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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
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]
The county's Republican Party establishment rallied around Schmidt, who at the time was gaining statewide notoriety as president of the Wisconsin county highway committee members association. With the support of the party, he faced no opposition in the primary , [ 2 ] and went on to face Democrat Allan J. Graskamp.
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 ...
I-43 in Bellevue, Wisconsin: US 2/US 141 at Quinnesec, MI: 1926: current Southern segment US 141: 14.46: 23.27 US 2/US 141 near Spread Eagle: US 2/US 141 near Florence: 1928: current Northern segment, concurrent with US 2 US 151: 337: 542 US 61/US 151 in Kieler: US 10 in Manitowoc: 1926: current
Iowa County was formed in 1829 from the Crawford County land south of the Wisconsin River. [1] Brown County's southern portion was used to form Milwaukee County in 1834. [ 1 ] The state of Wisconsin was created from Wisconsin Territory on May 29, 1848, with 28 counties.
State Trunk Highway 75 (often called Highway 75, STH-75 or WIS 75) is a former 12.10-mile-long (19.47 km) state highway in the southeastern part of U.S. state of Wisconsin. The highway ran from WIS 50 and WIS 83 in Paddock Lake north to WSI 20 east of Waterford .