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Montana Highway 55

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Montana Highway 55 marker
Montana Highway 55
Map
MT 55 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDT
Length12.996 mi[1] (20.915 km)
Major junctions
South end MT 41 north of Silver Star
North end I-90 at Whitehall
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMontana
CountiesMadison, Silver Bow, Jefferson
Highway system
MT 49 MT 56

Highway 55 (MT 55) in the U.S. State of Montana is a route running in a northerly direction from an intersection with MT 41 about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of the small town of Silver Star. The highway extends approximately 13 miles (21 km) to an interchange with Interstate 90 (I-90) at the north edge of the town of Whitehall. The route traverses largely agricultural land in the Jefferson River valley.

Route description

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Highway 55 begins at MT 41, north of Silver Star. Concurrent with Montana Highway 287, it intersects Cut Across Road. An intersection with Waterloo Road is not far off as Highway 55 proceeds northward. From the west intersects Jack Rabbit Lane, before intersecting Fish Creek Road. It intersects Airport Lane before intersecting Cape Lane. After intersecting several small roads, Highway 55 ends at I-90 at Whitehall.[2]

History

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Before receiving its current designation, Highway 55 was designated as part of Montana Highway 287. A small segment of Highway 55 in Whitehall was a former alignment of U.S. Route 10, before U.S. 10 was deleted across Montana.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Madison0.0000.000 MT 41 – Twin Bridges, Butte
Silver Bow
No major junctions
Jefferson12.03219.364
MT 2 west – Butte
Western end of MT 2 overlap
Whitehall12.44620.030
MT 69 east (MT 2) – Cardwell
Eastern end of MT 2 overlap
12.99620.915 I-90 – Butte, Billings
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ a b Montana Department of Transportation (January 19, 2022). "ALTIS Road Log Report" (PDF). Helena: Montana Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  2. ^ "Montana Highway 55" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved June 8, 2009.