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Idaho State Highway 41

October 24, 2023

State Highway 41 (SH-41) is a state highway mostly in the U.S. state of Idaho. It runs from Interstate 90 in Post Falls to U.S. Route 2 on the Washington state line. The northernmost 0.41 miles (0.66 km) of SH-41 run along State Street along the state line, with the southbound lane in the town of Newport, Washington, and the northbound lane in Oldtown, Idaho. The part of the highway in Washington is designated State Route 41 (SR 41).

State Highway 41

SH-41 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ITD and WSDOT
Length39.058 mi[1] (62.858 km)
The Washington section is 0.41 mi (0.66 km) long[2]
Existed1931–present
Major junctions
South end I-90 in Post Falls, ID
Major intersections SH-53 in Rathdrum, ID
SH-54 in Spirit Lake, ID
North end US 2 in Oldtown, ID/Newport, WA
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesIdaho, Washington
CountiesID: Kootenai, Bonner
WA: Pend Orielle
Highway system
  • Idaho State Highway System
← SH-40→ SH-43
← SR 35SR 41→ I-82

Route description Edit

SH-41 begins at an interchange with I-90 in Post Falls, Idaho, with its southern ramps using East Seltice Way.[1] The four-lane highway travels north through commercial and residential areas in the northeastern outskirts of Post Falls and reduces to two lanes beyond the city limits. SH-41 travels due north through the Rathdrum Prairie, a rural area with several farms,[3] and crosses the Union Pacific Railroad's Spokane Subdivision via an overpass.[4] The highway then enters the city of Rathdrum and turns northeast, passing residential neighborhoods and several schools. It then turns north to form a short concurrency with SH-53 and cross over the BNSF Railway's Kootenai River Subdivision on a four-lane overpass.[5][6] SH-53 splits from the concurrency near a shopping center to travel west towards Spokane, Washington, while SH-41 turns northeast to leave Rathdrum.[7][8]

The highway travels north towards Spirit Lake along Rathdrum Creek and the eastern shore of Twin Lakes on the outskirts of the Selkirk Mountains. Near the city's eponymous lake, SH-41 intersects SH-54, a connector highway that travels east to Athol and Lake Pend Oreille.[8] The highway travels north through the city of Spirit Lake on 5th Avenue, where it passes a commercial district, and continues northwest into Bonner County. SH-41 turns west to follow Spirit Valley, which divides two arms of the Selkirk Mountains, and passes through the community of Blanchard at the head of another valley. The highway gradually turns north and passes several disconnected sections of the Kaniksu National Forest as it follows the Idaho–Washington state border.[7][9]

SH-41 then turns northwest and descends into the city of Oldtown, Idaho, overlooking the Pend Oreille River. The highway turns north onto State Avenue and travels for several blocks on the Idaho–Washington state border with its northbound lanes in Oldtown, Idaho, and its southbound lanes in neighboring Newport, Washington, where it is designated as Washington State Route 41 (SR 41).[2][10] SH-41/SR 41 travels over the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad and through an industrial area before it terminates at an intersection with US 2.[7][10]

The highway is 39 miles (63 km) long and serves as a western alternative to US 95.[1][11] The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) maintains all of SH-41 within Idaho, while the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) maintains the southbound lanes of the 0.41-mile (0.66 km) section that lies in Washington.[10] Both agencies conduct annual surveys of traffic on segments of the freeway, the results of which are expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic, a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. Average traffic volumes in 2019 ranged from a minimum of 2,800 vehicles between Blanchard and Oldtown to a maximum of 26,000 vehicles at the I-90 interchange in Post Falls. The section on the Idaho–Washington state border averaged between 4,400 and 5,000 vehicles in 2019.[12][13]

History Edit

The Spirit Lake Highway was added to the Idaho state highway system on May 4, 1931, and designated as State Highway 41.[14] The southernmost 6.4 miles (10.3 km) between Ross Point and Rathdrum were paved and oiled by the state government in 1932 with grants from the federal government.[15]

