Wyoming Highway 487
Wyoming Highway 487, also known as Shirley Basin Road, is a state highway in Carbon and Natrona counties in Wyoming, United States. It connects U.S. Route 30 / U.S. Rotue 287 in Medicine Bow with Wyoming Highway 220, south-southwest of Bessemer Bend.
Route description
WYO 487 begins at a T intersection with US 30 / US 287 in Medicine Bow. From its southern terminus, WYO 487 proceeds north to cross the Medicine Bow River before leaving Medicine Bow. About north of Medicine Bow, WYO 487 crosses the Little Medicine Bow River.Continuing north for over more, and passing just east of Battle Mountain, WYO 487 connects with the south end of Marshal Road, which heads northeast toward Douglas.
Approximately farther northwest, WYO 487 connects with the southern end of Wyoming Highway 77 at a T intersection. Roughly farther north, WYO 487 turns to proceed west-northwest for just over before reaching the Shirly Basin Rest Area. Just under later, WYO 487 connects with the north end of WYO 77 at another T intersection.
Beyond the northern end of WYO 77, WYO 487 turns to proceed north again, but after approximately it turns west for just over another before reaching its northern terminus at a T intersection with WYO 220, about south-southwest of the census-designated place of Bessemer Bend.