Wisconsin Highway 153
State Trunk Highway 153 | ||||
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 WIS 153 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byWisDOT | ||||
| Length | 61.25 mi[1](98.57 km) | |||
| Existed | 1925–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  WIS 13inSpencer | |||
  I-39/US 51inMosinee | ||||
| East end |  US 45inTigerton | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Wisconsin | |||
| Counties | Marathon,Shawano | |||
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State Trunk Highway 153(often calledHighway 153,STH-153orWIS 153) is a 61.25 miles (98.57 km)state highwayinMarathonandShawanocounties in centralWisconsin,United States, that runs in east–west fromSpencertoTigerton,passing throughMosineeandStratford.The highway was originally designated in 1925 betweenWIS 97in Stratford andWIS 10in Mosinee. It was extended west to its present western terminus and east toWIS 49in 1947. It was extended again to its present eastern terminus in the early 1960s.
Route description
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The highway begins at its intersection withWIS 13and 153rd Road north of Stratford and continues eastward from it. It passes byWIS 97(North Weber Avenue) in Stratford and various small communities before it enters Moisinee. The highway runs through downtown Mosinee and intersects with County Trunk Highway B (CTH-B, Main Street) and continues east on Main Street before running south on Old Highway 51 for a short distance before continuing east, passing through an interchange withInterstate 39(I-39) andUS Highway 51(US 51) and byCentral Wisconsin Airport.The highway runs south through a shortconcurrencywith CTH-J before running east from it. It later runs north towards Mission Lake Road and continues east along its alignment, intersectingWIS 49before ending atUS 45in thetown of Wittenberg.[2]
History
[edit]The WIS 153 designation first appeared on the state highway map in 1925 as a largely unpaved route from WIS 97 in Stratford to WIS 10 in Mosinee. The section west of WIS 97 was signed as CTH-M.[3]In 1927, the same year WIS 10 was redesignated as US 51, a section east of US 51 was signed as CTH-K.[4]
In 1939, a bill proposing an extension of the highway was heard in theWisconsin Legislature,though this was indefinitely postponed.[5]The first two extensions were built in 1947, extending the highway 11 miles (18 km) west along the alignment of CTH-B to WIS 13 and 16 miles (26 km) east along CTH-K to WIS 49 inElderon.[6][7]A third extension was built in 1961 or 1962, extending the highway 6 miles (10 km) further east from Elderon along CTH-K to its present eastern terminus at US 45 nearWhitcomb.[8][9]
Major intersections
[edit]| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Marathon | Town of Brighton | 0.0 | 0.0 | WIS 13–Abbotsford,Marshfield | |
| Stratford | 11.3 | 18.2 |  WIS 97–Athens,Marshfield | ||
| Town of Emmet | 22.8 | 36.7 |   WIS 107north –Marathon City | ||
| Mosinee | 29.9 | 48.1 |  CTH-B north | ||
| 31.3 | 50.4 | I-39/US 51–Wausau,Stevens Point | |||
| Town of Reid | 42.8 | 68.9 |  CTH-J north | Northern end of CTH-J concurrency | |
| Reid–Bevent town line | 43.8 | 70.5 |  CTH-J south | Southern end of CTH-J concurrency | |
| Elderon | 54.7 | 88.0 |  WIS 49–Iola | ||
| Shawano | Town of Wittenberg | 61.1 | 98.3 | US 45–Wittenberg,Clintonville,New London | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^Bessert, Chris."Wisconsin Highways: Highways 150-159 (Highway 153)".Wisconsin Highways.RetrievedMarch 20,2007.[self-published source]
- ^ab"State Trunk Highway 153 Route"(Map).Google Maps.Google. April 2, 2020.RetrievedApril 2,2020.
- ^Wisconsin State Highway Commission (1925).Official Highway Map of Wisconsin: 'The Playground of the Middle West'(Map). 1:1,203,840. Madison: Wisconsin State Highway Commission.OCLC829937616.RetrievedApril 11,2020– via Wisconsin Historical Society.
- ^Wisconsin State Highway Commission (1927).Official Highway Map of Wisconsin: 'The Playground of the Middle West'(Map). 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin State Highway Commission.OCLC671337231.RetrievedApril 11,2020– via Wisconsin Historical Society.
- ^Wisconsin Legislature (1939).Final Bulletin of the Proceedings of the Wisconsin Legislature.Madison: Wisconsin Legislature. p. 1033.RetrievedApril 11,2020– viaGoogle Books.
- ^State Highway Commission of Wisconsin (1947).Official Highway Map of Wisconsin(PDF)(Map). 1:823680.Madison.§§ E6, F6.
- ^State Highway Commission of Wisconsin (1948).Official Highway Map of Wisconsin(PDF)(Map). 1:823680.Madison.§§ E6, F6.
- ^Wisconsin Highway Commission (1961).Official Highway Map of Wisconsin(PDF)(Map). c. 1:887040.Madison.§ G6.
- ^Wisconsin Highway Commission (1962).Official Highway Map of Wisconsin(PDF)(Map). c. 1:887040.Madison.§ G6.
External links
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Media related toWisconsin Highway 153at Wikimedia Commons
