U.S. Route 95 in Idaho

US-95 continues into Idaho from southeastern Oregon as an undivided two-lane highway for the majority of its length. As it is the state's primary north–south highway, Idaho is in the process of widening US-95 to an Interstate-style divided four-lane highway, from the Oregon state line in the southwest to Eastport at the northern border with Canada at Kingsgate, British Columbia.

In Oregon, US-95 continues south, crosses into Nevada at McDermitt, and meets Interstate 80 at Winnemucca.

File:U.S. 95 Between Jordan Valley, Oregon and Marsing, Idaho.jpg

US-95 departs Malheur County, Oregon, and enters Idaho in the high desert of Owyhee County,[http://511.idaho.gov/markers.asp?marker=OWYHEE%20COUNTRY Idaho Historical Markers - Owyhee Country] about {{convert|50|mi|spell=in}} southwest of Boise. It progresses north-northeast to just west of Marsing, where it meets with the southern terminus of State Highway 55. US-95 then turns briefly west, then north to Homedale, and crosses the Snake River before a junction with concurrent US-20 and US-26 as it passes through Parma. US-95 runs north concurrent with US-20/26 for {{convert|8|mi|0|spell=in}}.

As it proceeds north near Idaho's western border, US-95 crosses Interstate 84 (exit 3) and US-30 before proceeding north through Payette and Weiser. It continues on to Midvale, Cambridge, and Council, then climbs into the Payette National Forest, passing the Tamarack sawmill site, and turns east to New Meadows. Here, US-95 joins with Highway 55, the two-lane undivided route that connects to Boise through McCall, Cascade, and Horseshoe Bend. The elevation at the junction in New Meadows is {{convert|3865|ft}} above sea level.

File:Historical Site on Hwy 95 Between Riggins and White Bird.pngUS-95 continues north through Meadows Valley north of the junction, then descends {{convert|2000|ft|-1}} with the Little Salmon River to Riggins, tree-sparse but surrounded by mile-high mountains (vertical drop). Immediately after Riggins, the highway crosses the main Salmon River, crossing from the Mountain Time Zone to the Pacific Time Zone;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rrQpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=jPEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1524%2C8470304 |work=The Spokesman-Review |agency=Associated Press |title=Time Zone Bridge over Salmon River heading west |date=May 19, 1997 |page=A7}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ns9eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8DIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4814%2C1706374 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Johnson |first=David |title=Time (zone) marches on |date=June 21, 1997 |page=1A}} the current tied-arch Goff Bridge was completed in 1999, replacing the truss edition of 1936; the original bridge was built in 1911 and moved to Stites in 1936.

Northbound US-95 gradually descends with the widening river, crossing it two more times (re-entering the Mountain Time Zone and leaving it within a half-mile), until White Bird, where it climbs {{convert|2700|feet|round=5||adj=pre|vertical}} in {{convert|7|mi|spell=in}} to the cut at the top of White Bird Hill, peaking at an elevation of {{convert|4245|ft}} with an average gradient of over 7%. The steeper, straighter, and faster multi-lane grade was opened in 1975, after ten challenging years of construction.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ysReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1zEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3989%2C4594522 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Roche |first=Kevin |title='Goat trail' symbol breaks as Whitebird route opens |date=June 17, 1975 |page=12A}} The two-lane road of 1921 to the east was first paved in 1938; it left the Salmon River at White Bird Creek following it up through the town of White Bird, and then gradually climbed the grade in twice the distance, with multiple switchback curves.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kMJXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QvQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6269%2C2284621 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=New Idaho road will rival Lewiston hill |date=November 27, 1918 |page=8}} The arcs, if combined, would form 37 full 360° circles, an average of 950° per mile (590° per km).[http://511.idaho.gov/markers.asp?marker=WHITE%20BIRD%20GRADE Idaho Historical Markers - White Bird] Following the completion of the new steel bridge over White Bird Creek,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=BtfE7wd9KvMC&dat=19750615&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=New Whitebird bridge |last=Woods |first=Roy C.|agency=(photo)|date=June 15, 1975 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tIFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2767%2C8306007 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Whitebird bridge abutment repairs planned |date=July 29, 1976 |page=18A}} the new routing opened in June 1975, ending a decade of construction. The new Lewiston grade to the north was finished in just over two years.{{cite news |last=Harrell |first=Sylvia |date=October 27, 1977 |title=The new hill route: $12 million and two decades in the making |url=https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/the-tribune-at-125-the-new-hill-route-12-million-and-two-decades-in-the/article_9c19fb04-0cf0-5281-9ec0-9e1656ad5a34.html |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20100101000000/https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/the-tribune-at-125-the-new-hill-route-12-million-and-two-decades-in-the/article_9c19fb04-0cf0-5281-9ec0-9e1656ad5a34.html |archive-date=2010-01-01 |access-date=February 4, 2024 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |page=1D}} [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qoVfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9zAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4819%2C9175354 Alt URL]

