Wyoming Highway 71

Wyoming Highway 71
Wyoming Highway 71
Sage Creek Road
	WYO 71 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by WYDOT
Length	10.83 mi (17.43 km)
Major junctions
South end	CR 401 near the Teton Reservoir
North end	WYO 78 in Rawlins
Location
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
Counties	Carbon
Highway system
	Wyoming State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

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 edit

Highway 71, predominantly south of Rawlins, travels from Carbon County Route 401 near the Teton Reservoir^{[citation needed]} 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^[1] Highway 71 comes to its northern end at Wyoming Highway 78^[2] just 0.15 miles (790 ft) from exit 214 of I-80/US 30.^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections edit

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