Interstate 86 (Idaho)

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This article is about the Interstate highway located in southeastern Idaho. For the Interstate highway that runs through New York and Pennsylvania, see Interstate 86 (Pennsylvania–New York). For the former alignment of I-86 east of East Hartford, Connecticut, see Interstate 84 (Pennsylvania–Massachusetts).

Interstate 86 marker

Interstate 86

Map
I-86 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by ITD
Length62.85 mi[1][2] (101.15 km)
Existed1978–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
West end I-84 / US 30 near Declo
Major intersections
East end I-15 in Chubbuck
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIdaho
CountiesCassia, Power, Bannock
Highway system
  • Idaho State Highway System
← I-84→ SH-87

Interstate 86 (I-86) is an east–west intrastate

Interstate Highway located entirely within the state of Idaho. It runs approximately 63 miles (101 km) from an intersection with I-84 east of Declo in rural Cassia County, to an intersection with I-15 in Chubbuck, just north of Pocatello. The highway is part of the main route from Boise and Twin Falls to Idaho Falls and the upper Snake River
region.

I-86 runs through a sparsely populated region along the south side of the Snake River and is mostly

business route that serves the city center. The highway also serves Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge, Massacre Rocks State Park, the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, and Pocatello Regional Airport
.

The highway follows a section of the historic

US-30N
in 1926. Under the original numbering proposal for the Interstate Highway System released in 1957, the highway was supposed to be part of Interstate 82N (I-82N), but it was instead designated as Interstate 15W (I-15W). The first section of the freeway, near American Falls, was completed in 1959. Other sections near Chubbuck and Pocatello were opened in 1968. I-15W was renumbered to I-86 in 1978, shortly before construction of its final section between Raft River and American Falls commenced. The highway was dedicated and opened to traffic on October 11, 1985.

Route description

Looking westbound on I-86 at its junction with I-84 near Declo

I-86 begins at an interchange with

Salt Lake City, Utah.[3] I-86 travels east, concurrent with US 30, through rural Cassia County for about 14 miles (23 km) to its first exit at Raft River near a crossing of the river of the same name. From Raft River, I-86 follows the Snake River upstream through Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge and crosses into Power County.[4]

The freeway continues northeast between the Snake River and the

American Falls Reservoir and follows a railroad into the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.[3][4]

US-91 in Chubbuck

I-86 passes through the northern section of the Fort Hall Reservation, serving exits to

directional T interchange with I-15 at the north edge of Pocatello, where it terminates.[2][4]

At 63 miles (101 km) in length, I-86 is one of the shortest primary Interstate Highways in the contiguous US.[8] The highway is maintained by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), which conducts an annual survey of traffic on certain highway segments that is expressed in terms of annual average daily traffic (AADT), a measure of traffic volume for any average day of the year. The busiest section of I-86 is near its eastern terminus in Chubbuck, carrying an average of 27,158 vehicles. The least-traveled section, near Massacre Rocks, sees only 6,759 vehicles on an average day.[9]

History

The route of I-86 largely follows the westernmost section of

US-30S at Burley and continued east into Wyoming.[10] The corridor was part of the Oregon Trail in the 19th century and was later marked as an auto trail.[11][12] It was designated as SH-16 in the early 1920s, prior to its incorporation into US-30N in 1926.[13][14] US-30N was realigned onto a new road near Raft River in 1952, with the intention of upgrading it to a four-lane limited access highway.[15]

In the original plans for the national expressway and freeway system, which would later become the Interstate Highway System, Pocatello was served by two major highways along US-30N and

Pocatello Air Terminal 4.6 miles (7.4 km) west of the city.[23][24] I-15W between American Falls and the airport was opened to traffic in September 1972.[25]

US-30N was superseded by US-30 in 1972.[26] In 1973, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) adopted a new preference for duplicate numbers in lieu of suffixed designations.[27] As a result, I-15W was redesignated as I-86 in 1978; it was originally submitted as part of I-84 (the successor to I-80N).[28][29] By 1980, most of the freeway was completed, except for a 21-mile (34 km) section between Raft River and American Falls that was graded and scheduled to be temporarily paved.[30][31] The final four-lane section was constructed at a cost of $33 million (equivalent to $121 million in 2023[32]) beginning in 1978 and was dedicated on October 11, 1985.[33] The highway's construction was delayed by careful rock blasting next to utility lines, historic sites, and native wildlife habitats.[15]

The interchange with US-91 in Chubbuck was later rebuilt in 2013 as the state's first

Y.[35][36][37] A major rebuild of the eastern interchange at I-15 in Chubbuck began in August 2022 and is scheduled to be completed in 2025 at a cost of $112 million.[38] The new design eliminates left-side ramps from I-15 and allows traffic from the Pocatello Creek Road interchange to merge onto either freeway.[39][40]

Exit list

CountyLocationmi[2]kmExitDestinationsNotes
Cassia​0.0000.0001
 I-84 / US 30 west – Twin Falls, Ogden, Salt Lake		Western terminus; west end of US-30 overlap
​14.80723.83015Raft River Area
Power​20.59033.13621Coldwater Area
​28.10045.22328Massacre Rocks State Park
​32.62052.49733Neeley Area
I-86 BL east – Rockland, American Falls
40.11064.55140
I-86 BL west – Aberdeen, American Falls
​44.32771.33744Seagull Bay
​49.15279.10249Rainbow Road
​52.49184.47652Arbon Valley
​55.55189.40156Pocatello Regional Airport
​58.08793.48258
West Pocatello
East end of US-30 overlap
US 91 (Yellowstone Avenue) – Chubbuck, Pocatello
62.850101.14763 I-15 – Idaho Falls, Salt LakeEastern terminus; signed as exits 63A (south) & 63B (north)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business route

Interstate 86 Business marker

Interstate 86 Business

LocationAmerican Falls
Length4.605 mi[2] (7.411 km)
Existed1972–present

Interstate 86 Business (I-86 Bus) is a business route of I-86 that runs between two interchanges in American Falls. It travels northeast from the SH-37 interchange into downtown American Falls on Lincoln Street and Fort Hall Avenue, following the former route of US-30N. The route turns west onto Idaho Street for two blocks and crosses over a railroad before beginning its concurrency with SH-39 around the northwestern side of the city. The highways turn northeast onto Pocatello Avenue, which leads to an interchange with I-86 on the south side of American Falls Airport.[41]

The business route was originally created in 1972 as I-15W Bus, replacing a section of SH-37 within American Falls.[42]

Major intersections

The entire route is in American Falls, Power County.

mi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000


 I-86 west / US 30 west / SH-37 south – Twin Falls, Rockland		Western terminus
2.9424.735
 SH-39 north – Aberdeen, Blackfoot		West end of SH-39 overlap
4.6057.411

 I-86 east / US 30 east – Pocatello, Idaho Falls		Eastern terminus; east end of SH-39 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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