Idaho State Highway 9

State Highway 9
State Highway 9
North and South Highway Copeland – Porthill Branch; Copeland – Porthill Road; International Selkirk Loop
	SH-9 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by ITD
Length	13.522 mi (21.762 km)
Major junctions
South end	SH-8 near Deary
North end	SH-6 near Harvard
Location
Country	United States
State	Idaho
Highway system
	Idaho State Highway System; Interstate; US; State;

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.

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).

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]

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Idaho Transportation Department (November 26, 2008). "Milepost Log". Archived from the original on December 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
^ "Lewis & Clark Highway link-up is urged for national defense". Lewiston Morning Tribune. September 24, 1950. p. 1-sec 2.
^ Forbes, Bob (November 29, 1953). "Hiking the Wash-ho-tana in Lochsa wilds". Spokesman-Review. p. 9-This Week.
^ "Highway 12 label approved by Idaho highway board". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. June 26, 1962. p. 7.

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