| State: | ID |
| Type: | ID |
| Route: | 4 |
| Alternate Name: | Burke Road, Burke-Canyon Creek Road |
| Maint: | ITD |
| Map Custom: | yes |
| Map Notes: | SH-4 highlighted in red |
| Length Mi: | 7.380 |
| Length Ref: | [1] |
| Direction A: | West |
| Terminus A: | in Wallace |
| Direction B: | East |
| Terminus B: | FR 7623 at Burke |
| Counties: | Shoshone |
| Previous Type: | ID |
| Previous Route: | 3 |
| Next Type: | ID |
| Next Route: | 5 |
State Highway 4 (SH-4) is a state highway in Shoshone County, in the U.S. state of Idaho. It runs 7.38miles from Interstate 90 (I-90) in Wallace, east to the ghost town of Burke.[1]
SH-4 begins at an intersection with I-90 in Wallace, then heads generally northeast through Burke Canyon, past historical markers for Frisco Hill and Burke, ending in Burke. The road continues eastward as National Forest Road No. 7623.[1] [2]
In the 1930s, Route 4 was envisioned as a cross-state route, to directly connect Wallace to Thompson Falls, Montana over Glidden Pass, as seen on the 1937 map (later routed over Cooper Pass).[3] This plan was abandoned due to impassable roads and World War II. Paved SH-4 was truncated at Burke.
National Forest Road 7623 still connects Burke to Montana Secondary Highway 471 leading to Thompson Falls.