State Highway 64 (SH-64) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
located entirely within
Lewis County in
North Central Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
. SH-64 runs from
SH-62 and
SH-162 in
Nezperce east to SH-162 in
Kamiah. The highway is maintained by the
Idaho Transportation Department (ITD).
Route description
SH-64 begins at a junction with SH-62 and SH-162 in downtown
Nezperce. The highway heads east from here, passing
Nez Perce Municipal Airport. In eastern Nezperce, the route turns north along Beech Street before leaving the city to the northeast. Outside of Nezperce, the highway heads east through ranchland as a two-lane paved road. The route passes several local roads before curving to the southeast. Along the southeast leg, the road has an unpaved gravel surface for three miles and runs along the side of a mountain. Past this stretch, the highway turns briefly to the east before twisting northward, where it passes through a forested area. The route passes a group of houses before making a sharp turn to the south. From here, the highway follows a winding path into Kamiah. In Kamiah, the road passes southeast through a residential area parallel to
U.S. Route 12
U.S. Route 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States Numbered Highways, United States highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, for almost . The highway has mostly been superseded by Interstate 90 (I-90) an ...
; while the two highways do not intersect, they are connected by local streets. According to ITD, SH-64 officially ends at a junction with SH-162 in Kamiah; however, highway signage indicates that the highway follows SH-162 for several blocks before terminating at US 12.
History
Major intersections
References
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Transportation in Lewis County, Idaho