Special routes of U.S. Route 95 explained

Country:USA
Type:US
Route:95
List Type:Special routes

Several special routes of U.S. Route 95 exist. In order from south to north they are as follows.

Existing

Las Vegas business loop

See main article: article and Nevada State Route 599.

State:NV
Type:US-Bus
Route:95
Location:Las Vegas, Nevada
Length Mi:6.7
Length Round:1

U.S. Route 95 Business is cosigned with SR 599 (Rancho Drive) in Las Vegas, Nevada. This distinction is noted on US 95 freeway signs and many maps (including those published by the Nevada Department of Transportation[1]). However, no business route signs are posted along the highway itself and relatively few SR 599 shields can be found on the route.

Hawthorne truck route

See main article: article and U.S. Route 95 Truck (Hawthorne, Nevada).

State:NV
Type:US-Truck
Route:95
Location:Hawthorne, Nevada
Length Mi:1.297
Length Round:3
Length Ref:[2]

U.S. Route 95 Truck (US 95 Truck) is a truck route of US 95 in Mineral County, Nevada, in the United States. It serves as a bypass route for trucks taking US 95 past Hawthorne in either direction, as US 95 itself goes through that community. The route is co-designated as State Route 362 (SR 362); however, that designation is unsigned.

Schurz–Fernley alternate route

See main article: article and U.S. Route 95 Alternate (Schurz–Fernley, Nevada).

State:NV
Type:US-Alt
Route:95
Location:SchurzFernley, Nevada
Formed:1941
Length Mi:105
Length Round:1
Length Ref:[3]
Length Notes:71.268miles independent of I-80[4]

U.S. Route 95 Alternate (Alternate US 95, US 95A) is an alternate route of U.S. Route 95 located in the western part of Nevada. It connects Schurz to Interstate 80 via the cities of Yerington and Fernley.

Payette spur

State:ID
Type:US-Spur
Route:95
Location:Payette, Idaho
Length Mi:1.403
Length Round:3

U.S. Route 95 Spur is a 1.403 mile[5] spur route of U.S. Route 95 in the U.S. state of Idaho that connects travelers from US 95 to the city center of Payette.

US-95 Spur starts at its terminus with US-95 in the southern part of the city of Payette and travels northward along S. Main Street Approximately 1.1miles then continues a short distance on S 7th St to its terminus at State Highway 52.[6]

This was the original routing of US 95 through downtown Payette before it was rerouted to its current alignment east of downtown along 16th Street.[7] [8]

Weiser spur

State:ID
Type:US-Spur
Route:95
Location:Weiser Junction, OregonWeiser, Idaho

U.S. Route 95 Spur (US 95 Spur) is a short spur route of US 95 in the U.S. states of Oregon and Idaho. The highway's western terminus is at an intersection with Oregon Route 201 (OR 201) in unincorporated Weiser Junction, Oregon. The highway's eastern terminus is in Weiser, Idaho, at an intersection with US 95. It was formed ca. 1980, when it was renumbered from US 30N.

The Oregon section of US 95 Spur is designated the Weiser Spur No. 491 (see Oregon highways and routes).

The route now known as US 95 Spur was previously known as US 630 and US 30N. US 630 was an east–west United States highway. It was decommissioned in or around 1931. With a length of around 3miles, it was the shortest US route ever signed. It was concurrent with US 30N for its entire length. An earlier route numbered US-630 was proposed from Echo, Utah (northeast of Coalville) to Ogden, Utah, but was never signed in the field. U.S. Route 30N was a split route off of US 30 and was coterminous with US 630 at its west end in Oregon. East of Weiser, it was concurrent with what is now US-95 to Fruitland, Idaho, where it reconnected with US-30.

