Idaho State Highway 6

State Highway 6
Route information
Maintained by ITD
Length:	40.645 mi[1][2] (65.412 km)
Major junctions
South end:	SR 272 at Washington state line near Potlatch
	US-95 near Potlatch SH-9 near Harvard
North end:	SH-3 near Santa
Highway system
State Highways in Idaho ← SH-5 SH-7 →

Idaho State Highway 6 (SH-6) is a state highway in northern Idaho running from the Washington state line near Potlatch to Santa. It is 40.645 miles (65.412 km) long and runs north-south.

Route description

SH-6 begins at the Washington state line in Latah County as a continuation of Washington State Route 272, then heads east to an intersection with US 95, with which it briefly overlaps before diverging and continuing east into Potlatch. It continues east to an intersection with SH-9 near Harvard. It then continues northeast and north across the Palouse River into Benewah County. In Benewah County, SH-6 continues generally north through White Pine Drive; and area of old growth white pine trees part of the St. Joe National Forest. SH-6 finally ends at an intersection with SH-3 near Santa.^[1][2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Latah	Potlatch	0.000	0.000	SR 272 west – Palouse	Continuation into Washington
		4.420	7.113	US-95 south – Lewiston	South end of US-95 overlap
		5.590	8.996	US-95 north – Plummer, Coeur d'Alene	North end of US-95 overlap
	Harvard	15.448	24.861	SH-9 south – Deary
Benewah	Santa	40.645	65.412	SH-3 – St. Maries, Coeur d'Alene, Clarkia
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing / Google