An historic US Highway endpoint in Cody WY
Photo credits: Tom
Grier
| Highway | Approx. time period |
|---|---|
| US 420 | 1926-1933 |
| US 116 | 1933-1934 |
| US 14 | 1934-1935 |
Motorists at the main highway intersection in Cody are given direction via a large sign bridge (which is a pretty standard practice at in-town junctions in Wyoming). The photo below is looking east on Sheridan at 16th:
Grier, Aug. 2006
Today that's eastbound US 14-16-20, and US 14A begins to the left on 16th. But when the US routes were first established in 1926, Sheridan was US 20 (only); the signs for that direction (eastbound) are shown close-up below:
Grier,
Aug. 2006
To the left on 16th was originally the west beginning of US 420. Then in about 1933, US 116 was extended west, swallowing up most of what had been US 420, and thus retiring that designation. So then it was US 116 that began to the left. But that lasted only about one year, because then it was US 14's turn to grow westward, and it finished off US 116. US 14 began to the left for the next year or so, but then it was co-signed with US 20 west from Cody to its current terminus at Yellowstone's west entrance. The photo below is looking south on 16th:
Grier,
Aug. 2006
Those signs mark the west end of US 14A. But this was once the west end of US 420, and then US 116, and then US 14. This last photo is looking west on Sheridan:
Grier,
Aug. 2006
To the right on 16th was the historic west beginning of US 420, US 116, and US 14.