Last Driven April 2013
Location: US-89 at Wyoming State Line, Bear Lake Cty
Reassurance shield after US-89 crosses into Idaho. US-89 doesn’t spend very much time in Idaho and is mainly a scenic route serving the Bear Lake area. After Montpelier it will acquire Idaho-Scenic brown shields
Location: US-89 at Wyoming State Line, Bear Lake Cty
Sometimes signage standards bleed over from state to state. These brown signs encouraging us to follow a certain route with the shield printed on in all caps are very common in Wyoming, but I’ve never seen one in Idaho besides right here.
Location: US-89 and SH-61, Bear Lake Cty
Just after entering Idaho we come to a junction with State Highway 61.
Location: US-89 and SH-61, Bear Lake Cty
We’ll turn left up here for SH-61
Location: US-89 and SH-61, Bear Lake Cty
(Historic Photo: May 2009)
Turn left to follow SH-61 towards Cokeville and Kemmerer Wyoming via Wyoming 89. Â Wyoming State Highway 89 as the fastest route to Salt Lake, but Idaho seems to want traffic to follow US-89, directing traffic to follow US-89 towards Salt Lake. The WYO 89 Corridor (SH-61 to WYO 89 to Utah SR-30 to Utah SR-16 to WYO 89 to I-80) is probably the fastest, but this seems to be indicative of the long standing feud over the correct routing of Highway 89 through this region. At some point in 2009, the shield for WYO 89 disappeared as shown in the historic photo.
Location: US-89 and SH-61, Bear Lake Cty
Turn left for SH-61 South, a very, very short spur to Wyoming Highway 89
