Interstate 94 West - Prairie & Custer Counties

Transmission lines pass over Interstate 94. The lines accompany the freeway corridor southwest from West Glendive to a substation south of Exit 49 in Yellowstone County.

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Interstate 94 angles southwest to cross the Yellowstone River ahead of Fallon.

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A Warren through truss bridge parallels the east side of I-94. The Yellowstone River Bridge along historic U.S. 10 dates back to 1945.

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The steel girder bridges for Interstate 94 across the Yellowstone River were built in 1978.

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The Yellowstone River shifts sides to flow north of Interstate 94 from Fallon for the remainder of the freeway west to Billings.

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Montana Secondary 340 stems east from a diamond interchange (Exit 185) with I-94 into unincorporated Fallon.

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Montana Secondary 340 follows Fallon Flat Road and Railway Avenue across the Fallon street grid. The state highway takes a stair stepped route southeast 19 miles to Mildred.

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Interstate 94 spans a BNSF Railroad line just west of Fallon.

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An uninterrupted stretch leads I-94 west eight miles to the Prairie County seat of Terry. Miles City is the next major service center for Interstate 94 in 46 miles.

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O'Fallon Creek originates from the Beaver Flats plateau well to the south in Carter County. The waterway empties into the Yellowstone River just north of the 1969-bridge for I-94.

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Northern view of adjacent Old Highway 10 and farm land spreading north from the Yellowstone River.

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Interstate 94 straddles the north side of Broadview Bench plateau at milepost 182.

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BNSF Railroads line both sides of Interstate 94 and adjacent Old Highway 10 west toward Terry.

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The two BNSF Railroad lines combine west of this pony truss bridge to the north of Old Highway 10 and I-94.

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Ash Creek passes below both I-94 and Old Highway 10 through culverts on the outskirts of Terry.

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A diamond interchange (Exit 176) joins Interstate 94 with Montana Secondary 253 north and Ten Mile Road at the southeast corner of Terry.

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MT 253 travels 47 miles northwest from Exit 176 to Brockway and MT 200.

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Interstate 94 west passes between the Terry street grid (Montana Boulevard) and Terry Airport (8U6).

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Forsyth, seat of Rosebud County, debuts on distance signs for westbound travelers at 81 miles out. Miles City is now a half hour away.

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4,670 vpd were recorded in 2015 by MDT along the Interstate 94 straight away after Terry.

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A bend of the Yellowstone River appears in the distance in this vista north of I-94 at Conns Coulee.

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Interstate 94 turns more southerly across a broad valley fed by the Powder River.

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Sheridan Butte (el. 2,650 feet) rises to the northwest across the Yellowstone River.

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Exit 169 joins I-94 with Powder River Road as it spurs south from Old Highway 10 to ranch land.

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The bridges across the Powder River for Interstate 94 were built in 1971.

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Old Highway 10 spans the dry bed of the Powder River just north of Exit 169 across a 1945 Warren through truss bridge.

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Exit 169 connects I-94 with Old Highway 10 west to the BNSF Railroad sidings of Blatchford and Zero.

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Interstate 94 lines agricultural areas just above Old Highway 10 and the Yellowstone River over the ensuing 12 mile drive south from Powder River Road.

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The freeway makes a series of S-curves south of Camp Creek.

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Westbound drivers cross into the northwest quadrant of Custer County near the BNSF Railroad siding of Benz.

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The first of seven exits in Custer County is the diamond interchange (Exit 159) with Diamond Ring Road.

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The ranch exit for Diamond Ring Road connects with old U.S. 10 (Frontage Road) as it plies across adjacent farmland south from Benz to Shirley.

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