Idaho State Highway 69
State Highway 69 | ||||
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Map SH-69 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ITD | ||||
| Length | 8.012 mi[1] (12.894 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | East Avalon Street / North Orchard Avenue in Kuna | |||
| North end |  I-84 in Meridian | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Idaho | |||
| Counties | Ada | |||
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State Highway 69 (SH-69) is a short 8.012-mile-long (12.894 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Idaho. It runs from Kuna to Interstate 84 (I-84) in Meridian.
Route description
State Highway 69 starts at its southern junction and terminus in Kuna. The highway heads eastward for a short distance then turns northward on Meridian Road for several miles until it reaches its northern junction and terminus at Interstate 84, in Meridian.[1]
State Highway 69 is part of the Western Heritage Scenic Byway, in the National Scenic Byways Program.[2]
History
The highway originally continued north through Meridian to a junction with State Highway 44 north of Eagle. This alignment through downtown Meridian included a concurrency with US-30, which followed modern-day Franklin Road and Fairview Avenue.[3] The concurrency was short-lived, lasting from 1973 to 1980.[4][5] After SH-69 was truncated in the late 1970s, SH-55 was later realigned in 1990 to serve north–south traffic between Meridian and Eagle.[6]
The partial cloverleaf interchange with I-80N (now I-84) originally opened on September 29, 1965, as part of the Nampa–Meridian section of the freeway.[7] It was expanded with an additional ramp in 1983.[8][9] The interchange was replaced in 2015 with a single-point urban interchange that took 19 months to construct and cost $50.1 million.[8]
Future
Plans are being considered that could extend State Highway 69 southward to a conceptual bypass route that is being considered south of Kuna as listed in conceptual documents in the communities in motion program by COMPASS.[10]
The Idaho Transportation Board began investigating a two-mile (3.2 km) extension to Kuna Mora Road in 2022.[11]
Major junctions
The entire route is in Ada County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Kuna | 0.000 | 0.000 | East Avalon Street / North Orchard Avenue | ||
| Meridian | 7.846– 8.012 | 12.627– 12.894 |   I-84 / US 30 / SH-55 / South Meridian Road – Boise, Nampa, Meridian | Exit 44 (I-84) | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b c ITD (March 19, 2014). "State Highway 69 Milepost Log" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
- ^ USDOT (2007). "Western Heritage Scenic Byway". Retrieved November 7, 2007.
- ^ USGS Map; Boise, Idaho, United States (Map). US Geological Survey. 1976. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
- ^ U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee (June 26, 1973). "U.S. Route Numbering Subcommittee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway Officials. p. 429. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Wikisource.
- ^ Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (June 22, 1980). "Route Numbering Committee Agenda Showing Action Taken by the Executive Committee" (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. p. 514. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Wikisource.
- ^ LaMay, Colleen (September 18, 1990). "Eagle gears for traffic from new I-84 exit". The Idaho Statesman. p. 3C. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Benthien, Arden (September 29, 1965). "Nampa-to-Meridian Superhighway Opens". The Idaho Press. p. 1. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Beech, Holly (September 6, 2015). "Meridian Interchange about 2 months away from completion". The Idaho Press. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ "Two detours set up on I-84 for summer". The Idaho Statesman. June 29, 1983. p. 1C. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) (2006). "Communities in Motion". Retrieved November 7, 2007.
- ^ "Idaho Transportation Board Subcommittee on State Highway System Adjustments, September 21, 2022" (PDF). Idaho Transportation Department. September 21, 2022. p. 2. Retrieved February 12, 2023.