
Historic Site via Business Loop.
Follow
for Historic SOUTH. |
For
westbound traffic, this is a good place to stop before heading onto Evanston.
If the weather's bad, don't continue west, since the freeway traverses
three large hills locally known as the "Three Sisters." Tire chains and
snow tires may be necessary in winter.
|
|
Exit
39 |
NORTH
SOUTH |
Carter
Mountain
View |
Flaming Gorge National
Recreation Area via
|
|
Exit
41 |
SOUTH |
Lyman |
REST
AREA
The Lyman Rest Area (exit 41)
is a solar-powered rest area. There is a big display there that explains
how the water is heated by the panels on the roof. This is a common design
for the smaller rest areas across the state of Wyoming and also some of
the larger ones too. Rest area buildings are also designed to face the
sun and to avoid the wind with sloping roofs. For that reason, Wyoming
rest areas are considered state-of-the-art in energy efficiency, but they
are also few and far between. A program is under way to build more rest
areas along Interstate, U.S., and Primary State highways.
On a more disturbing note,
this is the only rest area in the state where I have seen extensive graffiti
in and around the building.
|
|
Exit
48 |
BUSINESS
|
Lyman
Mountain
View
Bridger
Valley |
The
name "Mountain View" is used for two separate communities in the state
of Wyoming. One is just south of this exit on,
and the other is a "suburb" of Casper along BUSINESS  .
|
|
Exit
53 |
EAST |
Church Butte
Road |
The
reassurance signs in both directions here also have a
marker attached. That is wrong, as left (or
will join) the freeway at Exit 66 (or hasn't yet joined the freeway). This
signage was still in place as of 8/11/97. Dan
Stober was in
this area around the same time as I and did not notice the
shield. That may have been since he was more bothered by the 19-mile construction
zone in that area, and the fact that there was no way he was going to get
around the long string of trucks and campers in front of him.
|
| Milepost 56 |
Welcome to Sweetwater County!
|
| Milepost 60 |
|
|
Parking Area
|
| Exit 61 |
TO
|
Cedar Mountain Road Granger |
TO WEST Kemmerer
|
|
Exit
66 |
WEST |
Kemmerer
Pocatello,
Idaho
Fossil Butte National
Monument |
This
interchange was expanded in 1996 to allow full access. Previously,
eastbound traffic could not take west, and
eastbound traffic could not take westbound.
This problem is now remedied.
There is a Yellowstone -
Grand Teton National Parks via sign here,
but it is an indirect route for westbound travelers, unless they plan to
see Fossil Butte National Monument first.
|
|
EAST
|
|
Exit
68 |
EAST |
Little
America |
You
will see billboards advertising "Little America" for miles on either side
of this little Interstate outpost. This is not really a town; it is really
a motel, gas station, truck stop, and restaurant all rolled into one. The
population of Little America consists of the service center's employees
who don't wish to commute from nearby Green River. Other "Little Amnerica"
facilities are in Salt Lake City and Cheyenne.
And yes, I admit that
does not really get signed for the few miles between Exits 66 and 68. But
it is rather fun to include it as one of the routes here, since the two
disjointed sections of cannot be otherwise
connected without a four-by-four.
|
|
EAST
|
|
Exit
72 |
TO
|
Westvaco
Road |
Trona
Mines via Exit 72:
FMC
Corporation
General Chemical/Arm and
Hammer Baking Soda
Tenneco
|
| Exit 83 |
 NORTH |
La Barge Road Jamestown Road Peru |
Trona Mines via Exit 83:
Solvay Minerals/Texas Gulf
Rhone-Poulenc/Stauffer
|
| Exit 85 |
Sweetwater County Route 59 |
TO Covered Wagon Road |
Gaensslen Ranch
Rolling Green Golf Course
Future REST AREA
By now you've probably guessed that between Exit 68 and Green River is Historic.
|
| Exit 89 |
BUSINESS TO  SOUTH |
West Flaming Gorge Way Green River |
Home of the Green River Ordinance. You will see signs indicating enforcement of this ordinance as you enter the city along Business Loop. The Ordinance states that commercial solicitors MUST be registered with the city and have to operate under strict ordinance limits. This law restricts traveling con men from setting up shop and swindling the unsuspecting locals.
|
| Exit 91 |
BUSINESS TO SOUTH |
East Flaming Gorge Way Green River |
Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area via Exits 89 and 91. Expedition Island National Historic Landmark via Business Loop at either Exit 89 or Exit 91.
Historicbetween Exits 91 and 99 has been completely torn up and supplanted by . The only way between Rock Springs and Green River is via the Interstate.
|
|
Exit
99 |
SOUTH |
East Flaming Gorge
Road
Vernal,
Utah |
Flaming Gorge National
Recreation Area
Dinosaur National
Monument
Via.
|
|
EAST NORTH
|
|
Exit
102 |
BUSINESS
TO
SOUTH |
Dewar
Drive
Rock Springs
West |
Look
at all of the hotels, fast food joints, and shopping that surrounds this
exit. I used to work at one of them -- the Inn at Rock Springs -- as a
front desk clerk.
