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Evanston to Cheyenne CORRIDOR 1 I-80 )¢ AÝ )« +º A£ Sage Kemmerer +¸ )¢ S W E E T W A T E R AÝ AÜ STATE SIGNIFICANT L I N C O L N Rock CORRIDOR Springs* )¢ !"a$ U I N T A )« Aè Green River* REGIONAL C A R B O N ?× CORRIDOR Evanston* !"a$ Lyman N A÷ Mountain Aõ +¸ Aë View Að Aæ Flaming Gorge- 0 10 20 Mirror Lake Green River Basin Aê MILES Scenic Byway Scenic Byway o BLM USFS Scenic Byway Intercity Bus Route Primary Airport p General Aviation Greyhound Stations Local Service Urban Area Snowy Range ©WYDOT/Rick Carpenter CORRIDOR 1 CORRIDOR 1 Evanston to Cheyenne CORRIDOR 1 I-80 Walcott ?Ñ STATE SIGNIFICANT ?È )¢ Rock River CORRIDOR A¾ !"a$ Rawlins* P L AT T E G O S H E N ?Ð ?¿ +º Añ )¢ !"`$ C A R BAæ O N A L B A N Y REGIONAL )¦ CORRIDOR Saratoga Am Snowy Range Scenic Byway Ah )¥ A÷ Aæ Laramie* Al N LARAMIE Pine Bluffs 0 10 20 Aw Ag !"a$ )¢ MILES Aw +º ?Ï Cheyenne* o BLM USFS Scenic Byway Intercity Bus Route Designated Bike Route Primary Airport p General Aviation Greyhound Stations Local Service Urban Area 19 00403 GOALS CORRIDOR CHARACTERISTICS Primary interstate route for trucks hauling Trucks Up to 50% trucks goods from West Coast to Midwest Extensive gas and oil development, with Extensive and expensive backlog of Connectivity associated truck traffic improvements Congestion PRIMARY INVESTMENT TYPE: MOBILITY Primary needs for the corridor should focus investments on improving mobility, largely resulting System Preservation from the high percentage of large trucks in the traffic mix. While congestion, strictly defined, is minimal for the mostly four-lane interstate, additional accommodations for trucks are warranted. Preserve the existing system, but safety and mobility improvements are needed now and in Safety the future. These should include good roadway surface conditions. Options other than the traditional new through travel lane should be explored to help address the need. The corridor Rail also exhibits a high number of bridges needing rehabilitation or replacement. CORRIDOR CHARACTERISTICS Corridor Interests: Corridor Description ▪ Scenic Byway State Significant Corridor (SSC) 1 is sisters at the Divide Interchange ▪ Visual Resources Interstate 80 (I-80), which enters the (elevation 7,470 feet). The highway ▪ Recreation Management state from Utah; connects the cities then descends to Lazeart Junction, and towns of Evanston, Green River, where US 189 splits north to ▪ Travel Management Rock Springs, Rawlins, Laramie and Kemmerer. ▪ Wildlife Connectivity, Habitat Cheyenne; and exits the state into Fragmentation, and Fish Passage Nebraska, just north of the Colorado Continuing east, the town of state line. I-80 interchanges with Green River has a population of ▪ Wetlands; Fens Interstate 25 (I-25) in Cheyenne, approximately 13,000. Mining, ▪ Invasive Species the capital city of Wyoming, before particularly of trona, is the major continuing into Nebraska. Wyoming’s industry in the area. Trona fuels the Source: U.S. Forest Service 403 miles of I-80 serve as a primary Green River economy and is used route for trucks hauling goods to produce glass, baking soda, and Upon leaving Rock Springs on I-80, between the western U.S. and the detergent. The trona is shipped via Exit 111 leads to the Rock Springs- Midwest. the Union Pacific Railroad Company Sweetwater County Airport. The (UP) and via truck. Access to I-80 Flaming Gorge-Green River Basin I-80 passes through Evanston, one makes trucking very easy. Scenic Byway overlays both US 191 of the larger towns in southwestern and WYO 530. Wyoming. The economic foundation Fishing contributes to the for the city is energy production, but ecotourism, which is important to The UP follows I-80 and US 30 for tourism is becoming more prevalent. this area. South of Green River, the next 100 miles. When US 30 was As the eastern gateway to Park City, WYO 530 connects to the Flaming first built, it directly followed the UP Utah, Evanston experienced a boom Gorge Reservoir. alignment. While the railroad has in visitation as a result of the Salt several jogs and turns to avoid hills Lake City Winter Olympic Games in I-80 continues east to Rock Springs, the “Energy Capital of the World.” and valleys, I-80 was aligned along a Winter 2002. WYO 150 heads south more direct route. to the Utah state line. The Mirror Rock Springs has a population of Lake Scenic Byway overlays the approximately 18,708 and relies upon The next major city along I-80 is WYO 150 route. a large number of oil and gas wells in Rawlins. At Rawlins, WYO 789/US the area. 287 heads north to Muddy Gap while East of Evanston, I-80 heads US 191 meets I-80 just west of Rock US 287 joins the I- 80 westbound. through an area known as “the Three US 30/US 287 are combined for the Sisters.” WYDOT constructed a Springs. To the