Idaho State Highway 11
Template:Short description Template:Use American English Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Infobox road/errors".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[[Category:Infobox road instances Template:Infobox road/meta/mask/category]] Idaho State Highway 11 (SH-11) is a state highway in north central Idaho. It runs Script error: No such module "convert". from U.S. Route 12 (US 12) near Greer, north to Forest Service Roads 246 and 247 near Headquarters.[1]
Route description
SH-11 begins at an intersection with US 12 in Lewis County, then heads east across the Clearwater River into Clearwater County, running through Greer,[2] and climbs Script error: No such module "convert". out of the Clearwater valley in a series of switchbacks.[3] It then heads east, exiting the Nez Perce Indian Reservation, and continues to Weippe, passing a historic marker indicating the point the Lewis and Clark expedition met the Nez Perce.[4][1]
SH-11 then turns northeast out of Weippe. Shortly before entering Pierce, it passes three historical markers. The first indicates the site of the lynching of five Chinese miners in 1885.[4][5] The second marker indicates Canal Gulch, the site of the first gold strike in Idaho. The third marker indicates the site of the original Orofino.[4][1]
SH-11 then passes through Pierce and continues generally northeast. It ends at an intersection with National Forest Roads 246 and 247 in Headquarters.[4][1]
History
The original grade at Greer was a Nez Perce trail. During the Pierce gold rush of 1861, the first wagon roadbed on the grade was built by the Walla Walla–Clearwater Road Co., under a contract with the legislature of Washington Territory.[6] The Idaho Territory was established in March 1863.
Major intersections
Template:Jcttop/core Template:IDint Template:IDint Script error: No such module "Jctbtm".
See also
Script error: No such module "Portal".
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b c d Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ a b c d Cite error: Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".Script error: No such module "Namespace detect".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".