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The state of Wisconsin maintains 158 state trunk highways, ranging from two-lane rural roads to limited-access freeways. These highways are paid for by the state's Transportation Fund, which is considered unique among state highway funds because it is kept entirely separate from the general fund, therefore, revenues received from transportation services are required to be used on transportation.
During the 1930s and 1940s, the responsibilities of the commission continued to expand. By 1940, it had 500 employees. In 1967, the Highway Commission was merged with the Wisconsin Aeronautics Commission, Department of Motor Vehicles, and the Wisconsin State Patrol to form the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. [6]
County trunk highways first came into being in 1921. The first county highways were independent of the state's trunk highway system and lacked state legislative approval. By 1924, every county in Wisconsin had set up its own county highway system, with the state authorizing county highways in 1925. [3]
Wisconsin Highway 318 was planned to be extended south totaling 6 miles in length, forming a complete bypass and ending at Wisconsin Highway 59. However, U.S. Highway 18 used the whole bypass instead. WIS 341: 1: 1.6 WIS 59 in West Milwaukee: I-94/US 41 in Milwaukee: 1999: 2015 Now WIS 175: WIS 351: 2.64: 4.25 US 51 south of Janesville
Number Length (mi) [2] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes I-535: 1.21: 1.95 US 53 and WIS 35 in Superior: I-535/US 53 at Duluth, MN
US Highways in Wisconsin are 14 current and 3 former United States Numbered Highways in Wisconsin. Mainline highways. Number Length (mi) Length (km)
State Trunk Highway 16 (often called Highway 16, STH-16 or WIS 16) is a Wisconsin state highway running from Pewaukee across the state to La Crosse. Much of its route in the state parallels the former mainline of the Milwaukee Road and current mainline of the Canadian Pacific Railway .
State Trunk Highway 165 (STH-165, commonly known as Highway 165 or WIS 65) is a highway in far southeastern Wisconsin connecting Pleasant Prairie, south of Kenosha, with Interstate 94/Interstate 41/US Highway 41 (I-94/I-41/US 41); the roadway continues westward as County Trunk Highway Q (CTH-Q) until it ends at US 45 near Pikeville.