US 287

U.S. Route 287
Game	American Truck Simulator: Texas Colorado Wyoming Montana
State	Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana
Length	1,083 mi (1,743 km)
Speed Limit	15–75 mph (24–121 km/h)
Route
	0 mi (0 km) I-10, US 69, and US 96 in Beaumont
	TX 0–428 mi (0–689 km) I-30, I-35W, I-40, I-44 US 60, US 62, US 69, US 82, US 83, US 87, US 90, US 96, US 190, US 277, US 281 SH 152 Loop 335 Spur 325 FM 718
	CO 428–640 mi (689–1,030 km) I-70 US 24, US 34, US 50, US 385 SH 1, SH 14, SH 71
	WY 640–1,020 mi (1,030–1,642 km) I-80 US 14, US 16, US 20, US 26, US 30, US 89, US 191 WYO 28, WYO 76, WYO 135, WYO 220, WYO 487, WYO 789
	MT 1,020–1,083 mi (1,642–1,743 km) US 20, US 191
	1,083 mi (1,743 km) I-15 and US 12 in Helena
Map
Map of the route in ATS, with the official designation in red and the unofficial designation through Yellowstone National Park in green
Highway System
Previous	← US 285
	TX
Next	Loop 287 →
← US 285
CO
SH 340 →
← WYO 258
WY
US 310 →
← S-243
MT
US 310 →

U.S. Route 287 (US 287) is a north–south United States Highway in eastern and northern Texas, eastern Colorado, central Wyoming, and southwestern Montana in American Truck Simulator. The route is separated into nine sections: The first section runs from Interstate 10, US 69, and US 96 in Beaumont to US 190 in Woodville, concurrent with US 69. The second section runs from Interstate 30 and Interstate 35W in Fort Worth to US 60 and US 87 in Amarillo. The third section runs from US 87 in Amarillo to US 87 in Dumas, concurrent with the latter route. The fourth section runs from US 50 and US 385 in Lamar to Interstate 70 and US 40 in Aurora. The fifth section runs from US 34 in Loveland to SH 14 north of Fort Collins. The sixth section runs from Interstate 80 Business and US 30 in Laramie to WYO 487 in Medicine Bow, concurrent with US 30. The seventh section runs from Interstate 80 and WYO 76 in Sinclair to US 89 and US 191 at the South Entrance of Yellowstone National Park north of Jackson. The eight section runs from US 20 at the West Entrance of Yellowstone National Park east of West Yellowstone to Ennis. The ninth section runs entirely within Helena, concurrent with US 12.

In Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, commercial trucking is prohibited beyond entry of the toll gates from US 89 and US 191 at Moran Junction, Wyoming to US 20 and US 191 at West Yellowstone, Montana. When one tries to drive through the gate with a trailer, they will get a message saying: Commercial trucking is prohibited here. You have to turn around and go back! If the player ignores that, they will receive a fine. A Special Transport route from Riverton to Jackson runs through the parks, however, the driver and the escort team are permitted to drive through these areas to reach their destionation at the Government Area in Yellowstone. If the player wants to leave the park with no Illegal Trailer ticket, it is required to deliver the cargo by using the freight market and not the cargo market.

In real life, US 287 is separated into two sections by Yellowstone National Park, where unnumbered park roads serve as a connector, which is also similar to the highway's rendering in ATS. The highway spans a total length of 1,791 miles (2,882 km) from Port Arthur, Texas to Choteau, Montana. It is the second-longest three-digit US Route in the United States, behind US 281.

Course

US 287 begins at its southern terminus (as well as those of US 69 and US 96) with Interstate 10 and US 90 in Beaumont. The highway overlaps the latter routes until I-10 and the 90 turn towards the west, while staying on the 69 and 96. Shortly afterwards, the 96 branches off of the highway in Lumberton. The highway continues to overlap with the 69 through Kountze until reaching a gap in the route at US 190 in Woodville, where the road continues as US 69 towards the north into Lufkin. Resuming in Fort Worth, at the stack interchange with Interstates 30 and 35W, the highway follows a short concurrency with I-35W until branching off at exit 59 and heads northwest, passing by the city's neighborhood of Avondale before leaving the Fort Worth city limits. After passing by a rest area, the 287 overlaps with US 82 and begins to run parallel with Oklahoma and the Red River to the north as it traces into Wichita Falls, where the 82 branches off and the highway then overlaps with US 277 and 281; soon afterwards, it overlaps with Interstate 44 before branching off of the highways at exit 3A. A second rest area is passed as the highway enters Childress, ending its parallel course with Texas' neighboring state to the north, where it intersects US 62 and 83. East of Childress, a weigh station is passed, and the 287 crosses the Prairie Dog Town Fork Red River; soon afterwards, a third rest area is passed. Entering Amarillo, the highway begins to run concurrent with Interstate 40, intersecting the in-game clockwise end of Loop 335 and Interstate 27, US 60 and 87; I-27 also ends here. There, the 287 turns to the north, overlapping the 60 and 87 until it reaches its second gap through downtown. US 287 resumes at the northern end of the one-way street pairs through downtown and once again, overlaps with the 87 across the panhandle of northern Texas, crossing the Canadian River, and into Dumas, where another gap in the route begins here, while the 87 leaves its concurrency with the highway towards Dalhart and New Mexico.

