Idaho State Highway 9
State Highway 9 (SH-9) is a state highway in Latah County, in the U.S. state of Idaho. It runs 13.522 miles (21.762 km) from SH-8 near Deary, north to SH-6 near Harvard.[1]
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| Length | 13.522 mi[1] (21.762 km) | |||
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Route description
SH-9 begins at an intersection with SH-8 near Deary and heads generally northwest and north to end at an intersection with SH-6 near Harvard.
Trivia
SH-9 was the last State Highway in Idaho to be paved (though, as of 2012, SH-29 and SH-64 still have unpaved sections).
Original designation
The Lewis and Clark Highway, from Lewiston eastward to Lolo Pass, was designated state route 9 in 1916 and construction began in 1920.[2][3] Upon its completion in 1962, it became U.S. Route 12.[4]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Latah County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Deary | 0.000 | 0.000 | | Southern terminus, continuation west along SH-8 | |
| Harvard | 13.522 | 21.762 | | Northern terminus | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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gollark: Intellectual property is among the weird and vaguely broken things too, come to think of it.
gollark: Also regulatory capture. That is highly bees.
gollark: Bye.
gollark: Probably should do something about monopolies and land allocation I guess.
References
- Idaho Transportation Department (November 26, 2008). "Milepost Log". Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
- "Lewis & Clark Highway link-up is urged for national defense". Lewiston Morning Tribune. September 24, 1950. p. 1-sec 2.
- Forbes, Bob (November 29, 1953). "Hiking the Wash-ho-tana in Lochsa wilds". Spokesman-Review. p. 9-This Week.
- "Highway 12 label approved by Idaho highway board". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. June 26, 1962. p. 7.
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