State Trunk Highway 13(often calledHighway 13,STH-13orWIS 13) is astate highwayrunning north–south across northwest and centralWisconsin.WIS 13 serves as a major north–south route connecting the communities ofWisconsin Dells,Wisconsin Rapids,MarshfieldandAshland.WIS 13 is part of theLake Superior Circle Tourfrom its northern/western terminus to Ashland at is eastern junction withU.S. Highway 2(US 2). The road also provides access to theApostle Islands National Lakeshoreoff theLake Superiorshoreline atBayfield.The highway is two-lane surface road with the exception of various urban multilane road sections.
 State Trunk Highway 13 | ||||
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| POW/MIA Memorial Highway | ||||
 WIS 13 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained byWisDOT | ||||
| Length | 338.32 mi[1](544.47 km) | |||
| Tourist routes |  Lake Superior Circle Tour | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   I-90/I-94inWisconsin Dells | |||
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| North end |   US 2/US 53inSuperior | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Wisconsin | |||
| Counties | Sauk,Columbia,Adams,Wood,Portage,Marathon,Clark,Taylor,Price,Ashland,Bayfield,Douglas | |||
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Route description
editWisconsin Dells to Marshfield
editWIS 13 begins atInterstate 90/Interstate 94(I-90/I-94) and passes east through Wisconsin Dells as an urban multilane highway, crossingUS 12and merging withWIS 16andWIS 23east through the city.[2]WIS 13 then turns north, while WIS 23 heads east and WIS 16 heads south one mile (1.6 km) east of the city.[3]WIS 13 follows theWisconsin Rivernorth throughAdams County,passing throughPlainville,AdamsandFriendship.The highway then crossesWIS 21three miles (4.8 km) north of Friendship and finally passes throughCottonville,Big FlatsandRomebefore enteringWood County.[4]
In Wood County, WIS 13 crossesWIS 73four miles (6.4 km) east ofNekoosabefore entering Wisconsin Rapids. WIS 13 joinsWIS 54south at the Riverview Expressway, a short bypass of the downtown area. The two highways split two miles (3.2 km) west of their join point, and WIS 13 merges with WIS 73 north. At the junction withWIS 34,WIS 73 turns westerly via West Grand Ave, and WIS 13 continues due northerly concurrent with WIS 34 for approximately 12 miles (19 km) before intersecting theUS 10freeway three miles (4.8 km) west of Junction City at exit 204. There, WIS 13 turns to followUS 10west toward Marshfield, following the US 10 expressway bypassing Milladore, Blenker, and Auburndale. At exit 186 (CTH-A/Veterans Parkway) on the south side of Marshfield, WIS 13 exits the US 10 expressway to head north intoMarshfieldon Veterans Parkway. WIS 13 entersMarathon Countyafter passing through Marshfield.[5]
The four-lane road in Marshfield is also known as Veterans Parkway. This section was built to alleviate congestion in downtown Marshfield along Central Avenue.
Marshfield to Ashland
editWIS 13 heads northwest toSpencerwhere it turns north to follow the Marathon–Clarkcounty line, passing throughUnity,ColbyandAbbotsford(where it junctions withWIS 29) and aroundDorchester.[6]The highway then entersTaylor Countywhere it passes throughStetsonvilleand crossesWIS 64on the east side ofMedford.North of Medford, WIS 13 meanders aroundWhittlesey,ChelseaandWestboro.The highway entersPrice Countytwo miles (3.2 km) north of Westboro.[7]
In Price County, WIS 13 reaches theWIS 86terminus atOgemaand crossesUS 8nearPrentice.The highway then turns northwest toPhillips.The route turns north again out of Phillips to head intoFifieldwhereWIS 70crosses. WIS 13 then meetsWIS 182at its terminus inPark Fallsbefore heading northwest out of the county intoAshland County.[8]WIS 13 passes throughButternutandGliddenupon entering the county. Two miles (3.2 km) northwest of Glidden, the highway joins withWIS 77north, and the two highways head north, passing throughCayugaand split with WIS 77 heading east atMellenand WIS 13 heading northwest, passing throughHighbridge,MinersvilleandMarengo.WIS 13 then heads north toAshlandand joinsUS 2west for two miles (3.2 km) and then turns north (as US 2 continues west) along theLake Superiorshoreline inBayfield County[9]
Along the Lake Superior shoreline (Ashland to Superior)
editWIS 13 closely follows the shore ofChequamegon Bayand passes throughBarksdale,WashburnandBayfield.It is at Bayfield where access toMadeline Islandand the Apostle Island National Lakeshore is available. WIS 13 turns westward atRed Cliffand follows the shore of Lake Superior, passing throughCornucopia,Herbster,andPort Wing,before enteringDouglas County.[10]One mile after the county line, WIS 13 turns southward to parallel theBrule River State Forestfor five miles (8 km), then turns west again. The highway ends at US 2 andUS 53southeast ofSuperior.[11]
History
editWith some variation due to realignments over time, the original 1918 routing this highway followed much of today's WIS 13, beginning at what was then Kilbourn (present-day Wisconsin Dells), travelling north through Adams, Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids), Marshfield, Prentice and Ashland, ending in Bayfield. It was later that STH-13 was routed around the Bayfield Peninsula and westerly to just before Superior. WIS 13 ends in the Town of Parkland at CTH-Z.