Former

San Luis truck route

State:AZ
Type:US-Truck
Route:95
U.S. Route 95 Truck
Location:San Luis, Arizona
Formed:1984
Decommissioned:2015
Yr Ref:[9]
Length Mi:0.45
Length Ref:[10]
Length Round:2

U.S. Route 95 Truck (US 95 Truck) was a 0.45miles long truck route of US 95 in San Luis, Arizona. The route was originally established by the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) on November 16, 1984. US 95 Truck began at the San Luis border gate at A Street (now Urtuzuastegu Street) and traveled north on 1st Street, before turning west onto D Street, ending at the intersection with US 95 (Main Street) and D Street. In 2015, US 95 truck was retired after US 95 was reconfigured into a one-way pair around downtown San Luis. Former US 95 Truck is now entirely one-way in a northbound direction and has been replaced by northbound US 95 proper.[11]

Las Vegas alternate route

See main article: article and U.S. Route 95 Alternate (Las Vegas, Nevada).

State:NV
Type:US-Alt
Route:95
Location:Las Vegas, Nevada
Formed:by 1953
Deleted:by 1989
Length Mi:4.40
Length Round:2
Length Ref:[12]

U.S. Route 95 Alternate (Alternate US 95, US 95A) was an alternate route of U.S. Route 95 in Las Vegas, Nevada that provided a bypass of the downtown area. The route was also designated as State Route 5C, a branch of State Route 5.

St. Maries, ID alternate route

State:NV
Type:US-Alt
Route:95
Location:PotlatchCoeur d'Alene, Idaho
Formed:1930s
Deleted:1977
Length Round:2

U.S. Route 95 Alternate (Alternate US 95, US 95A) was an alternate route of U.S. Route 95 in northern Idaho that traveled on the east side of Lake Coeur d'Alene. It began at Potlatch and travels east to Harvard and north through St. Maries to a junction with U.S. Route 10 near Wolf Lodge. It was replaced with various state highways, including SH-6, SH-3, and SH-97.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Nevada Department of Transportation. Official Highway Map of Nevada. 2002-2003. 2002. Las Vegas Region. October 1, 2008. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090520214932/http://www.nevadadot.com/traveler/maps/historical/pdfs/2002-2003HwyMapDuplexWeb.pdf. May 20, 2009.
  2. Web site: State Maintained Highways of Nevada: Descriptions and Maps. Spring 2010. Nevada Department of Transportation. June 2, 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100923152402/http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/State_Maintained/default.asp. September 23, 2010.
  3. Book: United States Numbered Highways. 1989. American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. 141. https://web.archive.org/web/20060821082659/http://www.transportation.org/?siteid=68&pageid=1760. dead. August 21, 2006. February 15, 2009.
  4. Web site: Nevada State Maintained Highways: Descriptions, Index and Maps. Nevada Department of Transportation. January 2008. 2009-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207115656/http://www.nevadadot.com/reports_pubs/state_maintained/. February 7, 2009. dead.
  5. [Idaho Transportation Department]
  6. Web site: Idaho US-95 Milepoint Log. May 14, 2008. ITD. Idaho Transportation Department. December 2006. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080907104202/http://itd.idaho.gov/planning/milepointlog/mplog/US95.html. September 7, 2008.
  7. [H.M. Gousha Company]
  8. [Rand McNally and Company]
  9. Web site: Staff . Arizona Department of Transportation. May 6, 2015 . ADOT Right-of-Way Resolution 1984-11-A-075. Establish San Luis streets state highway and designate U.S. 95 Truck Route..
  10. Web site: 2013 ADOT Highway Log . . July 2, 2019 . December 22, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161222020134/http://azdot.gov/docs/default-source/planning/2013shslog.pdf . dead .
  11. Web site: Arizona Department of Transportation, Multimodal Planning Division . State Highway System (ArcGIS) . 2015 . Arizona Department of Transportation . August 1, 2018.
  12. Web site: General Highway Map, Clark County, Nevada. https://web.archive.org/web/20070628133209/http://keck.library.unr.edu/data/HistHwyMaps/HistHwgMaps.html. dead. June 28, 2007. TIFF image. 1952. Nevada Department of Transportation. Map downloaded from file 'clarkcounty1952_004.zip'. February 17, 2009.