Wisconsin Highway 49
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State Trunk Highway 49 (often called Highway 49, STH-49 or WIS49) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in central and southeast Wisconsin from Wittenberg to Lomira. The highway was initially designated in 1917, but it had not been extended to its current length until the 1950s.
Route description
WIS49 begins at an interchange with Interstate 41 (I-41) north of Lomira and runs west from it, passing through Brownsville before curving to the north to meet the Dodge-Fond du Lac county line. After an interchange with US151, WIS49 runs through Waupun. Shortly after exiting Waupun, the highway curves and starts running north to Brandon. Shortly after exiting Brandon, the highway runs concurrently with WIS44. This concurrency ends in Ripon, where a concurrency with WIS23 begins. The highway runs north from the concurrent alignment shortly before it reaches Green Lake. While running north, WIS49 runs through Berlin and many smaller communities before reaching an interchange at US10.
The highway runs concurrently with US 10, which is a freeway for most of its length. The highway passes by Weyauwega and the Waupaca Municipal Airport before leaving the concurrency and running through Waupaca. After exiting Waupaca, it runs north to Scandinavia and then to Iola, where the highway enters runs concurrently for a short distance with WIS161. WIS49 then runs northwesterly to WIS66 before continuing north, passing through an intersection with WIS153 in Elderon before terminating at WIS29.
History
When Wisconsin's state trunk highways were first designated in 1917, the highway ran from WIS23 near Green Lake to WIS18 (by 1930, this had become US10) south of Waupaca. In the early 1920s, WIS49 was extended south to Waupun. By 1930, the highway had been extended to its current northern terminus at WIS29, and it was paved south of Poy Sippi (between WIS21 and US10). In 1933, the section between Poy Sippi and US10 was paved. Sometime between 1948 and 1956, the highway had been extended to US41 (now I-41/US41). The extension was mostly paved but contained an unpaved section west of Brownsville.
Major junctions
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodge | Town of Lomira | 0.00 | 0.00 | I-41 (US41)– Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Milwaukee | Southern terminus; I-41 exit 87; road continues east as CTH-KK | |
| 0.7 | 1.1 | WIS175– Lomira, Fond du Lac | ||||
| Dodge–Fond du Lac county line | Chester–Waupun town line | 14.5 | 23.3 | US151– Madison, Fond du Lac | Diamond interchange; US 151 exit 146 | |
| Waupun | 15.0 | 24.1 | WIS26 (Watertown Street) | |||
| 15.1 | 24.3 | Fond Du Lac Street (Bus. US151 north)/ Carrington Street | Eastern end of Bus. US 151 concurrency | |||
| 15.2 | 24.5 | Madison Street (Bus. US151 south) | Western end of Bus. US 151 concurrency | |||
| 16.2 | 26.1 | WIS68 west (Fox Lake Road)– Fox Lake | ||||
| Fond du Lac | Metomen | 26.9 | 43.3 | WIS44 south– Fairwater | Southern end of WIS44 concurrency | |
| Ripon | 34.3 | 55.2 | WIS23 east/ WIS44 north (Fond du Lac Street east) | Northern end of WIS44 concurrency; southern end of WIS23 concurrency | ||
| 35.4 | 57.0 | Union Street to WIS44 north | ||||
| Green Lake | Green Lake–Brooklyn line | 40.2 | 64.7 | WIS23 west/ CTH-A south– Green Lake, Princeton | Northern end of WIS23 concurrency | |
| Berlin | 48.2 | 77.6 | WIS91 east– Oshkosh | |||
| Waushara | Aurora | 54.3 | 87.4 | WIS21– Redgranite, Omro | ||
| Waupaca | Fremont | 72.6 | 116.8 | US10 east/ WIS110 south– Fremont, Appleton | Interchange; southern end of US10/WIS 110 concurrency; US 10 exit 264 | |
| Weyauwega | 76.2 | 122.6 | 260B | CTH-F north– Weyauwega | Interchange; exit numbers follow US 10; northbound exit and southbound entrance | |
| 77.2 | 124.2 | 260A | WIS110 north/ CTH-X– Weyauwega | Interchange; northern end of WIS 110 concurrency | ||
| Waupaca | 82.2 | 132.3 | 254 | WIS22 north/ WIS54 east/ CTH-A south/ CTH-K north– Waupaca, New London | South end of freeway section; eastern end of WIS22/WIS54 concurrency; access to Waupaca Municipal Airport | |
| Town of Waupaca | 83.8 | 134.9 | 253 | Churchill Street | ||
| Waupaca | 85.2 | 137.1 | 252 | WIS22 south– Wild Rose | Western end of WIS22 concurrency | |
| Farmington–Waupaca line | 86.4 | 139.0 | US10 west/ WIS54 west– Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point | Northern end of US10/WIS 54 concurrency; north end of freeway section; US 10 exit 250 | ||
| Iola | 99.9 | 160.8 | WIS161 east– Symco | Southern end of WIS161 concurrency | ||
| 100.5 | 161.7 | WIS161 west– Nelsonville | Northern end of WIS161 concurrency | |||
| Portage | Alban | 113.8 | 183.1 | WIS66 west– Rosholt, Stevens Point | ||
| Marathon | Elderon | 125.1 | 201.3 | WIS153– Mosinee | ||
| Town of Elderon | 128.1 | 206.2 | WIS29– Wausau, Wittenberg | Northern terminus; road continues as Black Willow Drive | ||
| 1.000mi = 1.609km; 1.000km = 0.621mi Concurrency terminusIncomplete access |
See also
- U.S. Roadsportal
External links
- Media related toWisconsin Highway 49at Wikimedia Commons