The gap between Texas and Colorado will eventually be filled in with the future release of the Oklahoma map expansion. The highway through Oklahoma's panhandle will serve Boise City and intersect the highways of US 56, 64, 385, 412, and SH-3.

The highway resumes at US 50 in Lamar, Colorado, where the 287 had come north from Oklahoma. The 287 runs concurrent with the 50 for a short distance and breaks away at the Bushnell feed lot west of Lamar. The 287 continues north across the vast Great Plains, through the towns of Eads and Kit Carson. At Kit Carson, the highway meets US 40, and the two highways run together past Wild Horse to Limon and Interstate 70, along which the highways run concurrent to Denver. US 287 resumes at its intersection with US 34 in Loveland, and continues north through Fort Collins, ending at a Bushnell ranch at the northern end of the SH 14 concurrency north of the city.

US 287 resumes in Laramie, Wyoming, where it runs through downtown, concurrent with US 30. Out of Laramie, the highways run together through Rock River to Medicine Bow and WYO 487, where a gap in their courses begin. The 287 continues at Interstate 80 at Sinclair and run parallel with WYO 76 into Rawlins. Passing through downtown, it sets off along the edge of the arid Great Divide Basin to Muddy Gap Junction, concurrent with WYO 789. At Muddy Gap the highways meet WYO 220, and trend northwest along the course of the Oregon Trail, which features a rest area and intersects WYO 135 at Sweetwater Station. After slipping through the brilliantly red rocks of the Derby Dome, the highway intersects with WYO 28, and shortly after reaches Lander, where the 789 breaks away to Riverton. The 287 continues along the feet of the Wind River Range to US 26, along which the highway runs concurrent to Moran Junction. There, the 287 breaks from the 26 and follows US 89 and US 191 north through Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, the latter also introducing US 20 to this concurrency. These highways gradually go their own ways through Yellowstone by unnumbered park roads through Wyoming until shortly after entering Montana.

Tracing through West Yellowstone, US 20 branches off of the 287 towards Idaho to the southwest. Being the last to separate from the 191 north of West Yellowstone, the 287 follows the Madison River between the Henrys Lake Mountains to the south and the Madison Range to the north, running along the north shore of Earthquake Lake, where there is an overlook with a viewpoint. Past Earthquake Lake, the highway enters the Madison Valley, bound to the west by the Centennial Mountains and the Gravelly Range; here there are two NAMIQ facilities belonging to Bozeman. US 287 ends across the Madison from the town of Ennis, and resumes in Helena, where it runs concurrent with US 12 along Prospect Avenue and intersects Interstate 15 at its northern terminus.

Cities

Texas

• Beaumont
• Fort Worth
• Wichita Falls
• Amarillo

Scenery Towns

• Lumberton
• Kountze
• Woodville
• Childress
• Dumas

Colorado

• Lamar
• Denver (via I-70)
• Fort Collins

Scenery Towns

• Eads
• Kit Carson
• Wild Horse
• Limon
• Aurora
• Loveland

Wyoming

• Laramie
• Rawlins
• Riverton (via US 26 or WYO 789)

Scenery Towns

• Rock River
• Medicine Bow
• Muddy Gap Junction
• Sweetwater Station
• Lander
• Moran Junction

