U.S. Route 14 in Wyoming
 U.S. Highway 14 | ||||
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 US 14 highlighted in red and US 14A in blue | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by WYDOT | ||||
| Length | 400.283 mi[1] (644.193 km) | |||
| Existed | 1936–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   US 16 / US 20 at Yellowstone National Park | |||
| East end |   I-90 / US 14 at the South Dakota state line | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Wyoming | |||
| Counties | Park, Big Horn, Sheridan, Campbell, Crook | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 14 (US 14) in the U.S. state of Wyoming runs east to west across the northern part of the state. The road connects South Dakota on the east with Yellowstone National Park on the west. It is mostly a two-lane surface road, except for several sections that it shares with Interstate 90 (I-90). The total length is about 400.3 miles (644.2 km).[1]
Route description
While the official western terminus of the road is at the eastern gate of Yellowstone National Park, some commercially produced maps show US 14 within the park itself starting at a junction with US 89 and US 287 at West Thumb and following the northern shore of Yellowstone Lake. From the park, US 14 is cosigned with US 16 and US 20. The roads lead east out of the Absaroka Range and down the Shoshone River valley to Cody. Here, US 14A splits north toward Powell, while US 14/US 16/US 20 continues east across the Bighorn Basin to Greybull. At Greybull, US 16 and US 20 go south, while US 14 travels east to Shell, and the western slope of the Bighorn Mountains. The road ascends a windy path through steep Shell Canyon and rejoins US 14A at the top of the range at Burgess Junction.[2] The road is designated as Bighorn Scenic Byway between Shell and Dayton on the eastern side of the mountain range. On the east side of the Bighorn Mountains, the road merges with I-90 and travels southeast to Sheridan. From Sheridan, the road continues east, rejoining with US 16 near Clearmont. The road travels across the Powder River Country to Gillette where it joins again with I-90 to Moorcroft. From here, it diverges north from I-90 briefly to junction with Wyoming Highway 24 (WYO 24) with access to Devils Tower National Monument. US 14 turns south and rejoins I-90 which it follows to the eastern border of Wyoming and South Dakota.[citation needed]
History
US 14 was originally planned to stop in Wall, South Dakota. In 1936, the road was extended to the Wyoming border, US 16 was rerouted through Newcastle, and the old US 16 was redesignated as US 14. Prior to 1940, US 14 followed the route currently serviced by US 14A through Lovell and Powell. In 1940, the highway took over WYO 520 between Burgess Junction and Greybull, and the old road was renamed WYO 14. Due to confusion, it was recommissioned as US 14A in 1965. In the 1960s, portions of the highway in the eastern part of the state became I-90.[citation needed]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Yellowstone National Park | 0.000 | 0.000 | East Entrance Road to US 20 west | Continuation into Yellowstone National Park; US 20 resumes in Montana at the park's west entrance (closed winters) | ||
| Yellowstone National Park boundary (East Entrance); fees required | ||||||
 US 16 begins / US 20 begins / Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway begins | US 14 / US 16 western terminus; western end of US 16 / US 20 / Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway concurrency | |||||
| Park | Pahaska Tepee | 2.000 | 3.219 | Westbound road closure gate (closed winters) | ||
| Cody | 49.410 | 79.518 |   WYO 291 south (South Fork Road) | |||
| 50.900 | 81.916 |     US 14A east / WYO 120 west (16th Street) / Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway ends – Powell, Big Horn Natl Rec Area | West end of WYO 120 and Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway concurrency | |||
| 54.119 | 87.096 | WYO 120 south – Meeteetse, Thermopolis | East end of WYO 120 concurrency | |||