North of the summit, US-95 descends in a steep but relatively short descent to the Camas Prairie and Grangeville at {{convert|3390|ft}}. The highway then travels northwest towards Cottonwood, whose bypass was finished in 1976,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=pIFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5178,3670219|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Cottonwood bypass open to U.S. traffic|date=July 13, 1976|page=7A}} then enters the Nez Perce Indian Reservation.{{cite news |url=http://www.nezpercegis.org/PDF/IdahoReservation.pdf |publisher=Nez Perce Tribe |agency=Geographic Information Systems |title=The Nez Perce Reservation with a Map Insert of Idaho |access-date=April 5, 2016}} New route construction in the early 1990s bypassed the main streets of Ferdinand and Craigmont.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gtgtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=0NAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3667%2C35201 |newspaper=Idahonian |location=(Moscow) |title=Highway work underway in Lawyer's Canyon |date=June 1, 1988 |page=7A}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_3lfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uy8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3713%2C2729484 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Hedberg |first=Kathy |title=Citizenry unhappy with reborn U.S. 95 proposal |date=November 10, 1988 |page=1C}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_5MrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rdAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6295%2C1395862|newspaper=Idahonian |location=(Moscow)|agency=Associated Press |title=Opposition heard on U.S. 95 work |date=November 10, 1988 |page=5A}} The new routing is now above, rather than in, the curvy Lawyers Creek Canyon between the cities, crossing the canyon on an elevated {{convert|900|ft|adj=on}} bridge constructed in 1991.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yJJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-TAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5844%2C1172984 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=1st part of Lawyer's Canyon construction nearly done |date=April 20, 1989 |page=3B}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tatfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4928%2C163637 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Pettit |first=Diane |title=Lawyers Canyon road construction enters second phase this month |date=July 16, 1989 |page=1D }}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KH9fAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5491,2135822|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Lawyers Canyon Bridge set to open today|date=October 8, 1991|page=8A}}[http://itd.idaho.gov/accountability/US_95_Lawyers_Canyon.htm Idaho Transportation Dept.] - Bridge deck rehabilitation - 2010-08-06 - accessed 2011-09-25 Lawyers Canyon is named after Chief Lawyer (c.1801–76) of the Nez Perce, nicknamed for his skill in dealing with the encroaching whites; he is buried in Kamiah.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-PxHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7PgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6746%2C1846829 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |last=Ruark |first=Janice |title=Lawyer lead Nez Perce in peace before war |date=February 23, 1977 |page=3}} US-95 winds its way westward across the high prairie, near the many timber railroad trestles of the Camas Prairie Railroad, to just east of Winchester. Here, at just under {{convert|4000|ft|-1}}, the highway turns northward and descends over 3,000 vertical feet (900 m), mostly in the Lapwai Canyon, passing Culdesac, Lapwai, and Spalding at {{convert|807|ft}}.

