Editing Newcastle, Wyoming (section)

== History ==
Newcastle was founded in 1889 as a mining town and a railroad town as the [[Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad]] expanded westward. It is named after [[Newcastle-Upon-Tyne]], England, an important coal shipping port. President [[Teddy Roosevelt]] visited Newcastle in 1903.<ref name="visit">{{Cite web |title=Explore Newcastle |url=https://www.westoncountymuseums.com/explore-newcastle |access-date=2024-11-07 |website=Weston County Museum District |language=en-US}}</ref>

U.S. Route 85 once ran south from the city to the east of the rail track, crossing them over a five span wide flange steel girder bridge constructed in 1929. The portion of US Hwy 85 from Newcastle to just south of the bridge was realigned to the west bypassing the bridge in 1963.<ref>https://www.westongov.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Legal-size-Brochure.pdf</ref>