Wyoming Highway 30
state highway in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States
Wyoming Highway 30 (WYO 30), also known as Otto Road, is a 26.019-mile (41.874 km) state highway in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States that connects U.S. Route 14 / U.S. Route 16 / U.S. Route 20 (US 14 / US 16 / US 20) in Emblem with US 16 / US 20 / Wyoming Highway 789 (WYO 789) in Burlington, via Otto.
Route description
WYO 30 is mostly an east-west highway, but travels north-south at its west end. WYO 30 has its west end at US 14 / US 16 / US 20 in the unincorporated community of Emblem, just six-tenths of a mile west of Wyoming Highway 32's southern terminus. WYO 30 serves several small communities and ranches to the west of Worland and is an alternate to US 16/US 20 between Emblem and Basin. WYO 30 heads south reaching the town of Burlington at 3.79 miles. After leaving the town of Burlington, Highway 30 turns east to head toward Otto, reaching that community by 10.30 miles. WYO 30 continues east, to Basin intersecting Wyoming Highway 36 at its southern terminus. Shortly after, WYO 30 comes to its eastern end at US 16 / US 20 / WYO WYO 789 (4th Street).
Mileposts increase from east to west along Wyoming 30.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Big Horn County.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Wyoming Highway 30” as state highway in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as state highway in Big Horn County, Wyoming, United States. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2508782. Authority coordinates are 44.501, -108.433. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.
- Historic place names
- Jurisdictional context
- Routes into maps and plans
Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Wyoming Highway 30”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Wyoming Highway 30 primary sources, Wyoming Highway 30 archive and Wyoming research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Wyoming Highway 30”?
- Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
- Which authority defined the place, boundary or structure at the relevant date?
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This entry incorporates text from “Wyoming Highway 30” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.