Until 1960, US-95 was routed through Winchester and descended Culdesac Hill, considered the worst of the three major grades (White Bird, Lewiston), all of which were extremely twisty.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v8peAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ljIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2634,522029|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|last=Carter|first=Jack|title=Winding Winchester grade won't bother much longer|date=July 4, 1960|page=10}} The new route through Lapwai Canyon was built in three years and reduced the distance by over {{convert|4|mi|0|spell=in}} and saved 25 minutes of driving time.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y3tfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5817,201284|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Culdesac cutoff finished in 1960 |date=January 2, 1961|page=5}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wIJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1356,7872902|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|last=Hughes|first=John B.|title=New Culdesac cutoff to be scenic wonder|date=June 29, 1958|page=1-sec.2}} After Spalding, it then proceeds towards the bridge over the Clearwater River to join with US-12 and depart the reservation. The current bridge for US-12 upstream at Arrow replaced the old Spalding bridge {{nowrap|in 1973;{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BKNYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m_gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4751%2C1653598 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Bridge opens |date=February 21, 1973 |page=5}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KaxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2235%2C4640839 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=New bridge will open today |date=February 21, 1973 |page=12}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KqxfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5559%2C4845473 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Harrell |first=Sylvia |title=First cars move across highway bridge at Arrow |date=February 22, 1973 |page=17}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sVdYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u_cDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7260%2C2126369 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |last=Swank |first=Gladys Rae |title=Highway building pushed in Idaho |date=July 10, 1967 |page=5}}}} ice jams on the river a decade earlier {{nowrap|shifted it.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SHYzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZvcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4572%2C752421 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Idaho bridge shifts |date=February 5, 1963 |page=1}}}}

After crossing the Clearwater on the new Spalding bridge (1962),{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nbBfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-zIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2747%2C895909 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Highway bridge stands ready to carry traffic to nowhere |date=December 6, 1962 |page=20}} US-95 joins with US-12 for {{convert|7|mi|spell=in}} along its north bank, heading westward, adding lanes, and gradually descending toward Lewiston. About midway along the co-sign, the reservation is departed; the highways split several miles later at Lewiston's northeast edge. US-12 briefly turns south to re-cross the river into the city center, and then west to cross the Snake River into Clarkston, Washington.

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Image:Lewiston ID and Clarkston WA city and rivers view 2006.jpg and Clarkston, WA
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US-95 turns northeast, then westward to climb a steep grade, gaining over {{convert|1900|ft|-1}} in {{convert|5|mi|0|spell=in}}, ascending to the southern edge of the rolling Palouse region, referred to by many locals as the "Lewiston Hill". The multi-lane grade (averaging over 7%) was opened on October 28, 1977, after 27 months of construction and two decades of planning.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C1ZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9vgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4625%2C191971 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=Associated Press|title=Highway replaces 'goat trail' |date=October 17, 1977 |page=3}} It replaced the Lewiston Spiral Highway, a narrow and switchback-laden 1917 route to the west with 64 spiral curves and about twice the length; it is visible from a scenic overlook.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qoVfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9zAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3512%2C9219221 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |title=Lewiston Spiral Highway |date=October 27, 1977 |page=6D}} Similar to the White Bird Hill grade, the descending southbound lanes on the new route have three "runaway truck ramps" to halt any vehicles that experience brake failure.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C1ZOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9vgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5050%2C191507 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |agency=AP|title=Truck escape|date=October 17, 1977 |page=3}}

Just north of the Lewiston grade is a junction with US-195, which proceeds north in Washington to Pullman and Spokane. US-95 continues north in Idaho on the Palouse as a four-lane divided highway [http://birice.vaisala.com/photos/02C5BC62_F9077333_cam2.jpg (roadcam)], completed in October 2007 to Thorn Creek Road, midway between Genesee and Moscow.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_WlWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=d_MDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6816,6401047|newspaper=The Spokesman-Review|title=U.S. 95 widening will be celebrated|date=October 18, 2007|page=B3}} It then reverts to a two-lane undivided roadway for several miles until Moscow, home of the University of Idaho. Scheduled to be completed first, the divided highway construction between Thorn Creek and Moscow was put on hold, due to new right-of-way and environmental impact concerns.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YtcjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SdEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=987,1819032|newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News|last=Matson|first=Malia|title=More work on U.S. Highway 95 planned for spring 2005|date=May 15, 2004 |page=3A}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bNgyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GvAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6144%2C1144093 |newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News|last=Doyle|first=Megan|title=Path of least resistance|date=January 19, 2006 |page=1A}}

