U.S. Route 89

U.S. Route 89 marker
U.S. Route 89
Map
US 89 highlighted in red
Route information
Length1,252 mi[citation needed] (2,015 km)
Existed1926–present
Major junctions
South end BL 40 / US 180 in Flagstaff, AZ
Major intersections
North end Highway 2 at the Canada–US border near Babb, MT
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesArizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana
Highway system
US 87 US 90

U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway with two sections, and one former section. The southern section runs for 848 miles (1,365 km) from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the southern entrance of Yellowstone National Park. The northern section runs for 404 miles (650 km) from the northern entrance of Yellowstone National Park in Montana, ending at the Canadian border. Unnumbered roads through Yellowstone connect the two sections. Before 1992, US 89 was a Canada–Mexico, border-to-border highway that ended at Nogales, Arizona, on its southern end.[1]

Sometimes called the National Park Highway, US 89 links seven national parks across the Mountain West. In addition, 14 other national park areas, mostly national monuments, are also reachable from this backbone through the Colorado Plateau, Wasatch Mountains and northern Rockies.

National Geographic named US Route 89 the No. 1 Driver's Drive in the world.[2]

  1. ^ "End of US highway 89". USEnds.com. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
  2. ^ "Top 10 Drivers' Drives". Travel. National Geographic. Archived from the original on August 13, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2019.