"Cliffs High and Steep"

"Cliffs High and Steep" (HM2MDS)

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N 47° 7.844', W 111° 54.107'

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who sold their animals in Helena or Great Falls. The arrival of the Montana Central Railroad in 1887 did much to open this region to settlement, but it was not until the early 1930s that a modern paved highway connected Helena and Great Falls through this area. U.S. Highway 91 wound its way along the Missouri River through the volcanic outcrops of the canyon, crossing the river over two large steel truss bridges that still carry traffic in the vicinity of Hardy and Wolf Creek. Though bypassed by Interstate 15 in the 1960s, old U.S. 91 provides motorists a unique opportunity to experience a Great Depression era road through one of the most spectacular landscapes in Montana.
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HM NumberHM2MDS
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Placed ByMontana Department of Transportation
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Date Added Tuesday, October 29th, 2019 at 11:01am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 431609 N 5220086
Decimal Degrees47.13073333, -111.90178333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 47° 7.844', W 111° 54.107'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds47° 7' 50.64" N, 111° 54' 6.42" W
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