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US-91 - Red Rock Pass

US-91 North Approaching Oxford Highway

US-91 North Approaching Oxford Highway

US-91 North approaching Oxford Highway south to Oxford and Dayton.

End CR-D1 at US-91

End CR-D1 at US-91

End Bannock County CR-D1 at US-91. Taken at Red Rock Pass.

US-91 North at Oxford Highway

US-91 North at Oxford Highway

US-91 North at Oxford Highway in Bannock County. The intersection is located at Red Rock Pass which was the site of an ancient dam on prehistoric Lake Bonneville. The erosion of this dam created the catastrophic Bonneville Floods which affected much of the Snake River plain of Idaho.

US-91 - Red Rock Pass Historical Marker

US-91 - Red Rock Pass Historical Marker

Historical Marker on Red Rock Pass, US-91 South. All highways in Idaho have these historical markers. To see all of them check out the Idaho State Historical Marker Guide. Red Rock Pass is where ancient Lake Bonneville - an inland sea, which covered most of the great basin, overflowed into the Snake Plain. Evidence of this great flood is everywhere along the Snake and Columbia Rivers in the Pacific Northwest. This pass marks the divide between the Great Basin and the Snake/Columbia River drainages.