In Moscow, US-95 is diverted a block to either side of Main Street onto multi-lane one-way arterials: northbound on Washington Street, southbound on Jackson Street. The original couplets of 1981{{cite web|url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1982/39|publisher=Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook|title=Which way do I go?|date=Spring 1982|page=34}}{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/9738?_ga=2.19858941.474210526.1503119308-374550616.1499903542 |work=Argonaut |title=One way or another |date=August 25, 1981 |page=4}} used existing streets and were later modified to eliminate sharp right angle turns which were difficult for large trucks to safely manage. The north end couplets were completed in the early 1990s,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2026&dat=19910604&id=7ZMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q9AFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1627,523166|newspaper=Idahonian|last=Long|first=Ben|title=Crews start rerouting Moscow street|date=June 4, 1991|page=12A}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G5MrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pdAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2509,958861|newspaper=Idahonian|last=Goetsch|first=Lara|title=1st traffic flow through Moscow couplet|date=July 10, 1991|page=12A}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=scUjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FtEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2082,5543532|newspaper=Moscow-Pullman Daily News|title=Clarkston firm wins Moscow project|date=March 27, 1992|page=12A}} the south end in 2000.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1rVeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2016,3190670|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Moscow work will divert traffic|date=July 27, 2000|page=7A}} The construction on the northeast couplet forced the demolition of a noted Moscow watering hole's original west end in January 1991,{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2026&dat=19901207&id=e5MrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=stAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2366,638830

|newspaper=Idahonian|last=Long|first=Ben|title=Roadwork ends party in half of Corner Club|date=December 7, 1990|page=1A}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cJMrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=stAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3129,4216759|newspaper=Idahonian|last=Long|first=Ben|title=A real bar bash: Corner Club demolished|date=January 9, 1991|page=1A}}{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/cdm/ref/collection/argonaut/id/9072?_ga=2.217479762.57567899.1505954049-374550616.1499903542 |work=Argonaut |last=Bartlett |first=Maureen |title=Local "watering hole" torn down |date=January 15, 1991 |page=17}} after staving off its elimination for over a decade.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=isNeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wTEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5285,296618 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|last=Johnson|first=David|title=To the Club for a tub!|date=September 2, 1979|page=1B}}

North of Moscow, US-95 resumes as an undivided two-lane highway. As it leaves Latah County, it gradually departs the Palouse and enters the lake country region of the north Panhandle. As it enters Benewah County, US-95 enters the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation. US-95 intersects State Highway 5 in Plummer. US-95 becomes a four-lane divided highway as it leaves Worley and has an interchange with State Highway 58. This recently completed section bypasses the tribal casino and its Circling Raven golf course. US-95 continues north as a divided highway until just south of the Spokane River, where US-95 enters downtown Coeur d'Alene.

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US-95 becomes an arterial street and crosses over Interstate 90 Business (Northwest Boulevard) at an interchange. US-95 crosses Interstate 90 at exit 12 and becomes a divided highway north to Hayden, then as an undivided highway past State Highway 54 and Farragut State Park. After crossing Lake Pend Oreille on the {{convert|1.1|mi|adj=on}} Sandpoint Long Bridge,{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y_tXAAAAIBAJ&sjid=x_YDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3810%2C1814065 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Dedication set today for Sandpoint bridge but opening doubtful |date=June 22, 1956 |page=1}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4EFYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SvkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5503%2C2264569 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |title=Sandpoint span due next year |date=October 23, 1980|page=5 }}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UPlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=de4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2933%2C1992262 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |last=Jensen |first=Janet |title=Bridge almost finished |date=August 5, 1981 |page=c4}} US-95 enters Sandpoint and has a junction with US-2. The two routes run concurrent for {{convert|35|mi}}, until a few miles after Bonners Ferry, where US-2 heads east into Montana and southeast to Libby, while US-95 continues north for {{convert|29|mi|km}} to the Canadian border at Eastport. At the border, US-95 meets BC 95, which continues northeastward in British Columbia to Cranbrook.

As of 2019, ITD had started a construction project at US-95's intersection with State Route 53 to reconfigure the intersection, replacing the current signalized intersection with a Single Point Urban Interchange. The project will straighten out ID 53 over the nearby train tracks, remove an intersection with Garwood Rd with a new bridge, and extend the frontage road on the east side to Garwood Rd.

