List of Interstate Highways in Montana

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Interstate Highways of the Montana Highway System
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Typical Interstate highway markers used for Interstate 90, Interstate 115, and Business loop 94 in Montana
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Map of main highways (Interstate and U.S.)
System information
Maintained by MDT
Highway names
Interstates Interstate n (I-n)
US Highways U.S. Highway n (US n)
State Montana Highway n (MT n)
Secondary:Secondary Highway n (S-n)
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The Interstate Highways in Montana are the segments of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways owned and maintained by the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) in the U.S. state of Montana.

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The state's Interstate highways, totaling 1,189 miles (1,914 km), were built between 1956 and 1988 at a cost of $1.22 billion. 95 percent of the system serves rural areas, the highest proportion of any state under Interstate program. [1] The entire Interstate system in Montana was designated as the Purple Heart Trail in 2003. [2]

Mainline highways

NumberLength (mi) [3] Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemoved
I-15.svg I-15 396.03637.35 I-15 near Monida Hwy 4 at Sweetgrass
I-90.svg I-90 551.68887.84 I-90 near Mullan, ID I-90  / US 87 near Ranchester, WY
I-94.svg I-94 249.15400.97 I-90 at Billings I-94 near Beach, ND
I-115.svg I-115 1.191.92 I-15  / I-90 in Butte Downtown Butte
I-315.svg I-315 0.831.34 I-15  / US 89  / MT 200 in Great Falls Downtown Great Falls

Business routes

NumberLength (mi)Length (km)Southern or western terminusNorthern or eastern terminusFormedRemovedNotes
Business Loop 15.svg I-15 BL Serves Dillon
Business Loop 15.svg I-15 BL Serves Butte
Business Loop 15.svg I-15 BL Serves Helena
Business Loop 15.svg I-15 BL Serves Great Falls
Business Loop 15.svg I-15 BL Serves Shelby
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Alberton
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Missoula
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Deer Lodge
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Butte
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Bozeman
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Livingston
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Big Timber
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Laurel
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Billings
Business Loop 90.svg I-90 BL Serves Hardin
Business Loop 94.svg I-94 BL Serves Miles City
Business Loop 94.svg I-94 BL Serves Glendive

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Below is a list and summary of the former state highways.

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References

  1. Axline, Jon (Autumn 2013). "A Massive Undertaking: Construction Montana's Interstate Highways, 1956–1988". Montana: The Magazine of Western History . Montana Historical Society. 63 (3): 66. ISSN   0026-9891. JSTOR   24416216. OCLC   1051147215.
  2. "§ 60-1-210: Purple Heart Trail". Montana Code Annotated 2014. Montana Legislature . Retrieved December 1, 2021.
  3. Adderly, Kevin (January 27, 2016). "Table 3: Interstate Routes in Each of the 50 States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico". Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration . Retrieved February 16, 2017.