Idaho State Highway 9

State Highway 9
North and South Highway Copeland – Porthill Branch Copeland – Porthill Road International Selkirk Loop
Route information
Maintained by ITD
Length:	13.522 mi[1] (21.762 km)
Major junctions
South end:	SH-8 near Deary
North end:	SH-6 near Harvard
Highway system
State Highways in Idaho ← SH-8 SH-11 →

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]

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.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Latah County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Deary	0.000	0.000	SH-8 – Moscow	Southern terminus, continuation west along SH-8
Harvard	13.522	21.762	SH-6	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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]

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. Idaho Transportation Department (November 26, 2008). "Milepost Log". Retrieved 2008-12-31.
2. "Lewis & Clark Highway link-up is urged for national defense". Lewiston Morning Tribune. September 24, 1950. p. 1-sec 2.
3. Forbes, Bob (November 29, 1953). "Hiking the Wash-ho-tana in Lochsa wilds". Spokesman-Review. p. 9-This Week.
4. "Highway 12 label approved by Idaho highway board". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. June 26, 1962. p. 7.