Wyoming Highway 135
Encyclopedia
Wyoming Highway 135 is a 35.62 miles (57.3 km) north-south Wyoming
State Road in Fremont County.
at Sweetwater Station northwest of Jeffrey City
. Highway 135, named Sand Draw Road, travels north from Sweetwater Station towards the small oil community of Sand Draw. At 17 miles, approximately half-way through its route, Wyoming Highway 139
is intersected which acts as a spur into the community of Sand Draw. Past Sand Draw, WYO 135 heads now more north-northwest toward Riverton
as it passes through the Wind River Basin
. Nearing 34.5 miles, the western terminus of Wyoming Highway 136
(Gas Hills Road) is intersected which travels east towards the Gas Hills Mining District. Just after meeting WYO 136, Highway 135 crosses the Little Wind River and reaches its northern terminus at Wyoming Highway 789
just south of Riverton.
Wyoming Highway 135 provides an alternate to Wyoming Highway 789 through Lander.
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 Fremont County.
Route description
Wyoming Highway 135 begins its southern end at US Route 287/Wyoming Highway 789Wyoming Highway 789
Wyoming Highway 789 is a state route in the U.S. state of Wyoming in the United States. Wyoming Highway 789 runs north to south from the Montana border to the Colorado border. For most of its length, it is joined with other routes....
at Sweetwater Station northwest of Jeffrey City
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
Jeffrey City is a census-designated place and former uranium mining boomtown located in Fremont County, in the central part of the U.S. state of Wyoming. The town is famous in Wyoming and the American West as symbol of a boomtown that went “bust” very quickly, as the mine was shut down in 1982...
. Highway 135, named Sand Draw Road, travels north from Sweetwater Station towards the small oil community of Sand Draw. At 17 miles, approximately half-way through its route, Wyoming Highway 139
Wyoming Highway 139
Wyoming Highway 139 is a short spur route of Wyoming Highway 135 in south-central Fremont County.-Route description:Wyoming Highway 139 begins at Wyoming Highway 135 and travels into the small oil community of Sand Draw. Highway 139 ends at an unmarked 3 way intersection in Sand Draw 1.45 miles...
is intersected which acts as a spur into the community of Sand Draw. Past Sand Draw, WYO 135 heads now more north-northwest toward Riverton
Riverton, Wyoming
Riverton is a city in Fremont County, Wyoming, United States. It is both the largest city in the county and the largest within the historical boundaries of the Wind River Indian Reservation. The city's population was 9,310 at the 2000 census...
as it passes through the Wind River Basin
Wind River Basin
The Wind River Basin or Shoshone Basin is a semi-arid intermontane structural basin in central Wyoming, USA. It is bounded by Laramide uplifts on all sides. On the west is the Wind River Range and on the North are the Absaroka Range and the Owl Creek Mountains...
. Nearing 34.5 miles, the western terminus of Wyoming Highway 136
Wyoming Highway 136
Wyoming Highway 136 is a long east-west Wyoming State Road in Fremont County.-Route description:Wyoming Highway 136, named Gas Hills Road, begins at Wyoming Highway 135 south of Riverton. From there, Highway 136 travels east, crosses into the Wind River Indian Reservation and on into the Gas Hills...
(Gas Hills Road) is intersected which travels east towards the Gas Hills Mining District. Just after meeting WYO 136, Highway 135 crosses the Little Wind River and reaches its northern terminus at Wyoming Highway 789
Wyoming Highway 789
Wyoming Highway 789 is a state route in the U.S. state of Wyoming in the United States. Wyoming Highway 789 runs north to south from the Montana border to the Colorado border. For most of its length, it is joined with other routes....
just south of Riverton.
Wyoming Highway 135 provides an alternate to Wyoming Highway 789 through Lander.