The route of WIS 13 previously ran the length of the state fromBeloiton theIllinoisstate line to theMinnesotastate line. From Beloit, WIS 13 followed the roads that are nowUS 51,US 14,US 12throughJanesvilleandMadison.Additionally, WIS 13 was extended westerly from Bayfield first to Port Wing, then into Superior then across the border toDuluth.In the 1920s, the southern end of WIS 13 was realigned fromEvansvilleto Beloit along what is nowWIS 213after US 14 was commissioned.
WIS 13 was truncated to its present southern terminus in 1961 after I-90 and I-94 were commissioned.[1]
As of late August 2012, WIS 13 was removed as a concurrency with WIS 73 between Wisconsin Rapids and Marshfield. WIS 13 now departs Wisconsin Rapids concurrent with WIS 34 to the new US 10 expressway west of Junction City, and then follows the new US 10 west to Marshfield.[12]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Sauk | Wisconsin Dells | 0.0 | 0.0 | I-90/I-94–Tomah,Madison | Trumpet interchange |
| 0.6 | 0.97 |     US 12/WIS 16west /WIS 23west –Lyndon Station,Lake Delton | Southern end of WIS 16/WIS 23 concurrency | ||
| Columbia | 2.1 | 3.4 |  WIS 16east /WIS 23east –Montello,Portage | Northern end of WIS 16/WIS 23 concurrency | |
| Adams | Plainville | 8.5 | 13.7 |  CTH-K | |
| Springville | 13.3 | 21.4 |  WIS 82–Mauston,Oxford | ||
| Easton | 18.1 | 29.1 |  CTH-A | ||
| Grand Marsh | 22.5 | 36.2 |  CTH-E | ||
| Adams | 26.0 | 41.8 |  CTH-M | ||
| Village of Friendship | 27.6 | 44.4 |  CTH-J | ||
| Cottonville | 31.2 | 50.2 |  WIS 21–Arkdale,Necedah,Coloma | ||
| Big Flats | 41.1 | 66.1 |  CTH-C | ||
| Rome | 44.8 | 72.1 |  CTH-D | ||
| Wood | Nekoosa | 54.6 | 87.9 |  WIS 73–Nekoosa,Plainfield | |
| Wisconsin Rapids | 55.9 | 90.0 |  WIS 54east –Plover,Waupaca | Southern end of WIS 54 concurrency | |
| 57.0 | 91.7 |  WIS 54west /WIS 73south –Port Edwards,Black River Falls | Northern end of WIS 54 concurrency; southern end of WIS 73 concurrency | ||
| 57.8 | 93.0 |   WIS 34north /WIS 73north –Pittsville,Neillsville | Southern end of WIS 34 concurrency; northern end of WIS 73 concurrency | ||
| Rudolph | 65.1 | 104.8 | CTH-C | ||
| Portage | Junction City | 72.2 | 116.2 |  US 10east /WIS 34north –Stevens Point | Southern end of US 10 concurrency; northern end of WIS 34 concurrency |
| Wood | Marshfield | 89.5 | 144.0 | US 10west –Neillsville | Northern end of US 10 concurrency |
| 93.2 | 150.0 |  WIS 97north –Stratford | |||
| Marathon | Spencer | 102.0 | 164.2 |  WIS 98west / CTH-C east –Loyal | |
| 105.0 | 169.0 |  WIS 153east –Stratford | |||
| Unity | 109.0 | 175.4 |  CTH-P | ||
| Colby | 112.0 | 180.2 |  CTH-N | ||
| Abbotsford | 114.0 | 183.5 |  WIS 29–Chippewa Falls,Wausau | Partial cloverleaf interchange | |
| Dorchester | 119.0 | 191.5 | CTH-A | ||
| Taylor | Stetsonville | 124.0 | 199.6 | CTH-A | |
| Medford | 129.0 | 207.6 |  WIS 64–Cornell,Merrill | ||
| Whittlesey | 134.0 | 215.7 | CTH-M | ||
| Chelsea | 141.0 | 226.9 |  WIS 102north –Rib Lake | ||
| Westboro | 145.0 | 233.4 | CTH-D | ||
