U.S. Route 89

U.S. Route 89 is a north-south United States highway with two branches. The northern branch runs for 650 km (404 miles approx.) from northern Montana to the northern part of Yellowstone National Park. The southern branch runs for 1,365 km (848 mi. approx.) from the southern part of Yellowstone National Park to Flagstaff, Arizona.

Heritage Highway - U.S. Route 89 is part of the Heritage Highway.

Highway 89 passes through some of the most beautiful parts of Wyoming, including Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, the Grand Canyon of the Snake River, and Star Valley. It passes beautiful Bear Lake in Idaho. In Utah the highway follows the route of the pioneer highway called State Street, so named because it leads straight through Salt Lake Valley to the front steps of the Utah Capitol Building. U.S. Route 89 follows this older route from Brigham City in the north to at least Manti in central Utah. It also passes through Logan Canyon and close to Bryce Canyon National Park and Zion National Park.

The Mt. Carmel Scenic Byway is 60 miles long and runs 60 miles from U.S. Route 89 from Kanab, through Mount Carmel Junction to the junction of U-12/U-89 Scenic Byway.

In Arizona it crosses the Grand Canyon at Page and travels southward through the Navajo Indian Reservation to Flagstaff. U.S. Route 89 was commissioned in 1926.

Termini

As of 2005, the highway's northern terminus is Piegan, Montana at the Canadian border (the highway continues into Canada as Alberta Highway 2). Its southern terminus is Flagstaff, Arizona. Prior to 1992, the southern terminus was at Nogales, Arizona.

States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

Interesting Cities on the Route

Mount Carmel Junction, located 12 miles from Zion National Park, at the junction of U.S. Route 89 and State Route 9

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Termini

States traversed

Interesting Cities on the Route

See also

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