U.S. Route 89

U.S. Route 89
U.S. Route 89
	US 89 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	1,252 mi (2,015 km)
Existed	1926–present
Major junctions
South end	BL 40 / US 180 in Flagstaff, Arizona
	I-70 / US 50 in Salina, Utah; I-15 in Lehi, Utah; I-80 in Salt Lake City; I-84 near Ogden, Utah; US 91 in Logan, Utah; US 30 in Montpelier, Idaho; US 14 / US 20 in Yellowstone National Park; I-90 in Livingston, Montana; I-15 in Great Falls, Montana; US 2 near South Browning, Montana;
North end	Hwy 2 at the Canada–US border near Babb, Montana
Location
Country	United States
States	Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided;

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.

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.

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