Foothill Blvd, which
parallels,
is historic between exits 99 and 102. At Milepost
101, notice how Foothill Blvd was realigned to accomodate a planned future
interchange to connect with Foothill Blvd on
the north and Sunset Drive on the south.
|
|
Exit
103 |
|
College
Drive
Western Wyoming
Community
College |
LOCAL
ACCESS ONLY.
This is a rather new interchange completed in 1991.
|
|
Exit
104 |
NORTH |
Elk
Street
Farson
Pinedale |
Yellowstone-Grand
Teton
National Parks via
NORTH.
|
|
EAST
|
|
Exit
106 |
BUSINESS
TO
SOUTH |
Pilot Butte
Drive
Rock Springs
East |
Future REST
AREA
|
|
Exit
111 |
SOUTH |
Baxter
Road
Airport
Road |
Rock Springs Municipal
Airport
|
|
Exit
122 |
NORTH |
Superior |
|
|
Exit
130 |
NORTH
Sweetwater County
Route
84 SOUTH |
Point of
Rocks
Black Buttes
Road
Jim Bridger Power
Plant |
Last services (Conoco gas, Conoco food, Conoco
phone, well, you get the idea) heading eastbound until exit 150, Table
Rock.
|
|
Exit
136 |
|
Black Butte
Road |
This
east-west road is Historic between Point of
Rocks (exit 130) and Bitter Creek (exit 142).
|
|
Milepost
137 |
|
|
Parking
Area
|
|
Exit
139 |
|
Red Hill
Road |
Look
for the Union Pacific Railroad along this stretch of.
It will almost always be visible from the Interstate.
|
|
Exit
142 |
Sweetwater County
Route
19 |
Bitter Creek
Road |
|
|
Milepost
144 |
Bitter Creek Rest
Area |
|
The
Patrick Draw Oil Field is south of the rest area.
|
|
Exit
146 |
Sweetwater County
Route
24 |
Patrick Draw
Road |
|
|
Exit
150 |
Sweetwater County
Route
55 |
Table Rock
Road |
This
company town has a large smokestack coming from the center of the housing
center. There are services similar to those at the Point of Rocks exit available
here.
|
|
Exit
152 |
Sweetwater County
Route
21 |
Bar X
Road |
|
|
Exit
154 |
|
BLM
Road |
Does everyone know what BLM stands for?
Well, BLM stands for the Bureau of Land Management, which owns a significant portion of the
land not already owned by the U.S. National Park System or by the U.S. Forest Service. I once
read that the federal government owns some 70% of the land in Wyoming -- much of that land is
the unarable land in the western two-thirds of the state. Ranching outfits typically lease the land
from the government for the purposes of grazing livestock. The sometimes conflicting interests
between ranchers and the federal governement has ignited what is known as the "Sagebrush
Rebellion." It began in Nevada, but the rebellion has since spread throughout the West. Many of
the rugged individualists who populate this land disapprove of Washington's interference. Stay
tuned for more developments here.
|
|
Exit
156 |
|
GL
Road |
West Branch
Continental Divide
|
|
Exit
158 |
Sweetwater County
Route
67 NORTH and County Route 80 SOUTH |
Tipton
Road |
I
somehow doubt travelers are confused by the intersection of
and CR-80.
|
|
Exit
164 |
|
Red Desert
West |
Much
of this community is boarded up; the birth of
destroyed the once-prosperous roadside business.
|
|
Exit
165 |
|
Red Desert
East |
All
that remains open in Red Desert after dark is the local bar-general store-gas
station.
|
|
Exit
166 |
|
Booster
Road |
|
|
Exit
168 |
|
Frewen
Road |
Along
this portion of, many of the exits lead to old
stops along the railroad, including the site of Frewen.
|
|
Exit
170 |
|
Rasmussen
Road |
|
|
Exit
173 |
Sweetwater County
Route
23 |
Wamsutter |
The
mileage signs between Rock Springs and Rawlins use Wamsutter as a
destination.
|
|
Exit
184 |
Future REST
AREA |
Continental Divide
Road
Creston |
Between
exits 156 and 206, traverses the Great Divide Basin.
