Historic US highway endpoint in Cody, WY
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1927-1935
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Motorists at the main highway intersection in Cody are given direction via a large sign bridge (which is a common practice at in-town junctions in Wyoming). This photo was looking east on Sheridan at 16th:
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Grier, Aug. 2006
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Today that is 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 here:
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Grier, Aug. 2006
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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 east entrance.
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This photo was looking south on 16th; today these 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:
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Grier, Aug. 2006
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This last photo was looking west on Sheridan. To the right on 16th was the historic west beginning of US 420, US 116, and US 14:
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Grier, Aug. 2006
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Research and/or photo credits: Tom Grier; Dale Sanderson
Page originally created 2006;
last updated May 20, 2016.
last updated May 20, 2016.
