Idaho State Highway 69

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.

State Highway 69 marker

State Highway 69

SH-69 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ITD
Length8.012 mi[1] (12.894 km)
Major junctions
South endEast Avalon Street / North Orchard Avenue in Kuna
North end I-84 in Meridian
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountiesAda
Highway system
  • Idaho State Highway System
← SH-67→ SH-71

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.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Kuna0.0000.000East Avalon Street / North Orchard Avenue
Meridian7.846–
8.012		12.627–
12.894		 I-84 / US 30 / SH-55 / South Meridian Road – Boise, Nampa, MeridianExit 44 (I-84)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Template:Attached KML/Idaho State Highway 69
KML is from Wikidata
  1. ITD (March 19, 2014). "State Highway 69 Milepost Log" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 13, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2014.
  2. USDOT (2007). "Western Heritage Scenic Byway". Retrieved November 7, 2007.
  3. USGS Map; Boise, Idaho, United States (Map). US Geological Survey. 1976. Retrieved November 8, 2007.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Benthien, Arden (September 29, 1965). "Nampa-to-Meridian Superhighway Opens". The Idaho Press. p. 1. Retrieved February 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Beech, Holly (September 6, 2015). "Meridian Interchange about 2 months away from completion". The Idaho Press. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  9. "Two detours set up on I-84 for summer". The Idaho Statesman. June 29, 1983. p. 1C. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) (2006). "Communities in Motion". Retrieved November 7, 2007.
  11. "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.
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