The Post Falls–Coeur d'Alene section of I-90 opened in October 1970 and included an interchange with SH-41 adjacent to its existing terminus at US 10 (now Seltice Way) and Ross Point Road.[16][17] The interchange was rebuilt in the late 1980s[when?] to route offramp traffic onto Seltice Way in response to collisions at the closely spaced intersections at the interchange.[18] The state government also added several traffic signals to SH-41 between Seltice Way and Mullan Avenue in 1994 to address increased traffic.[19]

The Washington side of State Avenue, which straddles the state border between Newport, Washington, and Oldtown, Idaho, was originally designated as part of US 2. A separate state highway was created in 1997 by the Washington state legislature and was numbered SR 41 to match the Idaho highway.[20]

Local governments have proposed the expansion of SH-41 between Post Falls and Rathdrum to a four-lane divided highway since the 1990s, drawing opposition from nearby residents.[21] Alternative plans, including upgrading parallel roads to handle higher-speed traffic, were considered by the Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization in the 2000s but later rejected.[22][23] A 6-mile (9.7 km) section of the SH-41 corridor was later approved for widening in the late 2010s, with $121 million allocated for construction.[24] Construction began in 2020 and the widened highway with new traffic signals, a wide median, and a railroad overpass is scheduled to fully open in 2022; a new offset single-point urban interchange with I-90 is also planned to begin construction in 2023.[25][26] Funds to widen an additional section were part of a proposed vehicle registration fee increase that was rejected by Kootenai County voters in 2020.[27]

Major intersections Edit

StateCountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
IdahoKootenaiPost Falls0.0000.000Seltice Way / Ross Point RoadSouthern terminus; road continues as Ross Point Rd.
0.0300.048 
  I-90 east – Coeur d'Alene		Interchange
0.170–
0.178		0.274–
0.286		 
  I-90 west – Post Falls, Spokane
Rathdrum7.72012.424 
  SH-53 east – Sandpoint		South end of SH-53 overlap
7.90012.714 
  SH-53 west – Spokane		North end of SH-53 overlap
Spirit Lake18.13429.184 
  SH-54 east – Athol
Idaho–Washington lineBonner–Pend Oreille county lineOldtown–Newport line38.66062.217State AvenueSouthern terminus of SR 41
39.05862.858 
  US 2 west (Walnut Street) – Newport City Center
 