Montana

• Helena

Scenery Towns

• West Yellowstone
• Ennis

Junction list

Texas

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Beaumont	0	0	I-10 West – Houston		Southern terminus of I-10, US 69, and US 96 concurrencies; road continues as I-10
			US 90 – Liberty		Southern terminus of US 90 concurrency; I-10 exit 851
	11	18	I-10 East / US 90 East – Lake Charles		TOTSO; northern terminus of I-10 and US 90 concurrencies; I-10 exit 853
Lumberton	21	34	US 96 North – Jasper		Northern terminus of US 96 concurrency
Kountze	51	83	Aron Truck Stop
Woodville	65	104	US 190 – Livingston, Jasper		Northern terminus of US 69 concurrency; road continues as US 69
End first section; start second section
Fort Worth	65	104	I-30 – Dallas, Abilene		Southern terminus of I-35W concurrency; road continues as I-35W; I-30 exits 15 A-B; I-35W exits 51 A-B
	70	113	Brasswood Boulevard to I-35W North		Access for US 287 southbound to I-35W northbound; I-35W exit 59
	75	121	I-35W North		TOTSO; northern terminus of I-35W concurrency; no southbound exit; I-35W exit 60
	95	153	(no name)		Southbound exit only; inaccessible
	96	154	FM 718 – Newark		Northbound exit and southbound entrance; inaccessible
	108	173	Picnic Area
	126	203	Access Road		Southbound exit and northbound entrance; inaccessible
	134	216	US 82 East – Gainesville		Southern terminus of US 82 concurrency
Wichita Falls	147	236	Windthorst Road
	158	255	US 82 West / US 277 South – Lubbock, Abilene		Northern terminus of US 82 concurrency; southern terminus of I-44, US 277, and US 281 concurrencies
	173	279	I-44 East / US 277 North / US 281 North / Spur 325 North – Lawton, Sheppard AFB		TOTSO; northern terminus of I-44, US 277, and US 281 concurrencies; I-44 exits 3 A-B
	188	302	Frontage Road		Southbound exit and northbound entrance; inaccessible
	194	312	Wichita Falls Petrolucent Oil Well
	233	375	Hardeman County Safety Rest Area
Childress	271	437	US 62 / US 83 – Guthrie, Wellington
	273	439	Gallon Oil Truck Stop
	284	457	CMV Station
	316	509	Donley County Safety Rest Area
Amarillo	369	594	I-40 Frontage Road		Outbound access only
	373	601	I-40 East – Oklahoma City		TOTSO; southern terminus of I-40 concurrency; I-40 exit 78; I-40 eastbound is inaccessible
	379	610	Loop 335 (Lakeside Drive)		Loop 335 northbound is inaccessible; I-40 exit 75
	391	629	I-40 West – Albuquerque		TOTSO; northern terminus of I-27; northern terminus of I-40 concurrency; southern terminus of US 60 and US 87 concurrencies; I-27 exit 123; I-40 exit 70
	394	634	I-27 South / US 60 West / US 87 South – Canyon, Lubbock
	399	642	US 87 North (Fillmore Street)		Northern terminus of US 60 and US 87 concurrencies; US 287 northbound follows US 60 (Buchanan Street) inaccessibly
End second section; start third section
Amarillo	399	642	US 87 South (Pierce Street) to I-27 / I-40		Southern terminus of US 87 concurrency; US 287 southbound follows Taylor Street inaccessibly
	403	649	North 15th Avenue		Southbound exit and northbound entrance; inaccessible
	415	668	Amarillo Vortex Drilling Site and Oil Storage
Dumas	428	689	US 87 North / SH 152 East (1st Street)		Northern terminus of US 87 concurrency; US 287 continues north inaccessibly; SH 152 is inaccessible
End third section

