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Wyoming Highway 59 Connector is a 0.45-mile (0.7 km) long connector route of WYO 59 in Douglas. [1] WYO 59C is the original alignment of Wyoming Highway 59 through Douglas. [ citation needed ] The route begins at WYO 59 and heads south 0.45 of a mile to meet WYO 59 (Fourth St.) [ 1 ]
The current MT 59 is an amalgamation of three roadway segments, each formerly numbered separately. The highway south of Broadus was originally designated as S-319. [citation needed] From Broadus to Miles City, the highway was U.S. Route 312 (US 312) until 1979, [3] and MT 59 north of Miles City was originally MT 22.
From Sheridan, the road continues east, rejoining with US 16 near Clearmont. The roads travel 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.
The final link in the 20-mile (32 km) section between Sheridan and Buffalo was opened in December 1968. [14] The final Wyoming section of I-90 was opened to traffic on October 10, 1985, following four years of construction on 10 miles (16 km) between the Montana state border and Ranchester.
Broadus and Powder River County, Montana is served by the Powder River County High School, which is part of the Broadus Public School System, District No. 79J. They are known as the Hawks. [17] In addition to the high school, Broadus Public Schools also operates an elementary and junior high school.
Custer County was organized in early 1877, consisting of most of SE Montana Territory. In February 1900, the Broadus Post Office opened. In October 1918 the first edition of the area's first newspaper [7] appeared. On March 17, 1919, Powder River County was formed from southern Custer County. In a 1920 election, Broadus was chosen as the county ...
Wyoming Highway 339 begins its western end at Interstate 90/US 14/US 87 (exit 16) and travels east just over 1 mile to end at Wyoming Highway 338 (Decker Road). [2] [3] WYO 338 travels south to serve Sheridan as well as north to the Montana State Line and Decker, Montana.
The combined stream flows northward, east of the Bighorns, and into Montana. It accepts the Little Powder near the town of Broadus, and discharges into the Yellowstone approximately 50 miles (80 km) downriver from Miles City, Montana. The Powder River was so named (in the English language as well as in local indigenous languages) because the ...