U.S. 95 and Idaho's North and South Highway
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  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
  • Contributors:
    Weingroff, Richard F.
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    FHWA Highway History Website Articles
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    Tech Report
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    United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
  • Abstract:
    When the Joint Board on Interstate Highways released its proposal for a U.S. numbered highway system in October 1925, it identified U.S. 95 as a route located entirely in Idaho: From the United States-Canada line to Bonners Ferry, Idaho, Sand Point, Coeur d'Alene, Lewiston, Grangerville, Weiser, Payette. [All spellings here and in later logs as in the original] This routing encompassed Idaho's North and South Highway, which had been completed in 1926. Because the States owned the roads included in the proposal, the Secretary of Agriculture forwarded the plan to the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) for action. After numerous changes in routing and numbering, AASHO approved the plan on November 11, 1926, by ballot of the State highway agencies. U.S. 95 remained a one-State route, as described in the first approved U.S. highway log (1927): Idaho. Beginning at the United States-Canadian International Boundary at Eastport via Bonners Ferry, Sandpoint, Coeur d'Alene, Muscow, Lewiston, Grangeville, New Meadows to Weiser. The route was listed as totaling 483 miles.
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