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The organized system of Wisconsin State Trunk Highways (typically abbreviated as STH or WIS), the state highway system for the U.S. state of Wisconsin, was created in 1917. The legislation made Wisconsin the first state to have a standard numbering system for its highways. It was designed to connect every county seat and city with over 5000 ...
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.
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]
WIS 195 is a multi-lane highway from Interstate 41/Interstate 94/US Highway 41 (I-41/I-94/US 41) to WIS 32 (Sheridan Road) that was widened in 2020 to accommodate new Foxconn industrial facilities along the route. Before coming under state control, the road was designated as County Trunk Highway KR (CTH-KR) [2] before
Number Length (mi) Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes US 2: 104.49: 168.16 US 2 in Superior: US 2 in Hurley: 1926
State Trunk Highway 31 (often called Highway 31, STH-31 or WIS 31) is a 22.86-mile (36.79 km) state highway in Kenosha and Racine counties in the US state of Wisconsin that runs north–south as a suburban route passing Racine and Kenosha.
State Trunk Highway 32 (often called Highway 32, STH-32 or WIS 32) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that runs north–south in the eastern part of the state. It runs from the Illinois border (at Illinois Route 137 ) north to the Michigan border ( concurrent with U.S. Highway 45 ).
State Trunk Highway 17 (often called Highway 17, STH-17 or WIS 17) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.The highway is a secondary route in northeastern Wisconsin that directly connects Rhinelander, Eagle River and the central and eastern parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula with Wausau, Wisconsin and points south and west.