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U.S. Highway 191 (US 191) is a north-south United States Numbered Highway in the state of Montana. It extends approximately 442.2 miles (711.7 km) from Yellowstone National Park north to the Canadian border .
U.S. Route 20 (US 20) is a transcontinental east–west U.S. Highway that travels between Newport, Oregon, and Boston, Massachusetts.It passes through southern Montana for approximately 10 miles (16 km), connecting Targhee Pass at the Idaho state line to the town of West Yellowstone and the West Entrance of Yellowstone National Park near the Wyoming border.
US 287 was originally designated as Montana State Highway 287 (MT 287). The Montana State Highway Commission first assigned the MT 287 designation in 1958 to a cross-state route from Yellowstone National Park at West Yellowstone to the Canada–United States border at the Piegan–Carway Border Crossing between Babb and Cardston, Alberta.
[1] [2] [3] The northern segment runs for 442 miles (711 km) from the northern part of Yellowstone National Park to Loring, Montana, at the Canada–US border. [4] Unnumbered roads within Yellowstone National Park connect the two segments. The highway passes through the states of Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, and Montana.
Yellowstone National Park, established on March 1, 1872, is the United States' first national park. [6] About only three percent of Yellowstone is located in the state of Montana. [ 7 ] The park is home to Old Faithful , one of the most famous geysers in the world.
Yellowstone National Park entrance at West Yellowstone: US 89 at Choteau: 1965: current US 310: 55: 89 US 310/WYO 789 near Frannie, WY: I-90 Bus. at Laurel: 1926: current US 312: 225: 362 US 12 in Billings: US 212 at Broadus: 1959: 1981 Replaced by MT 59 and US 10: US 789 — — Wyoming state line near Frannie
The Beartooth Highway is the section of U.S. Route 212 between Red Lodge and Cooke City, Montana.It traces a series of steep zigzags and switchbacks, along the Montana–Wyoming border (45th parallel) to the 10,947-foot-high (3,337 m) Beartooth Pass in Wyoming.
US 89 enters Montana at the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It traverses the width of the state before approaching Glacier National Park. At St. Mary, Montana, US 89 is the access highway to Glacier Route One, also known as the Going-to-the-Sun Road. [5]