Wyoming Highway 71

Wyoming Highway 71
	Sage Creek Road
	WYO 71 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by WYDOT
Length	10.83 mi[1] (17.43 km)
Major junctions
South end	CR 401 near the Teton Reservoir
North end	WYO 78 in Rawlins
Location
Counties	Carbon
Highway system

Wyoming Highway 71 (WYO 71) is a 10.83-mile-long (17.43 km) north–south Wyoming state highway known as Sage Creek Road in Carbon County that travels from near the Teton Reservoir north into the southern part of Rawlins.

Route description

Highway 71, predominantly south of Rawlins, travels from Carbon County Route 401 near the Teton Reservoir[1] area north to Rawlins. Upon entering the Rawlins city limits, and after passing under Interstate 80/U.S. Route 30, WYO 71 heads in a more east-west direction paralleling the interstate. Downtown Rawlins can be accessed via Jackson and Washington Streets[2] Highway 71 comes to its northern end at Wyoming Highway 78[3] just 0.15 miles (790 ft) from exit 214 of I-80/US 30.[2]

Carbon County Route 401 continues south from WYO 71 to the Medicine Bow National Forest boundary where the designation for the roadway changes to Forest Service Road 801 till its end at Wyoming Highway 70. The road is dirt and gravel for the entire county and forest service portion.[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Carbon County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
	0.00	0.00	CR 401	Southern terminus
Rawlins	10.03	16.14	Jackson Street to I-80 Bus. / US 30 Bus. / WYO 789
	10.47	16.85	Washington Street to I-80 Bus. / US 30 Bus. / US 287
	10.83	17.43	WYO 78 south to I-80 / US 30	Northern terminus; northern terminus of WYO 78
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 000-099
Google (14 August 2016). "Wyoming Highway 71" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book - November 2004 (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2010-02-11.

Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming

External links

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[AARoads-1] Wyoming @ AARoads.com - Wyoming Routes 000-099

[gmaps-2] Google (14 August 2016). "Wyoming Highway 71" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

[wyorefbook-3] Wyoming Department of Transportation Reference Marker Book - November 2004 (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2010-02-11.