Wyoming Highway 530

Wyoming Highway 530
West Flaming Gorge Road
WYO 530 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WYDOT
Length	45.34 mi (72.97 km)
Major junctions
South end	SR-43 at Wyoming-Utah State Line near Washam
North end	I-80 BL / US 30 Bus. in Green River
Location
Country	United States
State	Wyoming
Counties	Sweetwater
Highway system
Wyoming State Highway System Interstate US State
← WYO 520 → WYO 585

Wyoming Highway 530 (WYO 530) is a 45.34-mile-long (72.97 km) state road that lies in southwestern Sweetwater County, Wyoming that runs along the west side of the Green River/Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

Route description

Wyoming Highway 530 begins its south end at the Wyoming-Utah State Line at Utah State Route 43; this near Washam, Wyoming. From the state line, WYO 530 heads north, paralleling the west side of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir and Green River. For this length, the highway is known as West Flaming Gorge Road. The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) has invested a significant amount of time and money into improving the highway from Green River south to the border near Manila, Utah. The improved sections of Highway 530 have widened shoulders and more passing lanes, but is usually two lanes. WYO 530 intersects no major highways along its 45-mile (72 km) route, however, it is a very scenic road, paralleling Flaming Gorge Reservoir. The reservoir is famous for its fishing, especially bass fishing, and has one of the largest shorelines in the state. It is the result of the Green River being dammed up near Dutch John, Utah. When Highway 530 enters Green River, it becomes a five-lane highway named Uinta Avenue (two lanes each way plus a middle turn lane). In 1996, the Wyoming 530 bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad yards was widened from two lanes to four lanes. On the north side of the bridge, WYO 530 comes to an end at I-80 Business/US 30 Business (Flaming Gorge Way).

Major intersections

The entire route is in Sweetwater County. ^[1]

Location[1]	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Washam	0.0	0.0	SR-43	Continuation beyond Utah state line
Green River	45.34	72.97	I-80 BL / US 30 Bus.
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• U.S. Route 191 (East Flaming Gorge Road), that parallels the east side of the Flaming Gorge Reservoir.

References

• Official 2003 State Highway Map of Wyoming

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wyoming Highway 530.

• Wyoming State Routes
• City of Green River website

This page was last edited on 4 September 2023, at 23:56