Wyoming Highway 77 is a state highway

State highway

State highway, state road or state route can refer to one of three related concepts, two of them related to a state or provincial government in a country that is divided into states or provinces :#A...

 in northesatern Carbon County, Wyoming

Carbon County, Wyoming

Carbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As of 2010, the population was 15,885. Its county seat is Rawlins.- History :Carbon County was organized in 1868....

 that runs from its south end at WYO 487

Wyoming Highway 487

Wyoming Highway 487 is a state highway in northeastern Carbon County, Wyoming and southeastern Natrona County, Wyoming that runs from its south end at US 30/US 287 to a north end at WYO 220.-Route description:...

 to a north end at WYO 487.

Route description

Wyoming Highway 77 begins at Wyoming Highway 487, 22 miles (35.4 km) north of Medicine Bow

Medicine Bow, Wyoming

Medicine Bow is a town in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 304 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Medicine Bow is located at ....

to WYO 487 near the Shirley Basin Rest Area, which is located 27 miles (43.5 km) south of the WYO 220-WYO 487 junction. State Route 77 stays to the west of WYO 487 and Shirley Basin, and also acts as an alternative route to WYO 487 between the two points.

History

Wyoming Highway 77 was formerly numbered as WYO 487 while present day Highway 487 was designated as WYO 75. WYO 75 was created during the early 1970s with the creation of the Wyoming secondary state route system. When Wyoming Highway 487 was rerouted over Highway 75 in the mid-1970s, old WYO 487 was redesignated as WYO 77.

Major intersections

External links

• Wyoming Routes 000-099
• WYO 77 - WYO 487 to WYO 487