Montana Highway 200

Montana Highway 200S
Location	Circle–Glendive
Length	48.674 mi[1] (78.333 km)
Existed	1967[4]–present

Montana Highway 200
	MT 200 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MDT
Length	706.272 mi[1] (1,136.635 km)
Existed	October 1967[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	SH-200 northwest of Heron
	US 93 from Ravalli to Missoula; I-90 from Wye to Bonner; US 12 from Missoula to Bonner; US 287 near Milford Colony; US 89 from Sun River to Armington; I-15 from Vaughn to Great Falls; US 87 from Great Falls to Grass Range; US 191 from near Hobson to Lewistown
East end	ND 200 at Fairview
Location
Counties	Richland, Dawson, McCone, Garfield, Petroleum, Fergus, Judith Basin, Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Powell, Missoula, Lake, Sanders
Highway system

Montana Highway 200 (MT 200) in the U.S. state of Montana is a route running east–west covering the entire state of Montana. From the starting point at ID 200, near Heron, the highway runs east to ND 200 near Fairview. It is part of a chain of state highways numbered 200 which extend from Idaho across Montana, North Dakota, and Minnesota. At 706.272 mi (1,136.635 km), Montana Highway 200 is also the longest route signed as a state highway in the United States. This state highway is part of a continuous chain of similarly numbered state highways that stretch from Minnesota to Idaho.

Highway 200 and US 93 southbound

Highway 200 helps to connect many small towns located in central Montana and the vast plains area of eastern Montana, to larger western Montana cities such as Great Falls and Missoula.

The highway runs parallel to the Blackfoot River from McNamara to Milltown. The highway is subject to hazardous driving conditions in the winter, particularly due to black ice. The road crosses Rogers Pass on the continental divide on its way west to Missoula.

At its western end, west of Missoula, Highway 200 follows the Clark Fork River eastward at the feet of the Cabinet Mountains until it meets the Flathead River at MT 135. It then follows the Flathead River east to Dixon where the Flathead River turns north. Highway 200 continues east following the Jocko River until it intersects with US 93 at Ravalli. The highway then bends south to join I-90 going east into Missoula.

History

Today's Highway 200 is part of a four-state chain of such routes, but it did not begin that way. It was assembled from other state and federal routes over the years.

The status of the routes and route segments that became Highway 200 in 1937.[3]

The section from the Idaho line to Ravalli was the original MT 3.
No concurrency from Ravalli to Missoula on US 93 or US 10.
The section from Bonner to Sun River was then MT 20, and much was yet to be constructed. The route even followed segments of today's MT 21 to Augusta and future US 287 (then MT 33).
No concurrency from Sun River to Grass Range along US 87.
The section from Grass Range to Circle was part of the original MT 18.
The remainder of MT 18 ran from Circle to Glendive, today's MT 200S.
The section from Circle to Sidney was Montana 23, ending at then MT 14.
MT 14 ran the rest of the way to Fairview.

By 1941, US 10 Alternate (US 10A) had replaced MT 3 as part of an alternate route from Wye to Spokane via Sandpoint and was now concurrent with US 93 to US 10.

Between 1948 and 1959, many construction projects and route redesignations with concurrencies made MT 20 from Bonner to Sidney the baseline for today's MT 200. MT 23N replaced MT 14 from Sidney to Fairview and MT 20S replaced MT 18 from Circle to Glendive.

In 1960, MT 20 picked up the Sidney to Fairview segment.

By 1969, the entire MT 20 had become MT 200 and included the former US 10A from Idaho to Wye, and following US 10/93 through Missoula. MT 20S became 200S.