Colorado

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Start fourth section
Lamar	428	689	US 50 East / US 385 North (Olive Street)		Southern terminus of US 50 concurrency; US 287 continues south inaccessibly; US 385 southbound is inaccessible
	428	689	Maple Street
	428	690	Phoenix Truck Stop
	428	690	Avenue Colonia		Access to Driverse truck stop
	429	691	Minor road		No southbound entrance
	430	692	Minor road
	430	692	Weigh Station
	436	701	Frontage Road		Access to Lamar Bushnell Farms farm
	442	711	US 50 West – La Junta		TOTSO; northern terminus of US 50 concurrency
Eads	481	775	Phoenix Truck Stop
Kit Carson	506	814	Museum		Southern terminus of US 40 concurrency; inaccessible
	507	816	Seibert		Inaccessible
Limon	541	871	I-70		Southern terminus of I-70 BL and US 24 concurrencies
	558	898	SH 71 North / Weigh Station		Southern terminus of SH 71 concurrency; access to Denver Vitas Power construction site
	564	907	E Avenue		Northern terminus of SH 71 concurrency; inaccessible
	570	918	US 24 West – Colorado Springs		TOTSO; northern terminus of US 24 concurrency; US 24 westbound is inaccessible
	574	925	I-70 East / Haulett Truck Stop / Weigh Station		TOTSO; northern terminus of I-70 BL concurrency; southern terminus of I-70 concurrency; I-70 exit 359
Denver	629	1,013	Airport Boulevard – Denver International Airport		Northern terminus of I-70 and US 40 concurrencies; road continues as I-70: I-70 exit 285
End fourth section; start fifth section
Loveland	629	1,013	US 34 (Eisenhower Boulevard) – Sterling, Estes Park		US 287 continues south inaccessibly
	631	1,016	Fort Collins Bitumen Depot		Northbound only
Fort Collins	632	1,018	Fort Collins Recruitment Agency
	632	1,018	Fort Collins Sell Goods Warehouse
	633	1,018	Lake Street		Access to Fort Collins Freightliner Truck Dealer
	633	1,019	Laurel Street		Inaccessible
	634	1,020	Mulberry Street to I-25 / SH 14 East
	634	1,020	SH 14 East (Jefferson Street) / Maple Street to I-25		Southern terminus of SH 14 concurrency; Maple Street is inaccessible
	634	1,021	Aron Gas Station
	634	1,021	Vine Drive
	638	1,027	Fort Collins Avalanche Steel Scrapyard
	639	1,028	SH 1 North (Terry Lake Road) – Wellington		Southern terminus of SH 1; access to Fort Collins Sunshine Crops farm
	639	1,028	Fort Collins Bushnell Farms Auction
	640	1,030	SH 14 West – Walden		Northern terminus of SH 14 concurrency; access to Fort Collins farm; US 287 continues north inaccessibly
End fifth section

Wyoming

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Start sixth section
Laramie	640	1,030	I-80 BL East / US 30 East (Grand Avenue)		Southern terminus of I-80 BL and US 30 concurrencies; US 287 continues south inaccessibly
	640	1,031	Ivinson Avenue		Inaccessible
	641	1,031	Minor road		Access to Laramie Voltison Motors warehouse
	641	1,032	Curtis Drive (I-80 BL West) to I-80		Northern terminus of I-80 BL
	642	1,033	Laramie NAMIQ Storage
Medicine Bow	678	1,092	WYO 487 North – Casper		Southern terminus of WYO 487; northern terminus of US 30 concurrency; US 30 and US 287 continues west inaccessibly
End sixth section; start seventh section
Sinclair	678	1,092	Sinclair		Eastern terminus of WYO 76; southern terminus of I-80 and US 30 concurrencies; I-80 exit 221
Rawlins	707	1,138	I-80 West / US 30 West / WYO 76 East – Rock Springs		TOTSO; western terminus of WYO 76; northern terminus of I-80 and US 30 concurrencies; southern terminus of I-80 BL and US 30 Bus. concurrecnies; I-80 exit 215
	717	1,154	Airport Road
	717	1,155	US 287 Byp. North		Southern terminus of US 287 Byp.
	718	1,155	Colorado Street		Inaccessible
	718	1,156	3rd Street / Cedar Street – Business District		TOTSO; inaccessible
	718	1,156	I-80 BL West / US 30 Bus. West / WYO 789 South – Rock Springs		Northern terminus of I-80 BL and US 30 Bus. concurrecnies; southern terminus of WYO 789 concurrency
	720	1,159	US 287 Byp. South		Northern terminus of US 287 Byp.
Muddy Gap Junction	741	1,193	WYO 220 East / Gallon Oil Gas Station – Casper		TOTSO; western terminus of WYO 220
Sweetwater Station	776	1,249	Sweetwater Station Rest Area
	778	1,252	WYO 135 North (Sand Draw Road)		Southern terminus of WYO 135
	814	1,311	WYO 28 West – Rock Springs		TOTSO; eastern terminus of WYO 28
Lander	826	1,330	WYO 789 North – Riverton		Northern terminus of WYO 789 concurrency
	859	1,383	US 26 East – Riverton		TOTSO; southern terminus of US 26 concurrency
	867	1,396	Diversion Dam Rest Area
	879	1,415	Bull Lake Road		Inaccessible
	881	1,418	Rest Stop
	950	1,530	Rest Stop
	977	1,573	Rest Stop
Moran Junction	983	1,582	US 26 South / US 89 South / US 191 South – Jackson		TOTSO; northern terminus of US 26 concurrency; southern terminus of US 89 and US 191 concurrencies
Grand Teton National Park	986	1,587	Moran Entrance Station
Yellowstone National Park	1,020	1,642	Yellowstone National Park South Entrance		US 89, US 191, and US 287 unofficially continues north through Yellowstone National Park; US 287 resumes at West Entrance in Montana
End seventh section

