Montana Highway 40

Montana Highway 40
	MT 40 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MDT
Length	4.505 mi[1] (7.250 km)
Existed	1930s–present
Major junctions
West end	US 93 just south of Whitefish
East end	US 2 west of Columbia Falls
Location
Counties	Flathead
Highway system

Montana Highway 40 (MT 40) is a 4.505-mile-long (7.250 km) state highway in Flathead County, Montana. It connects U.S. Route 93 (US 93) south of Whitefish to US 2 west of Columbia Falls.

Route description

MT 40 begins at US 93 on the southern outskirts of Whitefish and proceeds eastward in a roughly straight line to its terminus with US 2 west of Columbia Falls.

MT 40 forms the central part of the most direct link between the two cities, allowing travel from the Hi-Line communities and Glacier National Park to the communities of the Columbia Valley in British Columbia without needing to detour south via Kalispell or north via the Crowsnest Pass between British Columbia and Alberta.

History

The basic route of MT 40 has been in place since the 1930s, and is seen on the 1935 state map.[2] For a brief time in the 1940s, it was even signed as MT 37, overlaid on US 93 to north of Eureka and then going to Libby, as seen on the 1942 map.[3]

The MT 40 designation is clearly visible on the 1949 state map.[4] MT 40 extended through Columbia Falls to the current US 2/Secondary Highway 206 junction until the US 2 and S-206 routings were swapped in 1983.[5]

Major intersections

The entire highway is in Flathead County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Whitefish	0.000	0.000	US 93 – Kalispell, Whitefish	Western terminus
	1.055	1.698	S-292 (Whitefish Stage Road)
	4.505	7.250	US 2 – Columbia Falls, West Glacier, Kalispell, Airport	Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Staff (2013). "Montana Road Log" (PDF). Montana Department of Transportation. p. 88. Retrieved February 8, 2015.
State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Montana State Highway Commission. 1935. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Montana State Highway Commission. 1942. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Montana State Highway Commission. 1949. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Montana Promotion Division. Montana Department of Transportation. 1985. Retrieved February 14, 2015.

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[MDT-1] Staff (2013). "Montana Road Log" (PDF). Montana Department of Transportation. p. 88. Retrieved February 8, 2015.

[MDTMAP1935-2] State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Montana State Highway Commission. 1935. Retrieved February 14, 2015.

[MDTMAP1942-3] State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Montana State Highway Commission. 1942. Retrieved February 14, 2015.

[MDTMAP1949-4] State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Montana State Highway Commission. 1949. Retrieved February 14, 2015.

[MDTMAP1985-5] State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Cartography by Montana Promotion Division. Montana Department of Transportation. 1985. Retrieved February 14, 2015.