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xonhulu:

--- Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 23, 2010, 05:04:04 PM ---"Raft River Highway District".  I have pictures of that sign from 2007 and I'm shocked - shocked! - to find that I haven't posted it yet to the shield gallery
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O.k. that's what the letters stand for, but what does that mean?  State or county maintenance?


--- Quote ---did you see the big stone state-shaped Welcome to Idaho sign at the state line?  that dates to the 60s.

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Yeah, that was pretty cool.  It has probably survived due to the extremely low traffic that route now receives.

agentsteel53:

--- Quote from: xonhulu on July 23, 2010, 05:20:45 PM ---O.k. that's what the letters stand for, but what does that mean?  State or county maintenance?
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my guess is Cassia County, as googling "Raft River Highway District" brings up an office in downtown Malta.


--- Quote ---Yeah, that was pretty cool.  It has probably survived due to the extremely low traffic that route now receives.


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good to know that's still there!  no US-30S shields, though, as far as I know.  or distant I-80N trailblazers.

TheStranger:
xonhulu: A brief Google search of the RRHD brings up...

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=%22Raft+River+Highway+District%22&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CbEFVmAlKTJu8G4fQ6AO_layZDQAAAKoEBU_Q6iDY&fp=ca9b2c0382ceaa67

- several mentions of highway reconstruction projects
- names of other Idaho regional highway districts
- the RRHD joining a pension program in 1973

They seem to be based in Malta and looking at the links provided by the Google search, appear to be Cassia County's highway maintenance organization.

xonhulu:

--- Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 23, 2010, 05:29:54 PM ---good to know that's still there!  no US-30S shields, though, as far as I know.  or distant I-80N trailblazers.

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That would be too much to ask for, unfortunately.

andytom:

--- Quote from: xonhulu on July 23, 2010, 05:20:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: agentsteel53 on July 23, 2010, 05:04:04 PM ---"Raft River Highway District".  I have pictures of that sign from 2007 and I'm shocked - shocked! - to find that I haven't posted it yet to the shield gallery
--- End quote ---

O.k. that's what the letters stand for, but what does that mean?  State or county maintenance?


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It appears to be a sub-county level of highway jurisdiction.  Here's a map I found:

http://itd.idaho.gov/planning/GIS/MapBook/2008MapBook/Section3Maps/Dist4LocalHDBdy.pdf

Raft River HD is in the southeast corner.

This particular roadway is still in the Federal Aid route log.

--Andy

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