Montana

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Facilities	Notes
Start eighth section
Yellowstone National Park	1,020	1,642	Yellowstone National Park West Entrance		US 20, US 191, and US 287 unofficially continues east through Yellowstone National Park; US 287 resumes at South Entrance in Wyoming
West Yellowstone	1,025	1,650	Canyon Street / Yellowstone Avenue		TOTSO; inaccessible
	1,028	1,654	US 20 West (Firehole Avenue) – Idaho Falls		Northern terminus of US 20 concurrency
	1,044	1,681	US 191 North – Bozeman		TOTSO; northern terminus of US 191 concurrency
	1,060	1,707	Earthquake lake
	1,074	1,729	Bozeman NAMIQ Quarry
Ennis	1,081	1,739	Bozeman NAMIQ Talc Plant		US 287 continues north inaccessibly
End eighth section; start ninth section
Helena	1,081	1,739	Minor road		Southern terminus of US 12 concurrency; US 12 and US 287 continues east inaccessibly
	1,081	1,740	Minor road
	1,081	1,741	Gallon Oil Truck Stop
	1,082	1,741	Carter Street
	1,082	1,742	18th Street
	1,083	1,743	I-15 / US 12 West – Butte, Great Falls, Helena		Northern terminus in-game; northern terminus of US 12 concurrency; road continues as US 12; I-15 exit 192

Special Route

Main article: US 287 Bypass

U.S. Route 287 has one bypass route in Wyoming, respectively in Rawlins.

History

• In the initial version of the Colorado map expansion DLC, US 287 was separated into two sections. The first section began at US 50 and US 385 in Lamar and ended at Interstate 70 and US 40 in Aurora. The second section began at US 34 in Loveland and ended at SH 14 north of Fort Collins.

• In the initial version of the Wyoming map expansion DLC, the sections of US 287 from Interstate 80 Business and US 30 in Laramie to WYO 487 in Medicine Bow and from Interstate 80 and WYO 76 at Sinclair to Yellowstone National Park were added.

• In the initial version of the Montana map expansion DLC, the sections of US 287 from Yellowstone National Park to Ennis and in Helena, concurrent with US 12, were added.

• In the initial version of the Texas map expansion DLC, the sections of US 287 from Interstate 10, US 69, and US 96 in Beaumont to US 190 in Woodville, concurrent with US 69, from Interstate 30 and Interstate 35W in Fort Worth to US 60 and US 87 in Amarillo, and from US 87 in Amarillo to US 87 in Dumas, concurrent with US 87, were added.

• In update 1.47, a short section of US 287 in Lamar, concurrent with US 385, was added, slightly extending the route south of US 50.

Gallery

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  Beaumont

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  Lumberton

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  Kountze

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  Woodville

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  Fort Worth

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  Wichita Falls

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  Childress

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  Amarillo

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  Dumas

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  Lamar

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  Eads

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  Kit Carson

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  Wild Horse

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  Limon

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  Aurora

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  Loveland

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  Fort Collins

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  Laramie

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  Rock River

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  Medicine Bow

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  Rawlins

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  Muddy Gap Junction

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  Sweetwater Station

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  Lander

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  Moran Junction

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  West Yellowstone

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  Ennis

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  Helena

Trivia

• A route marker of State Highway 287 (SH-287) was added to the game files in the update 1.47 open beta. In real life, the designation of SH-287 does not exists anywhere in the state of Oklahoma as a state highway, however it is actually a route marker of US 287, which is mislabeling the highway as an Oklahoma State Highway even though US 287 is still part of the United States Numbered Highway System.
  • These mislabeling route markers, however, are not so common across the United States and globally. Some particular examples of route marker mislabeling in the US is this guide sign in western Kentucky on I-24—The Western Kentucky Parkway was mislabeled as Interstate 100 (this sign was taken down possibly by weather afterwards). Another example is these groups of route markers in northwestern Vermont—VT 207 and VT 235 are mislabeled as US 207 and US 235 respectively.

See also

• Information about U.S. Route 287 in real life