| Big Horn | | 85.065 | 136.899 |  WYO 30 south – Burlington | ||
| Emblem | 85.665 | 137.864 |   WYO 32 north – Powell, Lovell | |||
| | 99.197 | 159.642 |    US 310 west / WYO 789 north – Lovell, Billings, Bighorn Canyon Natl Recreation Area | West end of WYO 789 concurrency | ||
| Greybull | 104.176 | 167.655 | US 16 east / US 20 east / WYO 789 south – Basin, Worland | East end of US 16 / US 20 / WYO 789 concurrency | ||
| Big Horn–Sheridan county line | | 141.794 | 228.195 | Granite Pass | ||
| Sheridan | Burgess Junction | 151.561 | 243.914 | US 14A west (Medicine Wheel Passage) – Lovell, Yellowstone, Teton | US 14A closed winters | |
| Dayton | 175.642 | 282.668 |  WYO 343 north | |||
| Ranchester | 181.527 | 292.139 |  WYO 345 – Parkman | |||
| 183.005 | 294.518 | 9 |    I-90 west / US 87 north – Billings | West end of I-90 / US 87 concurrency; exit numbers follow I-90 | ||
| | 187.741 | 302.140 | 14 | WYO 345 west – Acme | ||
| | 189.464 | 304.913 | 16 |  WYO 339 – Decker, Mont. | ||
| Sheridan | 194.043 | 312.282 | 20 |   I-90 BL east / US 14 Bus. east / US 87 Bus. south (Main Street) WYO 338 north (Decker Road) | ||
| 196.279 | 315.880 | 23 |  WYO 336 (Fifth Street) | |||
| 198.423 | 319.331 | 25 |  I-90 BL west / US 14 Bus. east / US 87 south – Sheridan, Big Horn I-90 east – Buffalo | East end of I-90 / US 87 concurrency | ||
| Ucross | 225.833 | 363.443 | US 16 west – Buffalo | West end of US 16 concurrency | ||
| | 252.774 | 406.800 |  WYO 341 south – Arvada | |||
| Campbell | | 296.226 | 476.730 |  WYO 59 north – Broadus | West end of WYO 59 concurrency | |
| Gillette | 303.508 | 488.449 |   WYO 50 south / I-90 BL west (Skyline Drive) to I-90 – Buffalo, Moorcroft | West end of I-90 BL concurrency | ||
| 305.309 | 491.347 | WYO 59 south to I-90 – Douglas | East end of WYO 59 concurrency | |||
| 306.631 | 493.475 | 128 |    I-90 west / I-90 BL ends / WYO 51 east – Buffalo | East end of I-90 BL concurrency; west end of I-90 concurrency; exit numbers follow I-90 | ||
| 308.164 | 495.942 | 129 | Garner Lake Road | |||
| | 311.445 | 501.222 | 132 | Wyodak Road | ||
| | 320.384 | 515.608 | 141 | Rozet | ||
| Crook | Moorcroft | 332.559 | 535.202 | 153 |  I-90 east / I-90 BL begins – Sundance | East end of I-90 concurrency; west end of I-90 BL concurrency |
| 332.696 | 535.422 | WYO 51 west | ||||
| 333.764 | 537.141 | I-90 BL east / US 16 east to I-90 – Upton, Newcastle | East end of I-90 BL / US 16 concurrency | |||
| | 338.806 | 545.255 |  WYO 113 – Pine Haven | |||
| | 359.376 | 578.360 |  WYO 24 east – Devils Tower, Hulett | |||
| Sundance | 378.731 | 609.508 | I-90 / I-90 BL begins – Moorcroft, Spearfish | West end of I-90 BL concurrency | ||
| 378.922 | 609.816 |  WYO 116 west – Upton | ||||
| 380.382 | 612.165 |  WYO 585 south – Newcastle | ||||
| 382.142 | 614.998 | 189 | I-90 west / I-90 BL ends – Moorcroft | East end of I-90 BL concurrency; west end of I-90 concurrency; exit numbers follow I-90 | ||
| | 385.060 | 619.694 | 191 |  CR 207 (Moskee Road) | ||
| | 392.454 | 631.593 | 199 |  WYO 111 – Aladdin | ||
| Beulah | 399.039 | 642.191 | 205 | Beulah | ||
| | 400.283 | 644.193 | I-90 east / US 14 east – Spearfish, Sturgis, Rapid City | Continuation into South Dakota | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Related routes
Alternate route
.svg){kind=small} U.S. Highway 14A | |
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| Location | Cody–Burgess Junction |
| Length | 98.600 mi[1] (158.681 km) |
| Existed | 1936–present |
U.S. Highway 14A (US 14A) is an alternate route for US 14 between Cody and Burgess Junction. At its west end in Cody, US 14 is concurrent with US 16 and US 20. West of Burgess Junction, US 14A passes through the Bighorn Mountains, reaching a maximum elevation of 9,430 feet (2,870 m). This portion of the road is closed during the winter months, which typically is at the end of the fall hunting season, around December 1, to Memorial Day weekend, or as conditions allow.[3] The total length of US 14A is approximately 99 miles (159 km).[1] Intermediate towns on the highway include Powell and Lovell. At Lovell, US 14A is concurrent with US 310 for approximately three miles (4.8 km). US 14A is also known as the Medicine Wheel Passage between Lovell and Burgess Junction.[4]
