History
The small town of Wallace in the Silver Valley still prides itself on having what was the last stop light on I-90. Its downtown has many historical buildings, which would have been wiped out by the original planned route of the freeway, so in 1976, city leaders had the downtown placed on the National Register of Historic Places. As a result, the federal government was forced at great expense to reroute the freeway to the northern edge of downtown and elevate it. That section of I-90 opened in September 1991. A bicycle path is routed beneath part of that segment. Before the move to the viaduct I-90 would go from a freeway at the western edge of Wallace before turning to surface streets and following the main arterial through town, upon reaching the eastern edge of the town then became a limited access divided highway once again.
The interstate also was routed along Lake Coeur d'Alene as a surface street before the Veterans Memorial Centennial Bridge was completed in the heights above the lake.
Read more about this topic: Interstate 90 In Idaho
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