U.S. Route 191 in Montana

This article is about the section of highway in Montana. For the entire length of highway, see U.S. Route 191.

U.S. Highway 191 (US 191) is a north-south United States Numbered Highway in the state of Montana. It extends approximately 442.2 miles (711.7 km) from Yellowstone National Park north to the Canadian border.

U.S. Highway 191
US 191 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDT
Length	442.161 mi[1] (711.589 km)
Major junctions
South end	Yellowstone National Park at West Yellowstone
Major intersections	US 20 / US 287 in West Yellowstone I-90 from Bozeman to Big Timber US 89 in Livingston US 12 in Harlowton US 87 / MT 200 from Moore to Lewistown US 2 in Malta
North end	Highway 4 at the Canadian border at Morgan
Location
Country	United States
State	Montana
Counties	Gallatin, Park (Wyoming), Park (Montana), Sweet Grass, Wheatland, Fergus, Phillips
Highway system
United States Numbered Highway System List Special Divided Montana Highway System Interstate US State Secondary
← MT 141 → MT 200

Route description

US 191 in Montana begins at the West Entrance to Yellowstone National Park concurrent with US 20 and US 287, at the edge of the town of West Yellowstone. Some commercially produced maps show US 191 going through Yellowstone National Park; however, it officially has a gap inside the park and resumes in Wyoming at the South Entrance. A few blocks into West Yellowstone, US 20 leaves the US 191 / US 287 concurrency and heads west toward the Targhee Pass and Idaho. The highway heads north, running concurrently with US 287 for eight miles (13 km) before veering slightly east and passing through Yellowstone National Park for 20 miles (32 km), traversing forested, mountainous terrain and briefly following a 5.5-mile (8.9 km) diversion into the state of Wyoming, before leaving the park in the upper reaches of the Gallatin River canyon. The route travels northward through the narrow canyon, past the resort community of Big Sky, then entering the Gallatin Valley near the town of Gallatin Gateway. US 191 travels north and east through the valley to the city of Bozeman, which is the largest city along the entire US 191 route.^[1][2]

From Bozeman, US 191 is concurrent with I-90 eastward 60.5 miles (97.4 km) to Big Timber, where it proceeds north. The road travels through hilly ranch country near the eastern edge of the Crazy Mountains to Harlowton, where US 191 is briefly concurrent with US 12. North of Harlowton, US 191 is concurrent with MT 3 for 39 miles (63 km) to Eddie's Corner, where US 191 proceeds eastward to Lewistown on a roadway shared with US 87 and MT 200, in a wrong-way concurrency.^[1][2]

US 191 continues north after going through Lewistown, crossing the Missouri River at the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, and through Malta, where it shares a brief concurrency with US 2. It ends at the Canada–United States border at Morgan, where the road continues into Saskatchewan as Highway 4 toward Swift Current.^[1][2]

History

The routing of US 191 has drastically changed through the years, with original route designated in 1926 ran from Idaho Falls, Idaho, to West Yellowstone concurrent with US 20, which existed until 1981 when US 191 rerouted to its current alignment through Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona.^[3]

On February 1, 1935, US 191 was extended over Montana Highway 187 (also known as the Gallatin Way) to Bozeman.^[4]

In 1996, US 191 was extended from Malta the Canadian border, absorbing former Montana Secondary Highway 242.^[3]