In the initial 1925 plan, roughly the west half of present US 14A, from Cody to US 310 in Deaver, was assigned the number U.S. Highway 220 (US 220).[5] However, two spurs of US 20 were added in Pennsylvania, and so US 220 became U.S. Highway 420 (US 420) in the final 1926 plan.[6]
Around 1933, US 116 was extended west from Sheridan to Deaver, then absorbing US 420 to end at Cody. Soon after, it became part of an extended US 14.[citation needed] US 14 was shifted south to its present alignment in 1940, and the old alignment became WYO 14 for a while and was recommissioned as US 14A around 1965.[citation needed]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Park | Cody | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 14 / US 16 / US 20 / WYO 120 south (Sheridan Avenue) / Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway west – Greybull, Yellowstone | US 14A western terminus; west end of WYO 120 concurrency |
| 0.436 | 0.702 | WYO 120 north – Clark, Belfry | East end of WYO 120 concurrency | ||
| | 15.400 | 24.784 |  WYO 294 north | ||
| Powell | 24.040 | 38.689 |  WYO 295 north (Absaroka Street) | West end of WYO 295 concurrency | |
| 24.080 | 38.753 | WYO 295 south (Bent Street) | East end of WYO 295 concurrency | ||
| Garland | 29.520 | 47.508 |  WYO 114 east – Deaver | ||
| Big Horn | | 43.520 | 70.039 | US 310 west / WYO 789 north – Cowley | West end of US 310 / WYO 789 concurrency |
| 44.982 | 72.392 | WYO 32 south – Emblem | |||
| Lovell | 46.710 | 75.172 | US 310 east / WYO 789 south – Greybull | East end of US 310 / WYO 789 concurrency | |
| | 49.170 | 79.131 |  WYO 37 north – Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | ||
| 68.730 | 110.610 | Eastbound road closure gate (local traffic permitted) | |||
| 76.400 | 122.954 | Eastbound road closure gate (closed winters) | |||
| Sheridan | Burgess Junction | 98.100 | 157.877 | Westbound road closure gate (closed winters) | |
| 98.600 | 158.681 | US 14 – Dayton, Sheridan, Shell, Greybull | US 14A eastern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Sheridan business route
 U.S. Highway 14 Business | |
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| Location | Sheridan |
| Length | 4.526 mi[1]: 142–143 (7.284 km) |
U.S. Highway 14 Business (US 14 Bus.) is a route completely concurrent with Interstate 90 Business (I-90 Bus.), as well as U.S. Highway 87 Business (US 87 Bus.) and a portion of U.S. Highway 87 (US 87), and provides access to downtown Sheridan in an area where US 14 was routed to follow I-90.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g State Maintenance Engineer’s Office (October 1, 2017). "Maintenance Section Reference Book" (PDF). Wyoming Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ "Mystery draws thousands to last stand site". Calgary Herald. December 31, 1988. ProQuest 243969211.
Wyoming 14 [sic] is not for everyone. There is a stiff climb up to the plateau of the Bighorns and a steep, winding downgrade on the other side.
(subscription required) - ^ "WYDOT to close US 14A for the season" (Press release). Wyoming Department of Transportation. November 24, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ^ "Medicine Wheel Passage". National Scenic Byway Foundation. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ^ Joint Board on Interstate Highways (1925). "Appendix VI: Descriptions of the Interstate Routes Selected, with Numbers Assigned". Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways, October 30, 1925, Approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, November 18, 1925 (Report). Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 58. OCLC 733875457, 55123355, 71026428. Retrieved July 24, 2022 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
External links
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