U.S. Route 95

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U.S. Route 95

Length:

1,574 mi^[1] (2,553 km)

Formed:

1926^[1]

South end:

San Luis, AZ at Mexican Border to

MX 2

Major
junctions:

I-8 at Yuma, AZ

I-10 at Quartzsite, AZ/Blythe, CA

I-40 at Needles, CA

I-15 at Las Vegas, NV

I-80 near Winnemucca, NV

I-84 near Fruitland, ID

I-90 at Coeur d'Alene, ID

North end:

Hwy 95 at Canadian Border near Eastport, ID

United States Numbered Highways
List - Bannered - Divided - Replaced

U.S. Route 95 is a north-south United States highway. Unlike many other US highways, it has not been the victim of deletion caused by an encroaching Interstate highway corridor. As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Boundary County, Idaho, at the Canadian border, where it continues as 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.^[2]

1 Route description
2 History
3 Future
4 See also
- 4.1 Related routes
- 4.2 Bannered and suffixed routes
5 References
6 External links

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

Arizona

^{This short section requires expansion.}

California

U.S. Route 95 shield in California

Legal Definition of Route 95: California Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Article 3, Section 395

Route 95 is part of the Freeway and Expressway System, as stated by section 253.5 of the California State Highway Code.

^{This short section requires expansion.}

Nevada

US 95 is a major freeway in the Las Vegas area; it is also signed as I-515 and US 93 south of the Interstate 15 interchange downtown. After downtown it continues as US95 US93 I-515 towards Henderson. Alternate US 95 in Nevada has a northern terminus in northern Churchill County. It rejoins US 95 in Schurz. While the main line of US 95 diverges from Interstate 80 at exit 83 and heads due south through Fallon, Alternate US 95 follows I-80 west to Fernley before turning south to Yerington. Alt US 95 then turns due east to rejoin the main line. Part of Alt US 95 is shared 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 (Idaho, Oregon, Nevada), which is Highway 456.

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 is not 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.

References

^ ^a ^b US Highways from US 1 to US 830 Robert V. Droz
^ Endpoints of US highways: U.S. Highway 95 and U.S. Highway 630

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