Precipitation that falls in this basin does not flow to either ocean; instead,
it remains in this basin.
|
|
Exit
187 |
SOUTH |
Creston
Junction
Baggs
Road |
Little Snake River
Valley
|
|
Milepost
187 |
|
|
Parking
Area
|
|
EAST NORTH
|
|
Exit
196 |
|
Riner
Road |
As
you head eastbound on, note the reassurance
sign assembly here. It read, from 1990 to 1994, "EAST,
WEST, NORTH." Of
course, you're heading east on, not west! As
of 8/4/97, the highway department has not fixed that yet.
|
|
Milepost
199 |
COLOR="#800000">Welcome to Carbon
County!
|
|
Exit
201 |
|
Daley
Road |
|
|
Exit
204 |
|
Knobs
Road |
|
|
Exit
206 |
|
Hadsell
Road |
East Branch Continental
Divide
|
|
Exit
209 |
|
Johnson
Road |
Future REST
AREA
|
|
Milepost
211 |
|
|
Weigh
Station
|
|
Exit
211 |
BUSINESS
NORTH
TO
NORTH |
Spruce
Street
Rawlins |
Although
the signs indicate that does not split off from,
the stretch of between exits 211 and 215 does
not have any trailblazers as of 8/8/97. Business
is clearly signed through Rawlins, however.
|
|
EAST
|
|
Exit
214 |
TO
SOUTH |
Higley
Blvd.
Rawlins |
Wyoming State
Penitentiary
|
|
Exit
215 |
BUSINESS
NORTH
EAST |
Cedar
Street
Rawlins |
WESTBOUND ONLY:
Yellowstone-Grand
Teton National Parks via
NORTH.
|
|
EAST SOUTH
|
|
Exit
219 |
WEST
Carbon County Route
351 NORTH |
West
Sinclair |
Seminoe
State Park via CR-351, the Seminoe to Alcova Back Country
Byway
|
|
Exit
221 |
|
East
Sinclair |
|
|
Exit
228 |
Fort Fred Steele State
Historic Site |
Fort Steele
Road
Savage Ranch
Road |
REST
AREA
|
|
Exit
235 |
EAST
SOUTH
EAST |
Walcott
Hanna
Medicine
Bow
Saratoga
Snowy Range Scenic
Byway |
The
signage for this exit can be confusing, but here the eastbound travelers are presented with a choice. and take a northerly route to Laramie via Medicine Bow. stays close to the north end of the Snowy Range along the Overland Trail corridor. serves Saratoga, then crosses the summit of the Snowy Range. leaves south of Saratoga, swings south into Colorado, then rejoins in Laramie.
|
|
EAST
|
|
Exit
238 |
Carbon County Route
215 |
Peterson
Road |
|
|
Exit
246 |
|
Halleck Ridge
Summit |
This exit may have been removed during recent reconstruction work and lane expansion. Harold Johnson writes in August 2000, "Wyoming Interstate 80 at Exit 246 (Halleck Ridge Summit) - there is no such exit. (I) was out there yesterday afternoon, with the exit list, and there wasn't any Exit 246 going eastbound, or looking westbound. It does not exist!"
|
|
Exit
255 |
|
Hanna
Elk
Mountain |
north leads to and Hanna.
leads south to CR-402 and Elk Mountain.
|
|
Exit
260 |
Carbon County Route
402 |
Elk Mountain-Medicine
Bow Road |
CR-402
is the only county route listed on the exit signs from.
The interchange is actually with CR-3, which intersects with CR-402 just
south of. CR-402 parallels
between exits 260 and 272.
|
|
Milepost
262 |
|
|
Parking
Area
|
|
Exit
267 |
Carbon County Route
402 |
Wagonhound
Road |
REST
AREA
|
|
Exit
272 |
NORTH |
Arlington |
Rumor
has it that the Arlington grade (just west of Exit 272) is the most often
closed stretch of in the country.
|
|
Exit
279 |
Carbon County Route
15 |
Cooper Cove
Road
Dutton Creek
Road |
Look here for an old white square secondary state highway marker for CR-15 along Cooper Cove Road. Maybe CR-15 was/is planned as part of the state highway system.
|
|
Milepost
280 |
COLOR="#800000">Welcome to Albany
County!
|
|
Milepost
282 |
Clement Bengough
Monument
and Gravesite |
|
Going by at 75 mph, it is difficult to see this gravesite off the side of. It is not accessible from the Interstate; instead, one must use the Dutton Creek Road exit to get to it.
|
|
Exit
290 |
Albany County Route
59 |
Quealy Dome
Road |
Eastbound
travelers are now starting to wonder just how much further away Laramie
is (a mere 22 miles).
|
|
Exit
297 |
|
Herrick
Lane |
One
year (1993?) the Wyo. DOT messed up the signage by referring to
as Wyo. 21.
|
|
Exit
310 |
BUSINESS
|
Curtis
Street
Laramie
North |
EASTBOUND
TRAFFIC:
University of Wyoming
via:
Geological
Museum
War Memorial
Stadium
American Heritage
Center
|
|
Exit
311 |
|
Snowy Range
Road
Centennial
Woods
Landing |
Jelm
Mountain Observatory via
Snowy Range National Scenic
Byway via
Snowy Range Ski Area
via
|
|
Exit
313 |
|
Third
Street
Fort Collins,
Colorado |
Laramie
Chamber of Commerce
|
|
Exit
316 |
BUSINESS
WEST |
Grand
Avenue
Laramie
East |
WESTBOUND
TRAFFIC: University of Wyoming via
and.
|
|
EAST
|
| Milepost 317 |
|
SPEED LIMIT 65 (EASTBOUND) |
EASTBOUND TRAFFIC: Steep grade up to Sherman Hill next six miles.
