U.S. Route 89 in Idaho
State highway in Idaho, United States
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U.S. Route 89 (US 89) is a part of the U.S. Highway System that travels Flagstaff, Arizona, north to the Canadian border; broken into two segments by Yellowstone National Park where unnumbered park roads serve as a connector. In the state of Idaho, it extends approximately 44 miles (71 km) from the Utah state line near Glencoe to the Wyoming state line near Geneva.
US 89 at the Utah state line near Garden City, UT
US 30 in MontpelierU.S. Highway 89 | ||||
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 US 89 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by ITD | ||||
| Length | 44.240 mi[1] (71.197 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end | US 89 at the Utah state line near Garden City, UT | |||
| US 30 in Montpelier | ||||
| North end | US 89 at the Wyoming state line near Montpelier | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Idaho | |||
| Counties | Bear Lake | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
US 89 enters Bear Lake County from Utah along the western shore of Bear Lake, passing through Glencoe, Fish Haven, and St. Charles. North of the lake, it continues through Bloomington, Paris (the county seat for Bear Lake County), and Ovid before reaching Montpelier, the largest community along the route.[2] US 89 shares a short concurrency with US 30 in Montpelier before it continues eastward over the Preuss Range, a subrange of the Peale Mountains.[3] It crosses the Geneva Summit and passes through Geneva before crossing into Wyoming.[2]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Bear Lake County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Glencoe | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 89 south – Logan, Salt Lake City | Continuation into Utah | |
| Ovid | 20.150– 20.230 | 32.428– 32.557 |   SH-36 west – Preston | ||
| Montpelier | 25.984 | 41.817 |  US 30 east (4th Street) – Kemmerer | Southern end of US 30 concurrency | |
| 26.280 | 42.294 | US 30 west (4th Street) – Soda Springs, Pocatello | Northern end of US 30 concurrency | ||
| | 35.475 | 57.091 | Geneva Summit – elevation 6,938 ft (2,115 m) | ||
| Geneva | 41.170 | 66.257 |    SH-61 south to WYO 89 – Kemmerer, Cokeville | ||
| | 44.240 | 71.197 |  US 89 north – Jackson | Continuation into Wyoming | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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