south, it is half of the loop around Flaming Gorge next 100 miles. At first, they merge third climbing lane for trucks along with I-80, but split at Walcott to the uphill portions of the roadway Reservoir (the other half is WYO 530). US 191 follows I-80 and US 30 serve the towns of Hanna, Medicine through the Three Sisters area. I-80 Bow, and Rock River. To the south, ascends to the first of the three around Rock Springs and then heads north toward Pinedale and Jackson. WYO 130 heads south to Saratoga )¢ AÝ ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT)« (WEST) +º A£ Sage Kemmerer )¢ +¸ SWEETWATERAÝ AÜ G re e LINCOLN n R Rock iv e )¢ r Springs* !"a$ B UINTA Proposed Wildlife e Proposed Wildlife a Green River* Connectivity Project - r Connectivity Wamsutter Section R Aè Church i Project - v )« Flaming Gorge- e Evanston Section Butte r Green River Basin ?× Scenic Byway CARBON Evanston* !"a$ Lyman N A÷ Mountain Aõ +¸ Aë View Flaming Gorge Að Aæ Reservoir 0 10 20 BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT Aê MILES Outdoor Recreation Heavy Snow Wind Energy Oil/Gas/Coal Bed Methane Bentonite Gypsum 1-2 Evanston to Cheyenne | I-80 CORRIDOR 1 and the Snowy Range Scenic establishing Wyoming as the third- night. I-80 continues out of Laramie Byway. The TransAmerica Bicycle largest wind energy generation state, to ascend Sherman Hill through Route follows I-80 from Rawlins to behind Texas and California. Telephone Canyon. The summit Walcott, then turns south on WYO between Laramie and Cheyenne 130/230. The Cheyenne-Laramie- I-80 heads along the northern fringe (elevation 8,640’) is the highest point Snowy Range Bicycle Route follows of the Snowy Range, passing by Elk on the transcontinental I-80 Route. WYO 130 east through Laramie and Mountain. I-80 descends from an then WYO 210 on to Cheyenne. elevation of 7,781 feet into Arlington At Cheyenne, I-80 intersects US before entering Laramie. 85, US 87, and I-25. Cheyenne Directly south of Rawlins, the (population 55,314) is the capital Anschutz Corporation is proposing In addition to being a major railroad of Wyoming, the seat of Laramie to build a turbine wind farm on a hub, Laramie is also home to the County, and the site of F.E. Warren patchwork of private and public University of Wyoming, the only Air Force Base. lands. It will cover 95,800 acres state university in Wyoming and and generate 2,000 megawatts of one which is locally described as Traffic in and around Cheyenne is power or more, equal to some of the “coolest summer school” in generated by the State and Federal the biggest coal-fired power plants the United States because of the Government and Warren Air Force in the West. Currently there are high elevation (7,220 feet) and Base. Truck traffic issues are approximately 80 windmills in the the relatively cool temperatures discussed further in the Key Issues area with over 900 more planned throughout the summer, especially at and Emerging Trends. Environmental Context I-80 crosses the Bear River in Section, and Halleck Section. All named Church Buttes. I-80 then Uinta County just east of the Utah three of these locations have crosses the Green River. The Green state line. The Bear River flows seen high vehicle versus animal River originates near the continental north across the southwest corner crashes which has severed historical divide in the 13,000 foot Wind River of Wyoming past Evanston, then pronghorn antelope habitat mountains of central Wyoming. weaves along the Utah-Wyoming connectivity. Transportation The Green River flows south to the state line to the north. It is the largest improvements in these areas have Flaming Gorge National Recreation tributary of the Great Salt Lake, the potential to enhance wildlife Area, centered around a large draining the mountainous area and migration corridors and reduce artificial lake formed by Flaming farming valleys east of the lake and migration disruption. Gorge Dam. The river has been southwest of the Snake River Plain. flooded for 91 miles above the dam, Heading east on I-80 toward the almost as far north as the namesake Wyoming has proposed three areas town of Green River, eroded blue town of Green River. along I-80 as potential locations for and black sandstone cliffs can be the statewide wildlife connectivity seen from the highway. Resembling a I-80 continues east through Rawlins project. The areas are known as cathedral that rises 75 feet above the before crossing the North Platte the Evanston Section, Wamsutter surrounding hills, this area has been River. In this area the North Platte ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT (EAST) ?Ñ Walcott )¢ Proposed Wildlife ?È Connectivity Project - Rock River A¾ !"a$ Rawlins* Halleck Section PLATTE GOSHEN Hawk Springs ?Ð x ?¿ +º State Rec.
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