Major intersections

State	County	Location	mi[1]	km	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Montana	Gallatin	Yellowstone National Park	−2.1	−3.4		West Entrance Road	Continuation into Wyoming; US 20 resumes at Yellowstone National Park's East Entrance; US 191/US 287 resume at the park's South Entrance
			0.000	0.000		Yellowstone National Park West Entrance	Southern end of state maintenance of US 20/US 191/US 287 concurrency
		West Yellowstone	0.365	0.587		US 20 west (Firehold Avenue) – Idaho Falls	Northern end of US 20 concurrency
		​	8.722	14.037		US 287 north – Hebgen Lake, Ennis, Virginia City	Northern end of US 287 concurrency
		Yellowstone National Park	11.147	17.939	Yellowstone National Park boundary
Wyoming	Park		15.266– 20.722	24.568– 33.349	No major junctions
Montana	Gallatin		31.477	50.657	Yellowstone National Park boundary
		Big Sky Canyon	48.191	77.556		MT 64 west (Lone Mountain Trail) – Big Sky
		Four Corners	82.148	132.204		MT 84 west / MT 85 north – Norris, Belgrade
		Bozeman	89.115	143.417		I-90 BL west (7th Avenue)	Southern end of I-90 BL concurrency
			89.803	144.524		MT 86 north (Rouse Avenue) – Bridger Bowl
			90.930	146.338	309	I-90 west – Butte	Northern end of I-90 BL concurrency; eastern terminus of I-90 BL; southern end of I-90 concurrency; exit numbers follow I-90
		​	97.053	156.192	313	Bear Canyon Road
			100.374	161.536	316	Trail Creek Road
			103.274	166.203	319	Jackson Creek Road
			108.233	174.184	324	Ranch Access
	Park	Livingston	114.696	184.585	330	I-90 BL east – Livingston
			116.650	187.730	333	US 89 south – Yellowstone National Park, Livingston City Center	Southern end of US 89 concurrency
			121.598	195.693	337	I-90 BL west – Livingston
		​	124.128	199.765	340	US 89 north – White Sulphur Springs	Northern end of US 89 concurrency
			126.990	204.371	343	Mission Creek Road
			134.154	215.900	350	Eastern end Access
			136.408	219.527	352	Ranch Access
	Sweet Grass	​	138.015	222.114	354	S-563 – Springdale
			145.798	234.639	362	De Hart
		Big Timber	151.387	243.634	367	I-90 east – Billings	Northern end of I-90 concurrency; western terminus of I-90 BL; southern end of I-90 BL concurrency
			152.542	245.493		S-298 south (McLeod Street)
			152.771	245.861		I-90 BL east – Billings	Northern end of I-90 BL concurrency
		​	154.168	248.109		S-478 east
	Wheatland	Harlowton	196.655	316.486		US 12 west – White Sulphur Springs	Southern end of US 12 concurrency
			198.041	318.716		US 12 east / MT 3 south / Nez Perce Trail – Billings	Northern end of US 12 concurrency; southern end of MT 3 concurrency
		Judith Gap	215.843	347.366		S-279 south
	Fergus	Eddies Corner	237.274	381.855		US 87 north / MT 3 north / MT 200 west / Lewis and Clark Trail – Great Falls	Northern end of MT 3; southern end of US 87/MT 200 concurrency
		Lewistown	251.609	404.925		US 87 south / MT 200 east / Lewis and Clark Trail – Lewistown	Northern end of US 87/MT 200 concurrency; western terminus of unsigned US 87 Byp.; southern end of US 87 Byp. concurrency
			253.793	408.440		S-227 north (Joyland Road)
			254.548	409.655		Truck Bypass (US 87 Byp. south) to US 87 / MT 200 – Billings	Northern end of US 87 Byp. unsigned concurrency
		​	257.017	413.629		S-426 (Hanover Road)
		Brooks	263.726	424.426		MT 81 west – Denton
		Hilger	269.068	433.023		S-236 north – Winifred
		​	297.065	478.080		MT 19 south – Grass Range
	Phillips	​	332.852	535.673		MT 66 north / Nez Perce Trail – Harlem
		Malta	387.973	624.382		US 2 east (North 1st Street East) / Lewis and Clark Trail – Glasgow	Southern end of US 2 concurrency
			388.177	624.710		US 2 west / Lewis and Clark Trail – Havre	Northern end of US 2 concurrency
		​	411.591	662.392		S-208 north – Whitewater
		Morgan	442.161	711.589		Canadian border at the Morgan Border Crossing
						Highway 4 north – Swift Current	Continuation into Saskatchewan
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus        Tolled

See also

• U.S. roads portal

References

1. Road Inventory and Mapping Section (2013). Montana Road Log (PDF). Helena: Montana Department of Transportation. pp. 41, 90–93, 96–97, 103–107, 159, 181–182, 208. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 1, 2020. Retrieved November 27, 2020.
2. Montana Department of Transportation (2016). Montana Official Highway Map (Map). 1:633,600. Helena: Montana Department of Transportation. §§ C4–E4, E5–I5.
3. Field, Andy; Nitzman, Alex. "U.S. Highway 191". AARoads.^{[self-published source]}
4. "Gallatin Way Now U.S. Highway 191". The Helena Daily Independent. February 2, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved February 21, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

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