  US 2 east – Priest River, Sandpoint		Northern terminus; road continues as State Avenue
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References Edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Milepoint Log: Route 41" (PDF). Idaho Transportation Department. January 26, 2016. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Multimodal Planning Division (January 4, 2021). State Highway Log Planning Report 2020, SR 2 to SR 971 (PDF) (Report). Washington State Department of Transportation. p. 605. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  3. ^ McDermott, Ted (August 22, 2021). "As Rathdrum Prairie disappears, with no plan to save it, some farmers are holding out – for now". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Idaho Statewide Rail Plan" (PDF). Idaho Transportation Department. June 21, 2013. p. 2-7. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  5. ^ BNSF Subdivisions (PDF) (Map). BNSF Railway. September 1, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  6. ^ Cannata, Amy (March 13, 2008). "Railroad crossing stalled". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  7. ^ a b c Google (April 8, 2022). "State Highway 41" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  8. ^ a b Idaho Official State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). 1:1,248,000. Idaho Transportation Department. 2021. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  9. ^ Motor Vehicle Use Map: Kaniksu Zone, Idaho Panhandle National Forest (PDF) (Map). United States Forest Service. June 1, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c "Corridor Sketch Summary – SR 41: US 2 Jct (Newport) to Idaho State Line" (PDF). Washington State Department of Transportation. March 19, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  11. ^ Jahns, Megan (November 27, 2017). "Public invited to hearing in CDA on Tuesday (Nov. 28) to discuss upcoming ID-41 changes". Idaho Transportation Department. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  12. ^ "AADT 1999–present". Idaho Transportation Department. 2020. Retrieved April 8, 2022 – via ArcGIS.
  13. ^ "Historic Traffic Counts, 2019". Washington State Department of Transportation. February 2, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2022 – via ArcGIS.
  14. ^ Downing, T.A. (April 15, 1937). "Designated Federal and State Highways Minute Book 09". Idaho Bureau of Highways. p. 32. Retrieved October 3, 2018 – via Idaho State Archives.
  15. ^ "More Projects Under U. S. Aid". The Spokesman-Review. August 11, 1932. p. 9. Retrieved April 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ Davis, Jan (October 23, 1970). "Interstate 90: Link Dedicated". Spokane Daily Chronicle. p. B3. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Interchange Planned". Spokane Daily Chronicle. June 18, 1969. p. A3. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Ballard, Dave (July 18, 1983). "Highway 41 and Seltice Way: It's a dangerous intersection". The Spokesman-Review. p. 1. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ Lynn, Adam (March 9, 1994). "Highway crews begin work on traffic trouble spot". The Spokesman-Review. p. B1. Retrieved April 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ Chapter 155: Designating State Route 41 (PDF). April 23, 1997. Retrieved April 8, 2022. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  21. ^ Boggs, Alison (September 24, 1998). "Opposition ties up Idaho road". The Spokesman-Review. p. B3. Retrieved August 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ Honegger, Mary Jane (June 14, 2007). "KMPO board seeks input". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  23. ^ Davenport, Paula (August 9, 2007). "Neighbors vow bypass fight". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 8, 2022.
  24. ^ McDermott, Todd (January 20, 2020). "Getting There: Big changes underway in Kootenai County to keep crowded roads from clogging". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  25. ^ "ID-41 Expansion: Mullan to Boekel Construction, 2020–2022" (PDF). Idaho Transportation Department. March 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  26. ^ Passaro, Jennifer (May 30, 2020). "'Dysfunction junction'". Coeur d'Alene Press. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  27. ^ McDermott, Ted (November 4, 2020). "Kootenai County voters overwhelmingly reject local fee for road projects". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved April 8, 2022.