Major junctions

County	Location	mi	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Sanders		0.000	0.000		SH-200 west – Sandpoint	Continuation into Idaho
		10.418	16.766		MT 56 north to US 2 – Troy	Southern terminus of MT 56
		49.102	79.022		S-471 west (Prospect Creek Road)	Forest Highway 7, seasonal access to Thompson Pass (S-471) and Cooper Pass (FR-7623, Prospect Creek Road)
		56.013	90.144		S-556 north (Thompson River Road)
		76.706	123.446		MT 28 east – Hot Springs, Kalispell, Glacier Park	Western terminus of MT 28
		85.030	136.843		MT 135 south to I-90 – St. Regis	Northern terminus of MT 135
	Perma	95.617	153.881		S-382 north – Hot Springs
	Dixon	109.750	176.626		S-212 north – National Bison Range, Moiese, Charlo
Lake	Ravalli	115.787	186.341		US 93 north – Kalispell	West end of US 93 overlap
Lake					S-559 east (Jocko Road)
Missoula	Wye	143.004	230.143		I-90 west – Coeur d'Alene	West end of I-90 overlap; I-90 exit 96
		146.612	235.949	99	Airway Boulevard	Exit numbers follow I-90
	Missoula	148.388	238.807	101	I-90 Bus. east / US 93 south (Reserve Street) – Hamilton	East end of US 93 overlap
		151.451	243.737	104	Orange Street
		152.315	245.127	105	I-90 Bus. west / US 12 west (Van Buren Street)	West end of US 12 overlap
	East Missoula	153.940	247.742	107	East Missoula
	West Riverside	156.885	252.482		I-90 east / US 12 east – Butte	East end of I-90/US 12 overlap; I-90 exit 109
	Bonner				S-210 east
	Clearwater Junction	189.465	304.914		MT 83 north – Seeley Lake, Kalispell, Glacier National Park
Powell		213.308	343.286		MT 141 south – Avon, Helmville
Lewis and Clark					S-279 south – Helena
	Rogers Pass	248	399		Continental Divide (elevation 5,610 ft or 1,710 m)
					S-434 south – Wolf Creek, Bean Lake
	Bowman's Corner	266.655	429.140		US 287 – Augusta, Wolf Creek
Cascade	Simms				MT 21 west – Augusta
	Simms				S-565 north
	Sun River	297.069	478.086		US 89 north – Fairfield, Choteau, Glacier National Park	West end of US 89 overlap
	Vaughn	305.044	490.921		I-15 north – Shelby	West end of I-15 overlap; I-15 exit 290
		309.142	497.516	286	Manchester	Exit numbers follow I-15
		313.020	503.757	282	To US 87 north / Northwest Bypass	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Great Falls	314.999	506.942	280	I-15 Bus. south (Central Avenue W.) to US 87 north
		316.588	509.499	—	I-15 south / 10th Avenue South (I-15 Bus. / MT 3) begins – Helena	Left exits and entrances; east end of I-15 overlap; west end of I-15 Bus./MT 3 overlap; I-15 exit 278; western termini of I-15 Bus./MT 3/unsigned I-315
		316.923	510.038	0	14th Street SW	Exit number follows I-15 Bus. (I-315)
		317.416	510.832		Fox Farm Road / 6th Street SW	Eastern terminus of unsigned I-315; east end of unsigned I-315 overlap
					I-15 Bus. (5th Street South)	One way street, inbound access only
					I-15 Bus. north (6th Street South)	One way street, outbound access only; east end of I-15 Bus. overlap
		319.582	514.317		US 87 (14th Street South)	One way street, inbound access only; west end of US 87 overlap
		319.662	514.446		US 87 north (15th Street South) – Black Eagle, Havre	One way street, outbound access only
		322.762	519.435		US 87 Byp. north (57th Street) – Malmstrom AFB, Montana Veterans Memorial, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Giant Springs State Park
					S-228 north / S-227 south – Highwood, Sand Coulee
					S-331 north – Belt
	Armington Junction	342.240	550.782		US 89 south – Monarch, White Sulphur Springs	East end of US 89 overlap
Judith Basin					S-427 south – White Sulphur Springs
	Geyser				S-551 north – Geyser
		378.939	609.843		MT 80 north – Stanford, Fort Benton
					S-541 south
					S-207 north – Benchland
	Moccasin				S-426 north
					S-239 west – Hobson, Utica
Fergus	Eddies Corner	406.937	654.902		US 191 south / MT 3 south – Harlowton	East end of MT 3 overlap; west end of US 191 overlap
		421.272	677.972		US 87 Bus. / US 191 Bus. / MT 200 Bus. east – Lewistown
	Lewistown				S-237 north (Joyland Road)
					US 191 north – Malta US 191 Bus. begins	East end of US 191 overlap; west end of US 191 Bus. overlap
					US 87 Bus. / US 191 Bus. / MT 200 Bus. west (West Main Street) / S-238 south (First Avenue South) – Great Falls	East end of US 191 Bus. overlap
		454.798	731.926		US 87 south / MT 19 north – Malta, Billings	East end of US 87 overlap; southern terminus of MT 19
Petroleum	Winnett				S-244 south – Winnett
Petroleum					S-500 south
Garfield		552.525	889.203		MT 59 south – Miles City
	Jordan				S-245 west – Hell Creek State Park, Airport
					S-341 north
Garfield–McCone county line	Flowing Well	588.970	947.855		MT 24 north – Fort Peck
McCone					S-253 south – Brockway
					S-467 east
	Circle				S-252 west
	Circle	620.305	998.284		MT 13 north – Wolf Point
		621.349	999.964		MT 200S east – Glendive
Dawson	Richey				S-254 – Richey, Glendive
Richland		692.396	1,114.303		MT 16 south / MT 23 east – Watford City, Glendive	West end of MT 16 overlap
	Sidney	694.964	1,118.436		MT 16 north – Regina, Culbertson, Airport	East end of MT 16 overlap
	Fairview				S-201 west
		706.624	1,137.201		ND 200 east – Williston	Continuation into North Dakota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

Related route

Montana Highway 200S (MT 200S) is a spur route of MT 200 that branches off the main route near Circle and ends at I-94 in Glendive. MT 200S was originally part of MT 18, renamed MT 20S when MT 23 from Circle to Sidney was renamed MT 20 and received its current name when MT 20 was renamed MT 200.[4] In the state road log, MT 200S picks up the mileposts from route N-57 (C000057) from mileposts 279.109 to 327.783, for a total of 48.674 miles (78.333 km).

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
McCone		0.000	0.000	MT 200 – Circle, Wolf Point, Sidney	Western terminus
Dawson				S-467
	West Glendive			I-94 east – Bismark	I-94 exit 211
	Glendive	48.674	78.333	I-94 Bus. to I-94 west	Eastern terminus; former US 10
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

Staff (2013). "Montana Road Log" (PDF). Montana Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
"New Map Changes Route 20". The Havre Daily News. October 18, 1967. p. 4. Retrieved June 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
Texaco; Rand McNally and Company (1937). Road map: Idaho, Mont., Wyo (Map). Chicago: Rand McNally and Company. Retrieved April 28, 2017 – via David Rumsey Map Library.
"Highway Route Number Changed". The Billings Gazette. October 2, 1967. p. 27. Retrieved June 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Historical Highway Maps from MDT

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[MDT-1] Staff (2013). "Montana Road Log" (PDF). Montana Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 1, 2017.

[2] "New Map Changes Route 20". The Havre Daily News. October 18, 1967. p. 4. Retrieved June 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] Texaco; Rand McNally and Company (1937). Road map: Idaho, Mont., Wyo (Map). Chicago: Rand McNally and Company. Retrieved April 28, 2017 – via David Rumsey Map Library.

[mt200s-4] "Highway Route Number Changed". The Billings Gazette. October 2, 1967. p. 27. Retrieved June 19, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.