A Road Map: Wyoming

Primary roads are major highways and U.S. highways

Interstate routes that go east and west have EVEN NUMBERS.

Interstate routes that go north and south have ODD NUMBERS.

On a map, when two highways merge into one, both numbers are shown.

Vocabulary Words

Road map – a map for motorists that shows the highways of an area

U.S. highway – a major public road that is part of a nationwide highway system; the U.S. highway system was created before the interstate highway system

Interstate highway – a major public road that is part of a nationwide highway system; the interstate highway system was created after the U.S. highway system

Highway interchange– a place where major roads meet or join

Bar scale – a graphic that compares the distance on a map to the actual distance it represents, as in one inch represents 100 miles

Mileage – total number of miles traveled

Answers

1. Interstate and U.S. highways MONDAY 1. Interstate and U.S. highways 2. Interstates 25, 80, and 90; Interstate 80

1. Cheyenne, Wheatland, Casper, Douglas, Buffalo, and Sheridan TUESDAY 1. Cheyenne, Wheatland, Casper, Douglas, Buffalo, and Sheridan 2. Buffalo; highway interchange

WEDNESDAY 1. West on U.S. Highway 20/26 to Riverton, continue on U.S. Highway 26 west and merge onto U.S. Highway 26/287 to Grand Teton National Park 2. West on Interstate 90 to Buffalo and then north on Interstate 90; or north on U.S. Highway 14/16 and northwest on U.S. Highway 14

1. Traveling south on Interstate 25 and then west on Interstate 80 THURSDAY 1. Traveling south on Interstate 25 and then west on Interstate 80 2. Interstate 25 and 80 and U.S. Highway 85

FRIDAY 1. 14, 16, 20, 89, 191, and 287 (26 actually breaks away to Grand Teton National Park) 2. About 350 to 375 miles