US 81 in Watertown I-29 in Watertown Minnesota US 75 south of Madison US 59 west-southwest of Montevideo. The highways travel concurrently through Redfield. The highways travel concurrently for approximately 0.9 miles (1.4 km). I-94 in Lockwood South Dakota US 85 in Belle Fourche US 83 west of Gettysburg. The highways travel concurrently to Crow Agency. I-90/US 212 travels concurrently to Crow Agency. The highways travel concurrently to Laurel. Major intersections Wyoming No major intersections Montana Northeast Entrance Road at the northeast entrance to Yellowstone National Park, west of Silver Gate US 310 north-northwest of Edgar. The route in Minnesota connects the cities of Montevideo, Granite Falls, Olivia, Glencoe, Norwood Young America, and the southwest suburbs of Minneapolis. Yellowstone Trail was one of the first designated names written into law in the state. Yellowstone Trail is the original name designation for this same stretch of US 212 from the auto trail days. The 160 miles (260 km) of US 212 in Minnesota are officially designated Minnesota Veterans Memorial Highway. Just east of Watertown, it intersects with I-29 and continues east o the Minnesota state line. It intersects with SD 45, where it is cosigned for a brief southern leg, before turning eastward again and passing through Rockham, Zell and Redfield, where it intersects with US 281.Ĭontinuing east, US 212 passes through Clark, before entering Watertown, following 9th Avenue SW. US 212 then passes through Dupree and North Eagle Butte, finally crossing the Missouri River.Ĭontinuing east, it then intersects (and is co-signed briefly) with US 83 near Gettysburg and then continues eastward, passing through Gettysburg, Seneca, and Faulkton. It runs north into Newell, then turns generally east again, passing through the town of Faith and entering the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation.
It continues east, passing the town of Nisland, until connecting with South Dakota Highway 79 (SD 79) south of Newell. Here it intersects US 85, and then continues eastward, skirting the southern end of the Belle Fourche Reservoir. US 212 enters South Dakota near the junction of the Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota state lines, and continues southeast to Belle Fourche. For the entire length of US 212 in Montana between I-90 and the Wyoming state line, it is also known as the Warrior Trail Highway. Southeast of Alzada, US 212 recrosses the Wyoming state line after about 20.3 miles (32.7 km), US 212 enters South Dakota. It is the main east–west road through the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation.
Within the Crow Indian Reservation, US 212 leaves I-90 and runs east and southeast through the high plains of Montana. Together, US 212 and I-90 run east through Billings to the town of Crow Agency between mile markers 434 and 510, a distance of 76 miles (122 km). Here US 212 joins Interstate 90 (I-90) eastbound, while US 310 ends. Running northeast from the Beartooth Mountains, US 212 joins US 310 before passing into the town of Laurel, Montana.
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Along this series of switchbacks, US 212 climbs over 3,000 feet (910 m) to Beartooth Pass. US 212 looking west from Vista Point towards the Beartooth Mountains.