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In the U.S. state of Wyoming, Interstate 80 travels across the southern part of the state. The interstate has 402.76 miles of road in the state.

Route description
I-80 reaches its maximum elevation of 8,640 feet (2,633 m) above sea level between Cheyenne  and Laramie. Also along this stretch is Buford, which at 8,000 feet is the highest community on I-80. Farther west in Wyoming, the interstate passes through the dry Red Desert and over the Continental Divide. In a way, the highway crosses the Divide twice, since two ridges of the Rocky Mountains split in Wyoming, forming the Great Divide Basin, from which surface water cannot drain, but can only evaporate.

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