Entrance Road Explained

State:	WY
Type:	WY
Route:	110
Alternate Name:	Entrance Road
Map Custom:	yes
Map Notes:	WYO 110 highlighted in red
Maint:	WYDOT & NPS
Length Mi:	0.585
Length Ref:	^[1]
Established:	1917
Direction A:	East
Direction B:	West
Terminus B:	Devils Tower National Monument Entrance
Counties:	Crook
Previous Type:	WY
Previous Route:	96
Next Type:	WY
Next Route:	111
Embedded:	Embed: yes Entrance Road--Devils Tower National Monument Area: 3miles Built: 1934 Architect: NPS Branch of Plans and Design Added: July 24, 2000 Mpsub: Devils Tower National Monument MPS Refnum: 00000854

The Entrance Road at Devils Tower National Monument, officially known as Wyoming Highway 110, is a 0.585-longNaN-long scenic road that provides the approach to the Devil's Tower eminence, affording planned views to arriving visitors.

Route description

The Wyoming Highway 110 designation is a short 0.59adj=midNaNadj=mid roadway that starts its at Wyoming Highway 24 and travels west to the Devils Tower National Monument Entrance. Mileposts along WYO 110 increase from east to west.

The entrance road is a 3miles long, two-lane, asphalt paved road that spans the distance between the Entrance Station and the visitor parking area located just west of Devil's Tower. The road provides access to the monument's primary developed areas, such as headquarters and visitor center.

History

The road was originally constructed in 1917 with an eight percent grade and a ford at the Belle Fourche River. A bridge was built in 1928, and the road was extensively altered in the 1930s with labor from the Civilian Conservation Corps, improving grades and alignments.^[2] CCC camp NM-1 remained at Devil's Tower from 1935 to 1938.^[3] A complete loop was planned by the National Park Service Engineering Division in 1927, but was never carried out. The entrance road at Devils Tower is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an example of close integration with the natural surroundings.^{[4] [5]}

Much of the CCC work involved realignment of the existing road and the careful obliteration of the old alignment, using young trees and sod stockpiled during construction of the new alignment.^[5]

See also

• Entrance Station (Devils Tower National Monument)
• Old Headquarters Area Historic District
• Tower Ladder (Devils Tower National Monument)

External links

• National Park Service Devils Tower First Fifty Years: The Early Years
• Devils Tower Entrance Road at Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office

Notes and References

1. Web site: Maintenance Section Reference Book . . December 18, 2013 . Maintenance Staff . February 2013.
2. Web site: Entrance Road . November 9, 2008 . List of Classified Structures . National Park Service . November 9, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521165108/http://www.hscl.cr.nps.gov/insidenps/report.asp?STATE=WY&PARK=DETO&STRUCTURE=&SORT=&RECORDNO=6 . May 21, 2011 . dead .
3. Web site: First Fifty Years: The 1930s . November 8, 2008 . Devils Tower National Monument . National Park Service.
4. Web site: Devils Tower Entrance Road . November 8, 2008 . National Register of Historic Places . Wyoming State Preservation Office.
5. [{{NRHP url|id=00000854}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Entrance Road ]. PDF . January 31, 1996 . Kathy . McKoy . National Park Service .