Montana Highway 49

Montana Highway 49 marker

Montana Highway 49
Looking Glass Hill Road
Route information
Maintained by MDT
Length: 12 mi (19 km)
Major junctions
South end: US 2, at East Glacier Park
North end: US 89 at Kiowa
Location
Counties: Glacier
Highway system

Montana Highways
Secondary

MT 48MT 55
Looking Glass Hill Road

Highway 49 in the U.S. State of Montana is a route running in a northerly direction from a junction with U.S. Route 2 in the town of East Glacier Park. The highway extends approximately 12 miles (19 km) to an intersection with U.S. Route 89 at a location known as Kiowa. Highway 49 is near the southeastern corner of Glacier National Park, and is heavily used by tourists during the summer months. A spur road heading west from Montana 49 four miles (6 km) north of East Glacier provides access to the Two Medicine area of the park.

Much of the route is steep, narrow, and winding, and prone to landslides. The northerly eight miles of the route, passing over Looking Glass Hill, is unmaintained and usually impassable during the winter months.

Highway 49 was once part of the alignment of U.S. 2, prior to the construction of a highway bridge across Two Medicine Creek, which allowed for a more direct route between East Glacier and Browning.

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