State Highway 162 (SH-162) is a state highway serving
Lewis
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and
Idaho
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counties in the
North Central region of
Idaho
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.
Route description
State Highway 162 begins at the intersection of Oak Street and Fourth Avenue, signed as
State Highway 62 and
State Highway 64, in
Nezperce. SH-162 travels south on Oak Street and turns west for two blocks on 8th Avenue before leaving Nezperce for
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Lewis County, headed into the Lawyer Creek valley. The highway enters
Idaho County turns east to follow Meadow Creek Road until it reaches Winona, where SH-162 turns north along Sevenmile Creek. The roadway re-enters Lewis County and follows Lawyer Creek into
Kamiah, becoming Pine Street at
city limit
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s. SH-162 turns east onto 5th Street for two blocks after at an intersection with SH-64, turning north once again at Hill Street. The highway ends at an intersection with
U.S. Route 12 at 3rd Street.
History
The portion from
Greencreek to
Kamiah was once signed as SH-10 and then was renumbered to
SH-62.
Major intersections
References
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Transportation in Idaho County, Idaho
Transportation in Lewis County, Idaho