| Price | Ogema | 151.0 | 243.0 |  WIS 86east –Ogema,Tomahawk | |
| Prentice | 158.0 | 254.3 |  US 8–Ladysmith,Rhinelander | ||
| Phillips | 166.0 | 267.2 |  WIS 111south –Catawba | ||
| 170.0 | 273.6 |   CTH-H / CTH-W | |||
| Fifield | 184.0 | 296.1 |  WIS 70–Spooner,Woodruff | ||
| Park Falls | 188.0 | 302.6 |  WIS 182east –Springstead,Manitowish | ||
| Ashland | Butternut | 194.0 | 312.2 |  CTH-F | |
| Glidden | 204.0 | 328.3 | CTH-N | ||
| | 207.0 | 333.1 |  WIS 77west –Clam Lake,Hayward | Southern end of WIS 77 concurrency | |
| Mellen | 220.0 | 354.1 | WIS 77east –Hurley | Northern end of WIS 77 concurrency | |
| Minersville | 230.0 | 370.1 | CTH-C | ||
| | 233.0 | 375.0 |  WIS 112north –Benoit | ||
| Ashland | 244.0 | 392.7 |  WIS 137west (6th St.) | ||
| 245.0 | 394.3 |  US 2east /LSCT–Ironwood | Eastern end of US 2/LSCT concurrency | ||
| Bayfield | 248.0 | 399.1 | US 2west –Superior | Western end of US 2 concurrency | |
| Washburn | 254.0 | 408.8 | CTH-C | ||
| Bayfield | 267.0 | 429.7 | CTH-H | Via Ice Road or Ferry | |
| Cornucopia | 288.0 | 463.5 | CTH-C | ||
| Port Wing | 304.0 | 489.2 | CTH-A | ||
| Douglas | | 318.0 | 511.8 | CTH-H | |
| | 327.0 | 526.3 | CTH-F | ||
| | 331.0 | 532.7 | CTH-D | ||
| | 337.0 | 542.3 |  CTH-U | ||
| Parkland | 340.0 | 547.2 |  US 2/US 53/LSCT/ CTH-Z –Ashland,Spooner,Superior | Western end of LSCT concurrency; diamond interchange | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
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Twospecial routesexist for WIS 13. The first, in Wisconsin Rapids, runs downtown from Riverview Expressway (WIS 13 and WIS 54) along North 8th Street, then west along Avon Street, Jackson Street and West Grand Avenue, ending at the junction of WIS 34, WIS 13 and WIS 73. The second, in Marshfield, follows the old alignment of WIS 13 along Central Avenue through downtown.[1]
See also
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References
edit- ^abcBessert, Chris."Highways 10–19".Wisconsin Highways.RetrievedMarch 20,2007.[self-published source]
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Sauk Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Columbia Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Adams Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Wood Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Marathon Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Taylor Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Price Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Ashland Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Bayfield Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Wisconsin Department of Transportation.Douglas Co.(PDF)(Map). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
- ^Staff."US 10 Expansion Project: State Highway System Changes".Wisconsin Department of Transportation.RetrievedDecember 28,2007.
External links
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- WIS 13/80 Realignment informationfrom WisDOT (PDF document)