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Wisconsin is located in the East North Central United States, and is considered to be a part of the Midwest. [3] The state has a total area of 65,496 square miles (169,630 km 2), making it the 23rd largest U.S. State. [4] [5] Of this area, 17% is water, primarily Lake Michigan, Superior, and the many inland lakes in Wisconsin. [6]
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In 1924, WIS 54 extended westward to the Mississippi River. This route largely followed its present-day routing. As a result of the extension, it replaced parts of WIS 66 from Wisconsin Rapids to Plover and WIS 52 from Decora Prairie to Black River Falls. [5] By 1931, a portion of WIS 54 between Shiocton and Black Creek was straightened. [6]
Professor Lawrence Martin created a schema for dividing Wisconsin into geographical regions in his work "The Physical Geography of Wisconsin". [1] [2] Western Upland; Eastern Ridges and Lowlands; Central Plain; Northern Highland; Lake Superior Lowland; Three of these geographical provinces are uplands and two are lowlands.
Further east, US 2 re-enters Wisconsin from Michigan in Florence County and briefly traverses that county before re-entering Michigan. US 2 is a Wisconsin Corridors 2020 Connecting route east of its concurrency with US 53. The section concurrent with US 53 is a Wisconsin Corridors 2020 Backbone route. [4]
About four miles (6.4 km) east of Kingston, WIS 44 meets up with WIS 73. WIS 73 north heads to Princeton . It is cosigned with WIS 73, forming a wrong-way concurrency for roughly 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) through the unincorporated town of Manchester before WIS 73 cuts south to head to Randolph and Columbus .
WIS 11 begins in Grant County at the freeway carrying US 61 and US 151 and concurrent with WIS 35.WIS 35 turns south to Illinois a half of a mile into the route as WIS 11 meanders to the east to Hazel Green where it picks up WIS 80 north for 3 miles (4.8 km) before turning east again into Lafayette County while WIS 80 continues north along the county line. [2]
Many of Wisconsin's largest cities are located in the Eastern Ridges and Lowlands region, including Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Kenosha, Racine, Appleton, Sheboygan, and others. The abundance of cities in the area make it Wisconsin's most populous region. The largest city in this region is Milwaukee with a population of 592,025 (2018).