Montana Highway 16

Montana Highway 16 marker

Montana Highway 16
Route information
Maintained by MDT
Length: 152.371 mi[1] (245.217 km)
Major junctions
South end: I94 Bus. (Towne Street) in West Glendive
  I94 in West Glendive
US 2 in Culbertson
North end: Hwy 6 in Regway, Saskatchewan
Location
Counties: Dawson, Richland, Roosevelt, Sheridan
Highway system

Montana Highways
Secondary

MT 13MT 17

Montana Highway 16 (MT 16) is a 152-mile-long (245 km) state highway in the US state of Montana. It begins in West Glendive at a Business Loop of Interstate 94 (I-94), and ends at the Port of Raymond on the Saskatchewan border. The northern portion from U.S. Route 2 (US 2) at Culbertson to the Canadian border is proposed as part of the Theodore Roosevelt Expressway.[2]

Route description

MT 16 begins in West Glendive, across the Yellowstone River from Glendive, at an intersection with a business loop of Interstate 94. It proceeds north, crossing under I-94 before turning northeast to follow the left bank of the Yellowstone River and the Yellowstone Valley Railroad. After crossing from Dawson into Richland counties and passing through Knife River and Crane, the road meets MT 23 and MT 200 south of Sidney. With MT 200, the road continues into Sidney, then MT 16 leaves westwards on the northern outskirts of town and swings northwest, heading away from the North Dakota state line.

Leaving the Yellowstone Valley, MT 16 heads cross-country towards Culbertson, crossing the Missouri River a few miles south of town and entering Roosevelt County there. In Culbertson itself, the road meets US 2, then leaves north, passing Froid's western outskirts and then crossing into Sheridan County. Soon, it passes through the Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge, nearby Medicine Lake, and then swings around in an arc to a junction with MT 5, just southeast of Plentywood. The two highways share pavement through town, before MT 16 leaves northwards. It then has a clear run to the US/Canada border, continuing on as Saskatchewan Highway 6, connecting to Regina and beyond to Saskatoon.[3]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
DawsonWest Glendive0.000.00 I94 Bus. Glendive City Center, CircleSouthern terminus
0.5960.959 I94 Billings, Bismarck, AirportI-94 exit 213
  S-254 north Bloomfield, Richey
Richland 49.61479.846 MT 23 east / MT 200 west Circlesouth end of MT 200 overlap
Sidney52.18283.979 MT 200 east Fairviewnorth end of MT 200 overlap
  S-201 Fairview
RooseveltCulbertson89.464143.978 US 2 west Wolf Pointwest end of US 2 overlap
90.144145.073 US 2 east Willistoneast end of US 2 overlap
 McCabeformer S-496 east
Froid S-405 east Froid
S-344 west
Sheridan  S-350 west Homestead
Medicine Lake S-573 east
  CR 258 Reserve, Dagmarformer S-258
  S-517 east – Coalridge
 135.605218.235 MT 5 east Westbysouth end of MT 5 overlap
Plentywood137.632221.497 MT 5 west Scobeynorth end of MT 5 overlap
Raymond Port of Entry152.371245.217 Hwy 6 north ReginaNorthern terminus at international border
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 Transportation Planning Division, Data and Statistics Bureau, Road Inventory and Mapping Section (2011). "Montana Road Log" (PDF). Montana Department of Transportation. pp. 4, 39,66–67,68–69,75,89–90. Retrieved August 3, 2012.
  2. Office of Planning, Environment, & Realty (HEP) (18 June 2012). "Statutory Listing of Corridor Descriptions - High Priority Corridors - National Highway System - Planning - FHWA". U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  3. Google (3 August 2012). "Overview of Montana Highway 16" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
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