Montana Highway 200

Montana Highway 200
Route information
Maintained by MDT
Length	706.272 mi[1] (1,136.635 km)
Existed	October 1967[2] – present
Major junctions
West end	SH 200 northwest of Heron
	US 93 from Ravalli to Missoula I-90 from Wye to Bonner US 12 from Missoula to Bonner US 287 near Milford Colony US 89 from Sun River to Armington I-15 from Vaughn to Great Falls US 87 from Great Falls to Grass Range US 191 from near Hobson to Lewistown
East end	ND 200 at Fairview
Location
Counties	Richland, Dawson, McCone, Garfield, Petroleum, Fergus, Judith Basin, Cascade, Lewis and Clark, Powell, Missoula, Lake, Sanders
Highway system
Montana Highway System Interstate U.S. State Secondary ← US 191 MT 200S →

Montana Highway 200 (MT 200) in the U.S. state of Montana is a route running east-west covering the entire state of Montana. From the starting point at ID 200, near Heron, Montana the highway runs east to ND 200 near Fairview, Montana. It is part of a chain of state highways numbered 200 which extend from Idaho across Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota. Montana Highway 200 is also the longest route signed as a state highway in the United States.

Highway 200 and US 93 southbound

Highway 200 helps to connect many small towns located in central Montana and the vast plains area of eastern Montana, to larger western Montana cities such as Great Falls and Missoula.

The highway runs parallel to the Blackfoot River from McNamara to Milltown. The highway is subject to hazardous driving conditions in the winter, particularly due to black ice. The road crosses Rogers Pass on the continental divide on its way west to Missoula.

At its western end, west of Missoula, Highway 200 follows the Clark Fork River eastward at the feet of the Cabinet Mountains until it meets the Flathead River at MT 135. It then follows the Flathead River east to Dixon where the Flathead River turns north. Highway 200 continues east following the Jocko River until it intersects with US 93 at Ravalli. The highway then bends south to join I-90 going east into Missoula.

History

Today's Highway 200 is part of a four-state chain of such routes, but it did not begin that way. It was assembled from other state and federal routes over the years.

The status of the routes and route segments that became Highway 200 in 1937.^[3]

• The section from the Idaho line to Ravalli was the original MT 3.
• No concurrency from Ravalli to Missoula on US 93 or US 10.
• The section from Bonner to Sun River was then MT 20, and much was yet to be constructed. The route even followed segments of today's MT 21 to Augusta and future US 287 (then MT 33).
• No concurrency from Sun River to Grass Range along US 87.
• The section from Grass Range to Circle was part of the original MT 18.
• The remainder of MT 18 ran from Circle to Glendive, today's MT 200S.
• The section from Circle to Sidney was Montana 23, ending at then MT 14.
• MT 14 ran the rest of the way to Fairview.

By 1941, US 10 Alternate (US 10A) had replaced MT 3 as part of an alternate route from Wye to Spokane via Sandpoint and was now concurrent with US 93 to US 10.

Between 1948 and 1959, many construction projects and route redesignations with concurrencies made MT 20 from Bonner to Sidney the baseline for today's MT 200. MT 23N replaced MT 14 from Sidney to Fairview and MT 20S replaced MT 18 from Circle to Glendive.

In 1960, MT 20 picked up the Sidney to Fairview segment.

