Wyoming Highway 159
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Wyoming Highway 159 is a north-south Wyoming
State Road located in east-central Goshen County and travels north of Torrington
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named W. C Street
. The first 0.45 mile (0.724203 km) through the city is maintained by the city of Torrington. State maintenance begins at Milepost 0.45. WYO 159 reaches the city limits at 1.43 miles. Just north of Torrington, at approximately 2.6 miles, WYO 159 turns west but back north again a mile later.
Highway 159 crosses the Interstate Canal afterward, which provides water for farmland irrigation that comes from the Whalen Diversion Dam near Fort Laramie
. For the remaining miles north of the canal, WYO 159 travels through prairie
land till its end at Milepost 12.78 at an intersection with Goshen CR 233.
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 located in east-central Goshen County and travels north of Torrington
Torrington, Wyoming
Torrington is a city in and the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,776 at the 2000 census. Torrington is the home of Eastern Wyoming College....
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Route description
Wyoming Highway 159 begins at US 26/US 85 (Valley Road W.) and from there travels north through the western parts of TorringtonTorrington, Wyoming
Torrington is a city in and the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 5,776 at the 2000 census. Torrington is the home of Eastern Wyoming College....
named W. C Street
. The first 0.45 mile (0.724203 km) through the city is maintained by the city of Torrington. State maintenance begins at Milepost 0.45. WYO 159 reaches the city limits at 1.43 miles. Just north of Torrington, at approximately 2.6 miles, WYO 159 turns west but back north again a mile later.
Highway 159 crosses the Interstate Canal afterward, which provides water for farmland irrigation that comes from the Whalen Diversion Dam near Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Fort Laramie is a town in Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 243 at the 2000 census. The town is named after historic Fort Laramie, an important stop on the Oregon, California and Mormon trails as well as a staging point for various military excursions...
. For the remaining miles north of the canal, WYO 159 travels through prairie
Prairie
Prairies are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type...
land till its end at Milepost 12.78 at an intersection with Goshen CR 233.