Everything about Us Highway 95 totally explained
U.S. Route 95 is a north-south
United States highway. Unlike many other US highways, it hasn't been the victim of deletion caused by an encroaching
Interstate highway corridor.
As of
2008, the highway's northern terminus is in
Boundary County, Idaho, at the
Canadian border crossing of Eastport, where it continues north as
British Columbia Highway 95. Its southern terminus is in
San Luis, Arizona, on the
Mexican border, where a short spur leads to
Mexican Federal Highway 2 at
San Luis Río Colorado,
Sonora.
Route description
| Major cities |
- San Luis, Arizona
- Yuma, Arizona
- Quartzsite, Arizona
- Blythe, California
- Needles, California
- Henderson, Nevada
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Tonopah, Nevada
- Hawthorne, Nevada
- Fallon, Nevada
- Winnemucca, Nevada
- Homedale, Idaho
- Payette, Idaho
- Lewiston, Idaho
- Coeur D'Alene, Idaho
- Sandpoint, Idaho
- Bonners Ferry, Idaho
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Arizona
California
Nevada
US 95 in Nevada is a divided highway between the
Laughlin Junction and
Boulder City. Upon entering the Las Vegas
Las Vegas area, the highway becomes a freeway and is
concurrent with
I-515 and
US 93 between
Henderson and
Downtown Las Vegas. After crossing
I-15, the highway continues as a freeway for several miles until again becoming a divided highway outside the Las Vegas urban area. Shortly after entering
Nye County, US 95 becomes a two lane highway as it meanders northward throughout the state. The highway is concurrent with
US 6 for several miles north of
Tonopah and concurrent with
I-80 from Exit 83 west of
Lovelock to
Winnemucca.
Alternate US 95 in
Nevada is a two-lane highway that diverges from US 95 in
Schurz. From there, Alt US 95 heads west towards
Yerington, then turns north to connect to
I-80 in
Fernley. Alt US 95 then follows I-80 northeast to rejoin the US 95 mainline at exit 83 north of
Fallon. Part of Alt US 95 is concurrent with Alt
US 50 in a 30 mile (48 km) triangle in the Nevada
desert.
Oregon
US 95 is a rural highway in southeastern
Oregon, cutting across
Malheur County from the
Nevada state line through
Burns Junction and
Jordan Valley to the
Idaho state line. It is designated the
I.O.N. Highway No. 456 (see
Oregon highways and routes), which stands for Idaho-Oregon-Nevada.
Idaho
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".
History
The modern route of US 95 includes the entire former route of
U.S. Highway 630, the shortest signed US route ever, in the form of a rare "spur" route.
Future
In April 2005, the Idaho legislature approved a bill to widen the entire highway from two lanes to four lanes for the entire route starting at the
US-Canada port of entry in
Eastport, and ending at the
Oregon border in remote
Owyhee County, Idaho. The contract for the project was awarded to
Washington Group International and CH2M Hill. The contract is worth more than
$1.2 billion, and is slated to last for more than six years, cover 13 major reconstruction projects, and over 250 miles of U.S. 95's nearly 460 miles in the state of Idaho.
The major factors in the reconstruction are due to the fact that U.S. 95 is the only route that runs from north to south in Idaho, starting at
Eastport and ending in remote
Owyhee County; as well as safety concerns because there have been numerous accidents and fatalities on the narrow and very dangerous curves. This change started with the re-construction and improvements made to Whitebird Hill. Major projects have been undertaken including on the
Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation:
The first stage was completed in August 2005 from just south of Coeur d'Alene to Fighting Creek Road, and is an upgraded four-lane highway for approximately ten miles.
The second stage, from Fighting Creek Road to Lake Creek on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation, was completed in late July-early August 2006 and upgraded a seven-mile stretch of the highway.
The third stage, from Lake Creek to
Worley, Idaho, is expected to start mid-to-late 2006 and isn't expected to be completed until late 2007 or early 2008. This section is significant due to it being entirely on the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. The "new" highway will bypass the
Coeur d'Alene Casino
, the largest business on the reservation, with the old highway becoming an alternate route that will connect the highway to the casino and the more remote regions of the reservation.
When this 20-mile stretch of highway is completed, the length of the highway will have been shortened by about 20 miles.
Also, a nearly 20-mile stretch was completed in 2007 from just north of
Lewiston, Idaho to 6 miles south of
Moscow, Idaho.
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