People say that it was the only lightt of its kind for over two
thousand miles. When it went outt, it was laid to rest in its very own
cofin. There are still many lightts like it, though, so send us a
photo of one.

(think old west)

It was a stoplight in Wallace, Idaho. Its claim to fame: at the time
of its "death," it was the only Interstate Highway stoplight between
Seattle and Boston.

"Wallace gets more rainfall than any town in Idaho; the volcano drama,
Dante's Peak, was filmed there, and old Interstate 90, which ran
through town before it was rerouted, had the only highway stoplight
between Seattle and Boston."

Wallace Idaho Today
http://wallace-id.com/modern.html

"Meanwhile, Wallace became famous for having the last stoplight on
I-90. When the bypass was finally opened on the east edge of town in
1991, the town held a funeral for the light. It was a national media
event. The funeral included pallbearers dressed in silk, a horse-drawn
hearse, a 21-gun salute, and a speech by city councilman Mike
Alldredge in which he contrasted the stoplight with the famous 'red
light district' which once thrived in the town. The stoplight was
'buried' in the city mining museum."

THE EVOLUTION OF INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN SEATTLE AND MISSOULA 
http://nwhighways.amhosting.net/intersta.html

Here is a photo of the stoplight being "laid to rest" in its coffin:

Federal Highway Administration
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/byday/images/0912a.jpg

The stoplight and coffin as exhibited in the Wallace Mining Museum:

Roadside America
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tour/images/92/IDWAL.jpg

Two generic photos of stoplights:

Old Dominion University
http://web.odu.edu/ao/cmc/images/stoplight_image.jpg

InterTraffic
http://www.intertraffic.com/uploads/images/products/216.jpg

My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: stoplight wallace idaho 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=stoplight+wallace+idaho

I hope this helps! If anything is unclear or incomplete, please
request clarification.

Best regards,
pinkfreud

OUTSTANDING

Thanks for the five stars and the nice tip. Good luck in the contest!

~pinkfreud