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Montana Highway Known For Deadly Wrecks Gets New Speed Limit

Bradley Gordon
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A stretch of U.S. Highway 212.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The speed limit on a deadly stretch of U.S. 212 in southeast Montana has been reduced to 65 mph.

The Billings Gazette reports that the Montana Department of Transportation lowered the speed limit Oct. 1 on the highway's corridor that passes through both the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Reservations and four counties: Big Horn, Rosebud, Powder River and Carter.

The stretch merges with Interstate 90 at the Bighorn Battlefield interchange and travels 167 miles east to the Montana-Wyoming state line.

MDOT Traffic and Safety Bureau chief Gabe Priebe says statistics show the stretch is the deadliest highway in Montana.

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