Wyoming Highway 13
Wyoming Highway 13, also known as Arlington Road, is a state highway in Carbon and Albany counties in Wyoming, United States, that connects Interstate 80 in Arlington with U.S. Route 30 / U.S. Route 287, north of Rock River.
Route description
WYO 13 begins at a folded diamond interchange on I-80 and the west end of Elk Mountain Arlington Road in the census-designated place of Arlington in eastern Carbon County.From its western terminus WYO 13 proceeds northeasterly as a two-lane road to pass through Arlington. About along its course, WYO 13 crosses over Rock Creek and then passes through the unincorporated community of McFadden, roughly later. Approximately along its route, WYO 13 leaves Carbon County and enters Albany County.
About from its western terminus, WYO 13 has a second bridge over Rock Creek. Northeast of the creek, WYO 12 has a bridge over two sets of Union Pacific Railroad tracks before reaching its eastern terminus at a T intersection with US 30 / US 287, just north of the town of Rock River.
Interstate 80 is frequently closed during the winter months, and a sign posted near the highway's northern terminus at US 30 / US 287 indicates whether the road is currently closed.
History
Maps as early as 1927 showed an unimproved road between the communities of Arlington and Rock River. A 1940 Rand McNally map and a 1956 Gousha map both show an unnumbered state highway running southwest from Rock River to McFadden and an unimproved road continuing southwest to connect with another unimproved road that ran between Millbrook and Elk Moutain, via Arlington.By 1955 a United States Geological Survey map showed Wyoming Highway 137 heading westerly along Avenue C from US 30 / US 287 in Rock River to connect with the current routing of WYO 13. The 1958 and 1976 versions of a USGS map of a different quadrangle show this highway continuing southwest to end at McFadden, but do not indicate a highway number. A 1981 USGS map still labeled this highway as WYO 137.
A 1983 USGS map finally labels the highway as WYO 13. The same map also indicates that WYO 13 had been rerouted along a section northeast of McFadden to more closely parallel the southwest bank of Threemile Creek. The former routing is now known as Old State Hwy 13. A 1988 USGS map shows the routing of WYO 13 from MaFadden southeast to end at I-80 in Arlington. The section of highway that ran south from near McFadden to end southeast of Arlington is now also known as Old State Hwy 13.
While a 2012 USGS map still indicated that WYO 13's eastern end was still along Avenue C in Rock River, by 2015 the map of the same quadrangle showed the eastern end having been rerouted to is current course to end north of Rock River. The same map indicated the former routing no longer crossed the railway tracks along Avenue C. Only about of the current WYO 13 runs along the original routing of the highway.