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Wyoming Highway 257
Wyoming Highway 257
Casper West Belt Route
Route information
	Maintained by WYDOT
Length	7.50 mi (12.07 km)
Existed	2012–present
Major junctions
South end	WYO 220 in Red Butte
North end	; ; US 20 / US 26 / US 20 Bus. / US 26 Bus. in Casper
Location
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
Counties	Natrona
Highway system
	Wyoming State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

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Wyoming Highway 257 (WYO 257) is a state highway in Wyoming currently under construction as of 2012 as the Casper West Belt Route. .

Route description

Highway 257 will connect Wyoming Highway 220 with the west end of the Shoshone Bypass U.S. 20-26 in Casper with; this will provide a direction connection from Wyoming 220 to Interstate 25 for approximately 7.50 miles.^[1]

trib.com/news/local/casper/colorado-company-will-build-first-phase-of-west-belt-loop/article_8753ee0f-6a72-5eeb-b02e-370fb04625a3.html

Need for a new roadway around the west side of Casper has been discussed for many years and has been included in various local planning documents for years. ^[2]

The West Belt Loop would serve as a truck bypass route around the west of Casper. The current signed truck route is CY Avenue to Wyoming Boulevard to Business 20/26.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Natrona County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Red Butte	0.0	0.0	WYO 220	Southern Terminus of WYO 257
Casper	7.50	12.07	US 20 / US 26 / US 20 Bus. / US 26 Bus.	Northern Terminus of WYO 257
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ aaroads.com - Wyoming Routes 200-299
^ Casper West Belt Loop - October 2002 (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. Retrieved 2014-12-22.

External links

Wyoming State Routes 200-299
https://drive.google.com/viewerng/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=cmVpbWFuY29ycC5jb218cGxhbnN8Z3g6NWQ4MDAzZmVjYmEzNDk5Mg Casper Streets West Belt Loop map and plans]
Casper West Belt Loop bridge photos

Casper West Belt Loop Bridge

[[Category:Transportation in Natrona County, Wyoming] [[Category:State highways in Wyoming|257]

[aaroads-1] roads.com - Wyoming Routes 200-299

[wyodot-2] Casper West Belt Loop - October 2002 (PDF) (Map). WYDOT. Retrieved 2014-12-22.

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