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State Highway 75 is a two-lane highway that travels through the Sawtooth Valley of central Idaho. The highway's southern terminus is in Shoshone, and its northern is near Challis. It is designated as one of Idaho's scenic byways and provides access to Sawtooth National Recreation Area. It primarily follows the Big Wood River in the south and the main Salmon River in the north, divided by Galena Summit. ==Route description== State Highway 75 begins at a junction with US-93 on Greenwood Street in Shoshone at an elevation of just under above sea level. The highway heads northward, and ascends the Big Wood River valley, into Blaine County, past the Magic Reservoir to the west and crosses US-20 at Timmerman Junction at . It continues northward as the ''Sawtooth Scenic Byway''〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Visit Idaho )〕 to pass through the Big Wood River communities of Bellevue, Hailey, and Ketchum. Sun Valley is accessible via a spur route junction in Ketchum at Third Street, which becomes Sun Valley Road. Seven miles (11 km) north of Ketchum, the highway passes by the headquarters of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area at and the Boulder Mountains to the north, with peaks over . SH-75 climbs past the Galena Lodge to the Galena Summit at , then descends to the scenic viewpoint about a mile later, which overlooks the Sawtooth Mountains to the west and headwaters of the Salmon River in the Sawtooth Valley. Highway 75 descends the grade and reaches the upper end of the valley floor at new Sawtooth City at , and then enters Custer County. It runs northward down the valley with the Salmon River to Obsidian and Stanley, with the Sawtooths to the immediate west and the White Cloud Mountains to the slightly more distant east. The turnoff to picturesque Redfish Lake is about five miles (8 km) south of Stanley. At Stanley, the highway intersects with the northern terminus of State Highway 21, the ''Ponderosa Pine Scenic Byway'' from Boise, through Idaho City and Lowman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Visit Idaho )〕 The junction is at and Highway 75 northbound becomes the ''Salmon River Scenic Byway,'' continuing north for a mile, then veering east and descending with the twisty river towards Clayton. Both then head north towards Challis, where the route terminates and rejoins US-93 just south of the city limits,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Visit Idaho )〕 at an elevation of . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Idaho State Highway 75」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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