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Lookout Pass is a mountain pass in the Rocky Mountains of the northwestern United States. In the Coeur d'Alene Mountains of the Bitterroot Range , the pass is on the border between Idaho and Montana , traversed by Interstate 90 (formerly U.S. Route 10 ) [ 1 ] at an elevation of 4,710 feet (1,436 m) above sea level .
Some sections of the highway follow the historic Mullan Road, a military road constructed from 1859 to 1862 between Fort Walla Walla in modern-day Washington and Fort Benton in Montana. [ 11 ] The section over Homestake Pass cost $18.5 million (equivalent to $133 million in 2023 [ 12 ] ) to construct and was completed on October 30, 1966. [ 13 ]
After traveling through the Silver Valley along the Coeur d'Alene River in the Bitterroot Range, I-90 crosses into Montana at Lookout Pass. I-90 was created by the federal government in 1957, following the general route of U.S. Route 10 (US 10) and the mid-19th century Mullan Road constructed by the U.S. Army. The freeway was constructed in ...
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Lookout Pass has two freestyle terrain parks, and a quarter pipe that is 1,111 feet (340 m). The elevation of the highway pass on I-90 is a moderate 4,720 feet (1,440 m). The historic Mullan Pass, constructed as a wagon road by the U.S. Army in 1860, is about three miles (5 km) east-northeast as the crow flies, at 5,168 feet
Road conditions were deteriorating Saturday in the central US as a winter storm brought a mix of snow, ice and plunging temperatures, with forecasts calling for the dreaded combo to spread ...