US-95 was established in 1926 as one of the original routes in the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) system of national highways. It originally terminated at U.S. Route 30 north of Parma, near the Oregon state line, and was wholly located within Idaho except for a small segment in Washington state northwest of Lewiston.{{cite map |author1= Bureau of Public Roads |author2= American Association of State Highway Officials |date= November 11, 1926 |title= United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials |url= https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_System_of_Highways_Adopted_for_Uniform_Marking_by_the_American_Association_of_State_Highway_Officials.jpg |scale= 1:7,000,000 |location= Washington, DC |publisher= United States Geological Survey |oclc= 32889555 |access-date= November 7, 2013 |via= Wikimedia Commons |name-list-style= amp}}{{cite map |title=Rand McNally Official 1926 Auto Trails Map: Idaho-Montana-Wyoming |publisher=Rand McNally |oclc=289456074}} Prior to the designation, the north–south highway was part of State Highway 24 (the number has since re-purposed for another highway).{{cite map |date=June 6, 1925 |title=Pulvers' Auto Highway Map, State of Idaho Including Western Montana |location=Seattle |publisher=Edward W. Pulver |oclc=696620763}}

An auxiliary route, numbered US 95E, was established in 1927 between Potlatch and Coeur d'Alene and later replaced by US 95 Alternate.{{AASHTO minutes |year=1927A |page=3 |accessdate=February 11, 2023}} A proposal to extend US 95 south was considered by the AASHTO in 1937, but deferred until 1940 while routes in Oregon were improved. US-95 then was extended through Oregon and Nevada to California, terminating near Blythe.{{cite web |last=Weingroff |first=Richard |date=October 17, 2008 |title=U.S. 95 and Idaho's North and South Highway |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/us95.cfm |publisher=Federal Highway Administration |access-date=February 17, 2017}} A proposal to expand the newly constructed expressway sections of US 95 into a full-fledged Interstate Highway was considered by the state government in the late 1980s.{{cite news |last=Trillhasse |first=Marty |date=December 14, 1987 |title=Idaho on road to north-south freeway |page=10A |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qk4tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5dAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5663%2C2302439 |via=Google News Archive |access-date=September 10, 2018}}

Since the 1990s, sections of the highway between Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint have been widened to four lanes and gained limited-access grade separation.{{cite news |last=Russell |first=Betsy Z. |date=April 9, 2017 |title=Two major Highway 95 projects in North Idaho could be funded under transportation bill |url=http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/boise/2017/apr/09/two-major-highway-95-projects-north-idaho-could-be-funded-under-transportation-bill/ |work=Spokesman-Review |access-date=March 18, 2019}}

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|county=Adams

|location=New Meadows

|mile=160.934

|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|55|dir1=South|city1=Boise|name1=Payette River Scenic Byway|location1=Cascade Dam}}

|notes=Mountain Time Zone

}}

{{IDint

|county=Idaho

|location=Grangeville

|mile=239.782

|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|13|dir1=North|city1=Kooskia}}

|notes=crosses the time zone boundary three times in Idaho County (between Riggins and White Bird); Grangeville is in Pacific Time Zone

}}

{{IDint|exit

|county=Nez Perce

|cspan=4

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=304.388

|mile2=304.535

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=ID|US|12|dir1=East|city1=Orofino|location2=Missoula}}

|notes=Interchange; southern end of US 12 overlap

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=Lewiston

|type=concur

|mile=312.219

|mile2=312.266

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=ID|US|12|dir1=West|city1=Lewiston|location2=Walla Walla}}

|notes=Interchange; northern end of US 12 overlap

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=none

|type=incomplete

|mile=318.661

|mile2=319.112

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=ID|US|195|dir1=north|location1=Pullman|location2=Spokane}}

|notes=Interchange; northbound exit and southbound entrance; former US-95 north

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=none

|mile=319.605

|espan=8

|road={{jct|state=ID|US-Spur|95|noshield1=yes|nolink1=yes|to2=to|US|195|location1=Pullman|location2=Spokane|location3=Uniontown}}

|notes=US-95 Spur unsigned; former US-95 south}}

{{IDint

|county=Latah

|cspan=5

|location=Moscow

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=344.885

|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|8|dir1=East|city1=Troy}}

|notes=Southern end of SH-8 overlap

}}

{{IDint

|type=concur

|mile=345.349

|road={{jct|state=ID|ID|8|dir1=west|location1=Pullman}}

|notes=Northern end of SH-8 overlap

}}

{{IDint

|location=none

|mile=354.634

|road={{jct|state=ID|ID|66|dir1=west|location1=Palouse}}

}}

{{IDint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=360.554

|road={{jct|state=ID|ID|6|dir1=west|location1=Palouse}}

|notes=Southern end of SH-6 overlap

}}

{{IDint

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=361.724

|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|6|dir1=East|city1=Potlatch}}

|notes=Northern end of SH-6 overlap

}}

{{IDint

|county=Benewah

|cspan=2

|location=none

|mile=387.502

|road={{jct|state=ID|ID|60|dir1=west}} – Willard, Tekoa

}}

{{IDint

|location=Plummer

|mile=395.877

|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|5|to2=to|SH|3|dir1=South|city1=St. Maries}}

