U.S. Route 14A (Wyoming)
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.svg) U.S. Highway 14A | ||||
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| U.S. Route 14 Alternate Medicine Wheel Passage | ||||
 US 14A highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by WYDOT | ||||
| Length | 98.600 mi[1] (158.681 km) | |||
| Existed | 1936–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |    US 14 / US 16 / US 20 in Cody | |||
  US 310 / WYO 789 in Lovell | ||||
| East end | US 14 at Burgess Junction | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Wyoming | |||
| Counties | Park, Big Horn, Sheridan | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 14A (US 14A) is an alternate route for US 14 between Cody and Burgess Junction. At its west end in Cody, US 14 is concurrent with US 16 and US 20. West of Burgess Junction, US 14A passes through the Bighorn Mountains, reaching a maximum elevation of 9,430 feet (2,870 m). This portion of the road is closed during the winter months, which typically is at the end of the fall hunting season, around December 1, to Memorial Day weekend, or as conditions allow.[2] The total length of US 14A is approximately 99 miles (159 km).[1] Intermediate towns on the highway include Powell and Lovell. At Lovell, US 14A is concurrent with US 310 for approximately three miles (4.8 km). US 14A is also known as the Medicine Wheel Passage between Lovell and Burgess Junction.[3]
In the initial 1925 plan, roughly the west half of present US 14A, from Cody to US 310 in Deaver, was assigned the number U.S. Highway 220 (US 220).[4] However, two spurs of US 20 were added in Pennsylvania, and so US 220 became U.S. Highway 420 (US 420) in the final 1926 plan.[5]
Around 1933, US 116 was extended west from Sheridan to Deaver, then absorbing US 420 to end at Cody. Soon after, it became part of an extended US 14.[citation needed] US 14 was shifted south to its present alignment in 1940, and the old alignment became WYO 14 for a while and was recommissioned as US 14A around 1965.[citation needed]
Major intersections
[edit]| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Park | Cody | 0.000 | 0.000 |   US 14 / US 16 / US 20 / WYO 120 south (Sheridan Avenue) / Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway west – Greybull, Yellowstone | Western end of WYO 120 concurrency |
| 0.436 | 0.702 |  WYO 120 north – Clark, Belfry | Eastern end of WYO 120 concurrency | ||
| | 15.400 | 24.784 |  WYO 294 north | ||
| Powell | 24.040 | 38.689 |  WYO 295 north (Absaroka Street) | Western end of WYO 295 concurrency | |
| 24.080 | 38.753 | WYO 295 south (Bent Street) | Eastern end of WYO 295 concurrency | ||
| Garland | 29.520 | 47.508 |   WYO 114 east – Deaver | ||
| Big Horn | | 43.520 | 70.039 |  US 310 west / WYO 789 north – Cowley | Western end of US 310 / WYO 789 concurrency |
| 44.982 | 72.392 |  WYO 32 south – Emblem | |||
| Lovell | 46.710 | 75.172 |  US 310 east / WYO 789 south – Greybull | Eastern end of US 310/WYO 789 concurrency | |
| | 49.170 | 79.131 |  WYO 37 north – Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area | ||
| 68.730 | 110.610 | Eastbound road closure gate (local traffic permitted) | |||
| 76.400 | 122.954 | Eastbound road closure gate (closed winters) | |||
| Sheridan | Burgess Junction | 98.100 | 157.877 | Westbound road closure gate (closed winters) | |
| 98.600 | 158.681 | US 14 – Dayton, Sheridan, Shell, Greybull | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
[edit]- 1 2 3 State Maintenance Engineer’s Office (October 1, 2017). "Maintenance Section Reference Book" (PDF). Wyoming Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ "WYDOT to close US 14A for the season" (Press release). Wyoming Department of Transportation. November 24, 2025. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
- ↑ "Medicine Wheel Passage". National Scenic Byway Foundation. Retrieved December 23, 2025.
- ↑ Joint Board on Interstate Highways (1925). "Appendix VI: Descriptions of the Interstate Routes Selected, with Numbers Assigned". Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways, October 30, 1925, Approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, November 18, 1925 (Report). Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 58. OCLC 733875457, 55123355, 71026428. Retrieved July 24, 2022 – via Wikisource.
- ↑ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
External links
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