User:Sehome Bay/U.S. Route 95 in Idaho

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Route description
US 95 is one of the few routes with a designated "Spur" route. Spur US 95 runs from US 95 in Weiser, Idaho to a junction with the former route of U.S. Highway 30 (now Oregon Route 201) in Oregon, a distance of just 3 miles (5 km). In 1927, this section of road was signed as U.S. Highway 630, and is said to hold the record as the "shortest signed US highway." It was co-signed for its entire route with US 30N, and in 1933 the US 630 designation was deleted. Sometime after 1980, the US 30N designation was itself deleted, with this three-mile (5 km) segment re-christened "Spur US 95".

US 95 is an undivided two lane highway during most of its length in Idaho. The State is widening US 95 to a four lane divided highway from the Idaho-Oregon state line to the U.S.-Canada border at Eastport.

US 95 enters Idaho from Oregon about 50 miles southwest of Boise. US 95 passes through Homedale and crosses the Snake River before a junction with concurrent U.S. Route 20 and U.S. Route 26. US 95 runs north concurrent with US 20 and US 26 for eight miles. As it proceeds north, US 95 crosses Interstate 84 and U.S. Route 30 before going through the Payette National Forest. US 95 crosses the Salmon River and enters the Pacific Time Zone near Riggins.

US 95 becomes a four lane divided highway after crossing the Clearwater River east of Lewiston. US 95 runs concurrent with U.S. Route 12 for several miles. The freeway splits as US 95 turns north toward Moscow and US 12 goes west to Lewiston. This section is a steep uphill grade. The southbound lanes have three run-away truck ramps to stop any trucks that experience brake failure. At a junction with U.S. Route 195, US 95 proceeds north to Moscow as a recently completed divided highway. US 95 becomes an undivided highway in Moscow and proceeds north to Coeur D'Alene. US 95 crosses Interstate 90 in Coeur D'Alene. US 95 continues north to Sandpoint and a junction with U.S. Route 2. US 2 and US 95 run concurrent for 35 miles. US 2 heads east from Bonners Ferry. US 95 continues north for 29 miles to Eastport. US 95 meets British Columbia Highway 95 at the Canadian border south of Cranbrook.

History
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US 95 is one of the original routes in the AASHTO's 1926 plan.

Miscellanea
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Bannered Routes
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 * U.S. Route 95 Alternate
 * U.S. Route 95 Spur (Payette, Idaho)
 * U.S. Route 95 Spur (Weiser, Idaho)
 * U.S. Route 95E
 * U.S. Route 95W

Related routes
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 * U.S. Route 95
 * U.S. Route 195
 * British Columbia Highway 95
 * U.S. Route 30
 * U.S. Route 30N (Oregon-Idaho)
 * U.S. Route 95 Alternate
 * U.S. Route 95E
 * U.S. Route 95W
 * U.S. Route 630

Bannered routes
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 * U.S. Route 95 Spur (Payette, Idaho)
 * U.S. Route 95 Spur (Weiser, Idaho)