By 1969, the entire MT 20 had become MT 200 and included the former US 10A from Idaho to Wye, and following US 10 and 93 through Missoula. MT 20S became 200S.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Sanders	​	0.000	0.000	SH 200 west – Sandpoint	Continuation into Idaho
	​	10.418	16.766	MT 56 north to US 2 – Troy
	​	49.102	79.022	S-471 west (Prospect Creek Road)	Forest Highway 7, seasonal access to Thompson Pass (S-471) and Cooper Pass (FR-7623, Prospect Creek Road)
	​	56.013	90.144	S-556 north (Thompson River Road)
	​	76.706	123.446	MT 28 east – Hot Springs, Kalispell, Glacier Park
	​	85.030	136.843	MT 135 south to I-90 – St. Regis
	Perma	95.617	153.881	S-382 north – Hot Springs
	Dixon	109.750	176.626	S-212 north – National Bison Range, Moiese, Charlo
Lake	Ravalli	115.787	186.341	US 93 north – Kalispell	West end of US 93 overlap
	​			S-559 east (Jocko Road)
Missoula	​			S-574 west (Waldo Road / Frontage Road) – Frenchtown
	Wye	143.004	230.143	I-90 west – Coeur d'Alene	West end of I-90 overlap; MT 200 west follows exit 96
	​	146.612	235.949	Airway Boulevard	I-90 exit 99
	Missoula	148.388	238.807	I-90 Bus. east / US 93 south (Reserve Street) – Hamilton	East end of US 93 overlap; I-90 exit 101
		151.451	243.737	Orange Street	I-90 exit 104
		152.315	245.127	I-90 Bus. west / US 12 west (Van Buren Street)	West end of US 12 overlap; I-90 exit 105
	East Missoula	153.940	247.742	East Missoula	I-90 exit 107
	West Riverside	156.885	252.482	I-90 east / US 12 east – Butte	East end of I-90 / US 12 overlap; MT 200 east follows exit 109
	Bonner			S-210 east
	Clearwater Junction	189.465	304.914	MT 83 north – Seeley Lake, Kalispell, Glacier National Park
Powell	​	213.308	343.286	MT 141 south – Avon, Helmville
Lewis and Clark	​			S-279 south – Helena
	Rogers Pass	248	399	Continental Divide (elevation 5,610 ft or 1,710 m)
	​			S-434 south – Wolf Creek, Bean Lake
	Bowman's Corner	266.655	429.140	US 287 – Augusta, Wolf Creek
Cascade	Simms			MT 21 west – Augusta
				S-565 north
	Sun River	297.069	478.086	US 89 north – Fairfield, Choteau, Glacier National Park	West end of US 89 overlap
	Vaughn	305.044	490.921	I-15 north – Shelby	West end of I-15 overlap; MT 200 west follows exit 290
	​	309.142	497.516	Manchester	I-15 exit 286
	​	313.020	503.757	To US 87 north / Northwest Bypass	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; I-15 exit 282
	Great Falls	314.999	506.942	I-15 Bus. south (Central Avenue West) to US 87 north	I-15 exit 280
		316.588	509.499	I-15 south – Helena	East end of I-15 overlap; west end of I-315 / MT 3 overlap; MT 200 east follows exit 278
		316.923	510.038	14th Street Southwest	I-315 exit 0
		317.416	510.832	Fox Farm Road / 6th Street Southwest	East end of I-315 overlap
				I-15 Bus. north (6th Street South)	west end of I-15 Bus. overlap
		319.582– 319.662	514.317– 514.446	US 87 north (15th Street South) – Black Eagle, Havre	West end of US 87 overlap
	​	322.762	519.435	US 87 Byp. north (57th Street) – Malmstrom AFB, Montana Veterans Memorial, Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center, Giant Springs State Park
	​			S-228 north / S-227 south – Highwood, Sand Coulee
	​			S-331 north – Belt
	Armington Junction	342.240	550.782	US 89 south – Monarch, White Sulphur Springs	East end of US 89 overlap
Judith Basin	​			S-427 south – White Sulphur Springs
	Geyser			S-551 north – Geyser
	​	378.939	609.843	MT 80 north – Stanford, Fort Benton
	​			S-541 south
	​			S-207 north – Benchland
	Moccasin			S-426 north
	​			S-239 west – Hobson, Utica
Fergus	Eddies Corner	406.937	654.902	US 191 south / MT 3 south – Harlowton	East end of MT 3 overlap; west end of US 191 overlap
	​	421.272	677.972	US 87 Bus. south / US 191 Bus. north / MT 200 Bus. east – Lewistown
	Lewistown			S-237 north (Joyland Road)
				US 191 north – Malta	west end of US 191 Bus. overlap
				US 87 Bus. north / US 191 Bus. south / MT 200 Bus. west (West Main Street) / S-238 south (First Avenue South) – Great Falls	east end of US 191 Bus. overlap
	​	454.798	731.926	US 87 south / MT 19 north – Malta, Billings	East end of US 87 overlap
Petroleum	Winnett			S-244 south – Winnett
	​			S-500 south
Garfield	​	552.525	889.203	MT 59 south – Miles City
	Jordan			S-245 west – Hell Creek State Park, Airport
	​			S-341 north
Garfield–McCone county line	Flowing Well	588.970	947.855	MT 24 north – Fort Peck
McCone	​			S-253 south – Brockway
	​			S-467 east
	Circle			S-252 west
		620.305	998.284	MT 13 north – Wolf Point
	​	621.349	999.964	MT 200S east – Glendive
Dawson	Richey			S-254 – Richey, Glendive
Richland	​	692.396	1,114.303	MT 16 south / MT 23 east – Watford City, Glendive	West end of MT 16 overlap
	Sidney	694.964	1,118.436	MT 16 north – Regina, Culbertson, Airport	East end of MT 16 overlap
	Fairview			S-201 west
	​	706.624	1,137.201	ND 200 east – Williston	Continuation into North Dakota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

Related route

Montana Highway 200S (MT 200S) is a spur route of MT 200 that branches off of the main route near Circle and ends at I-94 in Glendive.

MT 200S was originally part of MT 18, renamed MT 20S when MT 23 from Circle to Sidney was renamed MT 20, and received its current name when MT 20 was renamed MT 200.^[4]

In the state road log, MT 200S picks up the mileposts from route N-57 (C000057) from mileposts 279.109 to 327.783, for a total of 48.674 miles (78.333 km).

See also

• Montana portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Montana Highway 200.

Route map:

• Historical Highway Maps from MDT