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State Highway 41 SH 41 is a state highway mostly in the U S state of Idaho It runs from Interstate 90 in Post Falls to U S Route 2 on the Washington state line The northernmost 0 41 miles 0 66 km of SH 41 run along State Street along the state line with the southbound lane in the town of Newport Washington and the northbound lane in Oldtown Idaho The part of the highway in Washington is designated State Route 41 SR 41 State Highway 41SH 41 highlighted in redRoute informationMaintained by ITD and WSDOTLength39 058 mi 1 62 858 km The Washington section is 0 41 mi 0 66 km long 2 Existed1931 presentMajor junctionsSouth endI 90 in Post Falls IDMajor intersectionsSH 53 in Rathdrum ID SH 54 in Spirit Lake IDNorth endUS 2 in Oldtown ID Newport WALocationCountryUnited StatesStatesIdaho WashingtonCountiesID Kootenai BonnerWA Pend OrielleHighway systemIdaho State Highway SystemInterstate US State SH 40 SH 43 SR 35SR 41 I 82 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 3 Major intersections 4 References 5 External linksRoute description EditSH 41 begins at an interchange with I 90 in Post Falls Idaho with its southern ramps using East Seltice Way 1 The four lane highway travels north through commercial and residential areas in the northeastern outskirts of Post Falls and reduces to two lanes beyond the city limits SH 41 travels due north through the Rathdrum Prairie a rural area with several farms 3 and crosses the Union Pacific Railroad s Spokane Subdivision via an overpass 4 The highway then enters the city of Rathdrum and turns northeast passing residential neighborhoods and several schools It then turns north to form a short concurrency with SH 53 and cross over the BNSF Railway s Kootenai River Subdivision on a four lane overpass 5 6 SH 53 splits from the concurrency near a shopping center to travel west towards Spokane Washington while SH 41 turns northeast to leave Rathdrum 7 8 The highway travels north towards Spirit Lake along Rathdrum Creek and the eastern shore of Twin Lakes on the outskirts of the Selkirk Mountains Near the city s eponymous lake SH 41 intersects SH 54 a connector highway that travels east to Athol and Lake Pend Oreille 8 The highway travels north through the city of Spirit Lake on 5th Avenue where it passes a commercial district and continues northwest into Bonner County SH 41 turns west to follow Spirit Valley which divides two arms of the Selkirk Mountains and passes through the community of Blanchard at the head of another valley The highway gradually turns north and passes several disconnected sections of the Kaniksu National Forest as it follows the Idaho Washington state border 7 9 SH 41 then turns northwest and descends into the city of Oldtown Idaho overlooking the Pend Oreille River The highway turns north onto State Avenue and travels for several blocks on the Idaho Washington state border with its northbound lanes in Oldtown Idaho and its southbound lanes in neighboring Newport Washington where it is designated as Washington State Route 41 SR 41 2 10 SH 41 SR 41 travels over the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad and through an industrial area before it terminates at an intersection with US 2 7 10 The highway is 39 miles 63 km long and serves as a western alternative to US 95 1 11 The Idaho Transportation Department ITD maintains all of SH 41 within Idaho while the Washington State Department of Transportation WSDOT maintains the southbound lanes of the 0 41 mile 0 66 km section that lies in Washington 10 Both agencies conduct annual surveys of traffic on segments of the freeway the results of which are expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year Average traffic volumes in 2019 ranged from a minimum of 2 800 vehicles between Blanchard and Oldtown to a maximum of 26 000 vehicles at the I 90 interchange in Post Falls The section on the Idaho Washington state border averaged between 4 400 and 5 000 vehicles in 2019 12 13 History EditThe Spirit Lake Highway was added to the Idaho state highway system on May 4 1931 and designated as State Highway 41 14 The southernmost 6 4 miles 10 3 km between Ross Point and Rathdrum were paved and oiled by the state government in 1932 with grants from the federal government 15 The Post Falls Coeur d Alene section of I 90 opened in October 1970 and included an interchange with SH 41 adjacent to its existing terminus at US 10 now Seltice Way and Ross Point Road 16 17 The interchange was rebuilt in the late 1980s when to route offramp traffic onto Seltice Way in response to collisions at the closely spaced intersections at the interchange 18 The state government also added several traffic signals to SH 41 between Seltice Way and Mullan Avenue in 1994 to address increased traffic 19 The Washington side of State Avenue which straddles the state border between Newport Washington and Oldtown Idaho was originally designated as part of US 2 A separate state highway was created in 1997 by the Washington state legislature and was numbered SR 41 to match the Idaho highway 20 Local governments have proposed the expansion of SH 41 between Post Falls and Rathdrum to a four lane divided highway since the 1990s drawing opposition from nearby residents 21 Alternative plans including upgrading parallel roads to handle