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Boise (locally / ˈ b ɔɪ s i / ⓘ BOY-see, also / b ɔɪ z i / [5] is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho.As of the 2020 census, there were 235,684 people residing in the city.
Interstate 184 (I-184) is a short auxiliary Interstate Highway in Boise, Idaho, United States.The only auxiliary Interstate in Idaho, it is a spur route of I-84 that connects the freeway to Downtown Boise, terminating at US Highway 20 (US 20) and US 26 on the west side of the Boise River.
As the two routes approach Boise, they intersect three state highways: State Highway 16 (SH-16), SH-55 on the Eagle–Boise city line, and SH-44 in Garden City. In Boise, as US-26 and US-20 merge eastward onto I-184 , the Interstate designation ends there but the freeway ends in about 0.75 miles (1.21 km).
The Thousand Springs Scenic Byway is a picturesque section of US 30 in southern Idaho between the towns of Bliss and Buhl, dipping down into the Hagerman Valley and a canyon of the Snake River. The highway has four extensive concurrencies with Interstate Highways: Interstate 84 (I-84) twice, I-86 , and I-15 .
State Highway 21 (SH-21), also known as the Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway, [2] is a state highway in Idaho.It runs from Boise to Stanley, primarily as a two-lane road.With two-thirds of its length in Boise County, it passes by historic Idaho City and the village of Lowman to the western edge of the Sawtooth Mountains, then along their northern boundary to Stanley.
US-95 continues into Idaho from southeastern Oregon as an undivided two-lane highway for the majority of its length. As it is the state's primary north–south highway, Idaho is in the process of widening US-95 to an Interstate-style divided four-lane highway, from the Oregon state line in the southwest to Eastport at the northern border with Canada at Kingsgate, British Columbia.
The Treasure Valley is a valley in the western United States, primarily in southwestern Idaho, where the Payette, Boise, Weiser, Malheur, and Owyhee rivers drain into the Snake River. It includes all the lowland areas from Vale in rural eastern Oregon to Boise , and is the most populated area in Idaho.
Ada County was created by the Idaho Territory legislature on December 22, 1864, partitioned from Boise County.It is named for Ada Riggs, the daughter of H. C. Riggs, a member of the legislature; he established the county and was a co-founder of Boise. [5]