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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.
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 ...
Wisconsin uses letters as designations for its county roads. Highways may be labeled with a single letter (CTH-H), double letter (CTH-LL or CTH-AB) or triple letter (CTH-BBB). Roads are usually named sequentially, although the letter designation may stand for the initials of a road, a geographical feature, a political division (such as CTH-KR ...
The current Highway 11 is the second route to be known by that name. The first Highway 11 ran from Prairie du Sac to Gotham, then to LaCrosse, and then to Superior. The route that WIS 11 currently follows was previously designated WIS 20 from the Iowa state line to Burlington. The remaining route was not a part of the state highway system at ...
Starting in 2023, Wisconsin introduced a new fleet plate option for entities operating ten or more standard or light-truck vehicles. This plate does not require registration stickers and can be renewed online. [8] Ice Age Trail 2023-present Embossed black serial on two-tone blue and yellow background with a woolly mammoth at left. IceAgeTrail.org
Between 1920 and 1923, WIS 100 was designated via parts of modern-day WIS 138 and US 51. [3] [4] The entirety was replaced by a new alignment of WIS 10.[5] [6]The current alignment of WIS 100 was initially a county-constructed concrete loop highway known as County Trunk Highway L. [7]
US 10 west / WIS 54 west – Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point: Northern end of US 10/WIS 54 concurrency; north end of freeway section; US 10 exit 250: Iola: 99.9: 160.8: WIS 161 east – Symco: Southern end of WIS 161 concurrency: 100.5: 161.7: WIS 161 west – Nelsonville: Northern end of WIS 161 concurrency: Portage: Alban: 113.8: 183.1
A map by the American Automobile Association does show the highway continuing east through Faithorn and Hermansville in Michigan to end at US 2. [25] The Wisconsin Highway Commission previously indicated an unnumbered state highway on their 1925 state map that connected Pembine with the Menominee River near Hermansville. [21]