CONSTRUCTION ZONE: Through 2000-2001, through Telephone Canyon will be under construction as the road is widened from four lanes to five lanes. Please use caution in this area.
|
|
Welcome to Medicine
Bow National Forest, Pole Mountain/Vedauwoo Unit
|
| Exit 323 |
 EAST |
Happy Jack Road Sherman Hill Summit (Historic ) |
REST AREA STATE OF WYOMING TOURIST INFORMATION CENTER Lincoln Monument Curt Gowdy State Park
|
|
|
SPEED LIMIT 65 (WESTBOUND) |
Eastbound traffic is beginning its descent into Cheyenne, while westbound traffic is heading into the narrow Telephone Canyon.
|
| Exit 329 |
Albany County Route 234 |
Vedauwoo Road |
Vedauwoo Rocks Ames Monument
|
|
Leaving Medicine Bow
National Forest, Pole Mountain/Vedauwoo Unit
|
|
Exit
333 |
Lone
Tree |
|
PARKING
AREA
|
|
Exit
335 |
Albany County Route
30 |
Buford
Road |
The
Buford Conoco gas station in the middle of nowhere serves Cheyenne-Laramie
commuters.
|
|
COLOR="#800000">Welcome to Laramie
County!
|
|
Exit
339 |
Laramie County Route
206 |
Remount
Ranch |
The
best radio reception in the state is located between Mileposts 323 and
345. You can get most Front Range radio from Colorado here.
|
|
Exit
342 |
SOUTH |
Harriman
Road |
|
|
Milepost
344 |
|
|
Parking
Area
|
|
Exit
345 |
Warren
Road |
Warren
Road |
Historic
alignments of can be seen from around this
exit.
|
|
Exit
348 |
EAST |
Otto
Road |
is Historic between exits 348 and
359.
|
|
Exit
358 |
BUSINESS
WEST |
West
Lincolnway
Cheyenne |
During
the summer of 1997, the signage for exit 358 and 359 were confused. The
signs read " Denver-Casper,"
while the  signs read "West
Lincolnway/Cheyenne."
|
|
Exit
359 |
|
Casper
Denver |
Use
SOUTH to STATE OF WYOMING INFORMATION CENTER AND REST
AREA
|
|
Exit
362 |
 
BUSINESS
|
Central
Avenue
Greeley
Highway
Downtown |
Although
this is an Interstate-to-Interstate connection, this is a diamond
interchange.
|
|
Exit
364 |
|
College
Drive
Nationway |
State
Capitol
Wyoming State
Museum
|
|
Exit
367 |
Laramie County Route
209 |
Campstool
Road |
|
|
Exit
370 |
WEST |
Archer
Dell Range
Blvd. |
University of Wyoming
Agricultural Experiment Station
|
|
Milepost
371 |
|
|
Port of Entry
and Weigh/Check Station. I previously had the westbound Port of Entry at milepost 372.
Harold Johnson writes, "Wyoming Interstate 80 westbound Port of Entry is listed in Mile Zone
372. Since the Mile Posts begins from the Utah State Line and increase to Pine Bluffs, ending at
402.78 on the Nebraska State Line, and the Westbound Port of Entry is actually in Mile Zone
371, west of Mile Post 372, that, in fact, puts it in Mile Zone 371, not
372."
|
|
Exit
377 |
SOUTH |
Hillsdale |
Between
Archer and Pine Bluffs via Durham, Burns, and Egbert (Exits 370 through
391), Historic more closely follows the Union
Pacific Railroad via several county roads (Durham Road, Burns Road, and
Pine Bluffs Road). This routing is commonly called the "Old Highway" in
Southeastern Wyoming.
|
|
Exit
386 |
NORTH
SOUTH |
Burns
Carpenter |
|
|
Exit
391 |
Laramie County Route
154 |
Egbert |
|
|
Exit
401 |
BUSINESS
NORTH |
Pine Bluffs
West |
STATE OF WYOMING
INFORMATION
CENTER AND
REST
AREA
|
|
Exit
1 |
WEST
EAST |
Pine Bluffs
East |
Nebraska
does not sign its portion of Business Loop around Pine Bluffs from the Interstate mainline. is now free of for the remainder of its trip eastward. Heading westward, will be absorbed by for almost one half of its route.
|
Page Updated September 22, 2005.
