Editing Winchester, Idaho (section)

===Highway===
* [[File:US 95.svg|25px]] - [[U.S. Route 95 in Idaho|US 95]] - to  [[Lewiston, Idaho|Lewiston]] (north) and [[Grangeville, Idaho|Grangeville]] (south)

The city is {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} west of [[U.S. Route 95 in Idaho|U.S. Route 95]], which connects it to [[Craigmont, Idaho|Craigmont]] to the east and [[Lewiston, Idaho|Lewiston]] to the northwest, via the Lapwai Canyon.

Until 1960, US 95 was routed through Winchester on this spur and descended [[Culdesac, Idaho|Culdesac]] Hill ({{coord|46.332|-116.633}}), considered the worst of the three major grades (White Bird, Lewiston), all of which were extremely twisty.<ref name=wwgrwbml>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=v8peAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ljIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2634,522029|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|last=Carter|first=Jack|title=Winding Winchester grade won't bother much longer|date=July 4, 1960|page=10}}</ref> The new route through Lapwai Canyon was built in three years and reduced the distance by over {{convert|4|mi|km}} and saved 25 minutes of driving time.<ref name=culcut60>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=y3tfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2y8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=5817,201284|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Culdesac cutoff finished in 1960 |date=January 2, 1961|page=5}}</ref><ref name=ncctbsw>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wIJfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kTAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1356,7872902|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|last=Hughes|first=John B.|title=New Culdesac cutoff to be scenic wonder|date=June 29, 1958|page=1-sec.2}}</ref> The earlier road was completed in 1923.<ref name=wcnchh>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WpFfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=5DAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2821,2274642|newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=Winchester celebrating new Culdesac hill highway|date=August 3, 1923|page=6}}</ref> The first organized road race on the old road took place in 1964; among the participants in the [[Hillclimbing|hill climb]] was [[Evel Knievel|Bob Knievel]] of [[Butte, Montana]], later known as [[Evel Knievel]].<ref name=dtwginpthct>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-tBaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UjIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3410,5412984|title=Drivers test Winchester grade in prelude to hill climb today|date=May 31, 1964 |page=10}}</ref>

The timber [[Trestle bridge|trestles]] of the former [[Camas Prairie Railroad]] are visible throughout the area.