Idaho State Highway 69

Infobox road
state=ID
type=SH
route=69
maint=ITD
length_mi=8.068
length_round=3
length_ref=Idaho Transportation Department, [http://www.itd.idaho.gov/planning/gis/MP_Log.html Milepoint Log Reports] ]
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=Kuna
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=jct|state=ID|I|84 in Meridian
previous_type=SH
previous_route=67
next_type=SH
next_route=71

State Highway 69 A short highway from Kuna to Interstate 84, in Meridian.

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 Kuna-Meridian Road for several miles until it reaches its northern junction and terminus at Interstate 84, in Meridian. [cite web
url = http://itd.idaho.gov/planning/reports/milepostlog/mplog/StateHighway69.html
title = State Highway 69 Milepost Log
accessdate = 2007-11-07
author = ITD
authorlink = Idaho Transportation Department
date =
year = 2006
month = 12]

State Highway 69 is part of the Western Heritage Scenic Byway, in the National Scenic Byways Program. [cite web
url = http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2593/
title = Western Heritage Scenic Byway
accessdate = 2007-11-07
author = USDOT
authorlink = United States Department of Transportation
date =
year = 2007
month = ]

Route history

State Highway 69 is believed to have been in existence since 1955. [cite web
url = http://www.us-highways.com/idaho/51to75.htm
title = Idaho Highway 51 to Idaho Highway 75
accessdate = 2007-11-07
author = RV Droz
authorlink =
date =
year = 2006
month = 10]

The highway originally started in Kuna following its existing route to Meridian. But instead of ending at Interstate 84 as it currently does, the highway continued north to its former junction with the historic alignment of US-30 which followed Franklin Road to the west, Main Street through town and then Fairview Avenue to the east. Highway 69 briefly followed historic US-30 eastward to the "Eagle Highway" which is now known as "Eagle Road" (also now known as "State Highway 55"). The highway then ended in central Eagle at its northern junction with State Highway 44 which then ran through town on "State Street". [cite map
publisher= US Geological Survey
title= USGS Map on Terraserver; Boise, Idaho, United States
url= http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=15&Z=11&X=86&Y=754&W=1
edition=
year= 1976
cartography=
scale=
series=
page=
section=
accessdate=
accessmonth=
accessyear=2007
isbn=
id= ]

Route future

Plans are being considered that could possibly 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. [cite web
url = http://www.communitiesinmotion.org/index.html
title = Communities in Motion
accessdate = 2007-11-07
author = Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS)
authorlink = http://www.compassidaho.org/
date =
year = 2006
month = ]

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