higher speed traffic were considered by the Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization in the 2000s but later rejected 22 23 A 6 mile 9 7 km section of the SH 41 corridor was later approved for widening in the late 2010s with 121 million allocated for construction 24 Construction began in 2020 and the widened highway with new traffic signals a wide median and a railroad overpass is scheduled to fully open in 2022 a new offset single point urban interchange with I 90 is also planned to begin construction in 2023 25 26 Funds to widen an additional section were part of a proposed vehicle registration fee increase that was rejected by Kootenai County voters in 2020 27 Major intersections EditStateCountyLocationmi 1 kmDestinationsNotesIdahoKootenaiPost Falls0 0000 000Seltice Way Ross Point RoadSouthern terminus road continues as Ross Point Rd 0 0300 048 nbsp nbsp I 90 east Coeur d AleneInterchange0 170 0 1780 274 0 286 nbsp nbsp I 90 west Post Falls SpokaneRathdrum7 72012 424 nbsp nbsp SH 53 east SandpointSouth end of SH 53 overlap7 90012 714 nbsp nbsp SH 53 west SpokaneNorth end of SH 53 overlapSpirit Lake18 13429 184 nbsp nbsp SH 54 east AtholIdaho Washington lineBonner Pend Oreille county lineOldtown Newport line38 66062 217State AvenueSouthern terminus of SR 4139 05862 858 nbsp nbsp US 2 west Walnut Street Newport City Center nbsp nbsp US 2 east Priest River SandpointNorthern terminus road continues as State Avenue1 000 mi 1 609 km 1 000 km 0 621 mi Concurrency terminusReferences Edit a b c d Milepoint Log Route 41 PDF Idaho Transportation Department January 26 2016 Retrieved April 8 2022 a b Multimodal Planning Division January 4 2021 State Highway Log Planning Report 2020 SR 2 to SR 971 PDF Report Washington State Department of Transportation p 605 Retrieved April 8 2022 McDermott Ted August 22 2021 As Rathdrum Prairie disappears with no plan to save it some farmers are holding out for now The Spokesman Review Retrieved April 8 2022 Idaho Statewide Rail Plan PDF Idaho Transportation Department June 21 2013 p 2 7 Retrieved April 8 2022 BNSF Subdivisions PDF Map BNSF Railway September 1 2011 Retrieved April 8 2022 Cannata Amy March 13 2008 Railroad crossing stalled The Spokesman Review Retrieved April 8 2022 a b c Google April 8 2022 State Highway 41 Map Google Maps Google Retrieved April 8 2022 a b Idaho Official State Highway Map PDF Map 1 1 248 000 Idaho Transportation Department 2021 Retrieved April 8 2022 Motor Vehicle Use Map Kaniksu Zone Idaho Panhandle National Forest PDF Map United States Forest Service June 1 2019 Retrieved April 8 2022 a b c Corridor Sketch Summary SR 41 US 2 Jct Newport to Idaho State Line PDF Washington State Department of Transportation March 19 2018 Retrieved April 8 2022 Jahns Megan November 27 2017 Public invited to hearing in CDA on Tuesday Nov 28 to discuss upcoming ID 41 changes Idaho Transportation Department Retrieved April 8 2022 AADT 1999 present Idaho Transportation Department 2020 Retrieved April 8 2022 via ArcGIS Historic Traffic Counts 2019 Washington State Department of Transportation February 2 2022 Retrieved April 8 2022 via ArcGIS Downing T A April 15 1937 Designated Federal and State Highways Minute Book 09 Idaho Bureau of Highways p 32 Retrieved October 3 2018 via Idaho State Archives More Projects Under U S Aid The Spokesman Review August 11 1932 p 9 Retrieved April 8 2022 via Newspapers com Davis Jan October 23 1970 Interstate 90 Link Dedicated Spokane Daily Chronicle p B3 Retrieved April 9 2022 via Newspapers com Interchange Planned Spokane Daily Chronicle June 18 1969 p A3 Retrieved April 9 2022 via Newspapers com Ballard Dave July 18 1983 Highway 41 and Seltice Way It s a dangerous intersection The Spokesman Review p 1 Retrieved April 9 2022 via Newspapers com Lynn Adam March 9 1994 Highway crews begin work on traffic trouble spot The Spokesman Review p B1 Retrieved April 9 2022 via Newspapers com Chapter 155 Designating State Route 41 PDF April 23 1997 Retrieved April 8 2022 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a work ignored help Boggs Alison September 24 1998 Opposition ties up Idaho road The Spokesman Review p B3 Retrieved August 14 2021 via Newspapers com Honegger Mary Jane June 14 2007 KMPO board seeks input The Spokesman Review Retrieved April 8 2022 Davenport Paula August 9 2007 Neighbors vow bypass fight The Spokesman Review Retrieved April 8 2022 McDermott Todd January 20 2020 Getting There Big changes underway in Kootenai County to keep crowded roads from clogging The Spokesman Review Retrieved August 14 2021 ID 41 Expansion Mullan to Boekel Construction 2020 2022 PDF Idaho Transportation Department March 2021 Retrieved August 14 2021 Passaro Jennifer May 30 2020 Dysfunction junction Coeur d Alene Press Retrieved August 14 2021 McDermott Ted November 4 2020 Kootenai County voters overwhelmingly reject local fee for road projects The Spokesman Review Retrieved April 8 2022 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Idaho State Highway 41 KML file edit help Template Attached KML Idaho State Highway 41KML is from Wikidata Highways of Washington State Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Idaho State Highway 41 amp oldid 1082063953, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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