}}

{{IDint|exit

|county=Kootenai

|cspan=7

|location=none

|mile=406.764

|mile2=407.259

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=ID|ID|58|dir1=west|location1=Spokane|location2=CDA Casino and Resort}}

|notes=Interchange

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=Coeur d'Alene

|lspan=2

|mile=429.612

|mile2=429.748

|espan=2

|road={{jct|state=ID|BL|90|dab1=Coeur d'Alene|location1=Downtown Coeur d'Alene}}

|notes=Interchange, former US-10

}}

{{IDint

|mile=430.558

|mile2=430.660

|road={{jct|state=ID|I|90|location1=Spokane|city2=Kellogg}}

|notes=I-90 exit 12; interchange.

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=none

|mile=438.880

|exit=439

|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|53|dir1=South|city1=Rathdrum|city2=Garwood}}

|notes=Interchange

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=none

|mile=441.529

|mile2=442.283

|exit=442

|road=Chilco Road / Ohio Match Road

|notes=Interchange

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=none

|mile=445.873

|exit=446

|road=Brunner Road / Bunco Road {{location1=Silverwood}}

|notes=Interchange}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=Athol

|mile=448.692

|mile2=449.408

|exit=449

|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|54|dir1=West|city1=Athol|city2=Bayview|location3=Farragut State Park}}

|notes=Interchange}}

{{IDint|exit

|county=Bonner

|cspan=2

|location=Sandpoint

|type=incomplete

|mile=473.589

|mile2=474.127

|exit=473

|road=Sandpoint

|notes=Interchange; no northbound entrance

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=Ponderay

|type=concur

|mile=475.026

|mile2=475.325

|exit=—

|road={{jct|state=ID|US|2|dir1=west|SH|200|dir2=East|name2=Pend Oreille Scenic Byway|city1=Kootenai|city2=Clark Fork|city3=Sandpoint}}

|notes=Interchange; southern end of US-2 overlap

}}

{{IDint|exit

|county=Boundary

|cspan=2

|location=none

|type=concur

|mile=510.370

|road={{jct|state=ID|US|2|dir1=East|location1=Kalispell|location2=Glacier National Park}}

|notes=Northern end of US-2 overlap

}}

{{IDint|exit

|location=none

|mile=521.862

|road={{jct|state=ID|SH|1|dir1=north|city1=Porthill|location2=Creston}}

}}

{{jctint|exit

|river=Eastport-Kingsgate Border Crossing

|mile=538.562

|road={{jct|state=BC|BC|95|dir1=north|city1=Cranbrook}}

|notes=Continuation into Canada

}}

{{Jctbtm|exit|keys=concur,incomplete}}

• U.S. Route 95 Alternate: current state highways 6, 3, and 97 from Coeur d'Alene to Potlatch
• U.S. Route 95 Spur (Weiser, Idaho)
• U.S. Route 95 Spur (Payette, Idaho)

• U.S. Route 195
• U.S. Route 95E
• U.S. Route 95W

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• [http://lb.511.idaho.gov/idlb/cameras/route.jsf?route=16%3A15&view=state&text=m Idaho Transportation Dept.] – highway roadcams – US-95
• [https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/highwayhistory/us95.cfm U.S. Dept. of Transportation] – Idaho's north–south highway – US-95
• [http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps920003-23818.html David Rumsey Map Collection] – Historic road map (1937) – Idaho, Montana, Wyoming – Texaco (Rand McNally)

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Idaho

95

Category:Transportation in Owyhee County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Canyon County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Payette County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Washington County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Adams County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Idaho County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Nez Perce County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Latah County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Benewah County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Kootenai County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Bonner County, Idaho

Category:Transportation in Boundary County, Idaho