Montana Highway 16

Montana Highway 16
Route information
Maintained by MDT
Length:	152.371 mi[1] (245.217 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I‑94 Bus. (Towne Street) in West Glendive
	I‑94 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 13 MT 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

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Dawson	West Glendive	0.00	0.00	I‑94 Bus. – Glendive City Center, Circle	Southern terminus
		0.596	0.959	I‑94 – Billings, Bismarck, Airport	I-94 exit 213
				S-254 north – Bloomfield, Richey
Richland		49.614	79.846	MT 23 east / MT 200 west – Circle	south end of MT 200 overlap
	Sidney	52.182	83.979	MT 200 east – Fairview	north end of MT 200 overlap
				S-201 – Fairview
Roosevelt	Culbertson	89.464	143.978	US 2 west – Wolf Point	west end of US 2 overlap
		90.144	145.073	US 2 east – Williston	east end of US 2 overlap
				McCabe	former S-496 east
	Froid			S-405 east – Froid
				S-344 west
Sheridan				S-350 west – Homestead
	Medicine Lake			S-573 east
				CR 258 – Reserve, Dagmar	former S-258
				S-517 east – Coalridge
		135.605	218.235	MT 5 east – Westby	south end of MT 5 overlap
	Plentywood	137.632	221.497	MT 5 west – Scobey	north end of MT 5 overlap
	Raymond Port of Entry	152.371	245.217	Hwy 6 north – Regina	Northern terminus at international border
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. 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.