Idaho State Highway 72
{{Short description|State highway in Payette County, Idaho, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
| state = ID
| type = SH
| route = 72
| map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-lat=43.952|frame-long=-116.793|zoom=13|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Idaho State Highway 72}}}}
| map_custom = yes
| map_notes = SH-72 highlighted in red
| length_mi = 1.989
| length_round = 3
| length_ref = {{cite web|title=State Highway 72 Milepoint Log|url=http://itd.idaho.gov/highways/milepointlog/mplog/StateHighway72.html|publisher=Idaho Transportation Department|accessdate=August 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603214551/http://itd.idaho.gov/highways/milepointlog/mplog/StateHighway72.html|archive-date=June 3, 2012|url-status=dead}}
| established =
| decommissioned =
| history =
| restrictions =
| direction_a = West
| terminus_a = {{jct|state=ID|US|30}} in Palisades Corner
| junction =
| direction_b = East
| terminus_b = {{jct|state=ID|ID|52}} in Hamilton Corner
| counties = Payette
| previous_type = ID
| previous_route = 71
| next_type = ID
| next_route = 74
}}
State Highway 72 (SH‑72) is a {{convert|1.989|mi|km|adj=on}} state highway in Payette County, Idaho, United States, that connects U.S. Route 30 (US 30), south of New Plymouth, with Idaho State Highway 52 (SH‑52) in Hamilton Corner. SH‑72 is maintained by the Idaho Transportation Department.
Route description
SH‑72 begins at a T intersection with US 30, about {{convert|1.4|mi|km}} south of New Plymouth. The highway heads east as a two-lane road through farmland north of the Farmers Cooperative Canal. After an intersection with Blaine Road, the highway continues east toward the unincorporated community of Hamilton Corner.{{google maps|title=Overview map of State Highway 72|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=ID-72+E&daddr=ID-72+E&hl=en&ll=43.95217,-116.793079&spn=0.019804,0.048752&sll=43.952525,-116.771203&sspn=0.002475,0.006094&geocode=FeKpngIdEpYJ-Q%3BFRSqngIdlDEK-Q&t=h&mra=me&mrsp=1,0&sz=18&z=15|accessdate=August 17, 2012}} At Hamilton Corner, SH‑72 reaches it eastern terminus at an intersection with SH‑52 and Sand Hollow Road.
History
The entire length of SH‑72 was formerly designated as US 30, while US 30 south from the western terminus of SH‑72 to I‑84 was formerly Idaho State Highway 73. Sand Hollow Road (Old Highway 30) south from Hamilton Corner was formerly designated as US 30 before US 30 was substantially re-routed in the area.{{cite map|url=https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/img4/ht_icons/overlay/ID/ID_New%20Plymouth_237379_1965_24000_geo.jpg|title=New Plymouth|website=usgs.gov|publisher=United States Geological Survey|scale=1:24000|year=1992|accessdate=March 5, 2023}} The junction with US 30 was replaced with a T-intersection in late 2017 as part of a safety improvement project that also rebuilt a cuvlert.{{cite news |date=September 14, 2017 |title=Work near New Plymouth will give intersection safety improvements |url=https://www.argusobserver.com/news/work-near-new-plymouth-will-give-intersection-safety-improvements/article_77b54d22-9968-11e7-8aed-676262f3dffe.html |work=Argus Observer |accessdate=February 7, 2024}}{{cite web|url=http://itd.idaho.gov/news/construction-near-new-plymouth-will-provide-safety-improvements-at-id-72us-30-intersection/|title=Construction near New Plymouth will provide safety improvements at ID-72/US-30 intersection|website=itd.idaho.gov|publisher=Idaho Transportation Department|date=September 12, 2017|accessdate=October 17, 2017}}
Major intersections
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{{IDint
| location=none
| mile=0.00
| road={{jct|state=ID|US|30|dir1=north|city1=New Plymouth|city2=Fruitland|city3=Payette}}
{{jct|state=ID|US|30}}
| notes=Western terminus;
US 30 south formerly SH-73}}
{{IDint
| location=Hamilton Corner
| lspan=2
| mile=1.99
| mspan=2
| road={{jct|state=ID|ID|52|dir1=west|city1=Payette|city2=Weiser}}
{{jct|state=ID|road|Sand Hollow Road (Old Highway 30)|dir1=south|location1=I-84|city2=Sand Hollow}}
| notes=Eastern terminus;
Sand Hollow Road south was former routing of US 30}}
{{IDint
| mile=none
| road={{jct|state=ID|ID|52|dir1=east|city1=Emmett|city2=Horseshoe Bend}}
| notes=Continuation east from eastern terminus}}
{{jctbtm}}
See also
{{portal|U.S. Roads|Idaho}}
References
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External links
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