State Trunk Highway 162 (often called Highway 162, STH-162 or WIS 162) is a
state highway
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in the
U.S. state
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of
Wisconsin
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. It runs in north–south in southwest Wisconsin from
Stoddard to
Four Corners
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.
Route description
The highway starts at its intersection with
Highway 33 and Division Street in
Stoddard and runs east along Coon Creek. After a
concurrency
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Law
* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with County Highway K, the highway goes through
Chaseburg and continues northeast. The highway runs along a short concurrency with
US 14
U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For ...
and
US 61
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. This short concurrency is a
wrong-way concurrency
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because WIS 162 and US 61 are signed in opposing directions throughout its length. Just west of
Coon Valley, the wrong-way concurrency ends as the highway runs north from it.
[
After , the highway enters a concurrency Highway 33, which ends at Middle Ridge, which the highway runs north from. After its intersection with County Highway JB, the highway runs along Dutch Creek. It interchanges with ]I-90
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before entering Bangor. After a short concurrency with County Highway B, the highway runs north from Bangor. It enters a short concurrency with Highway 16
Route 16, or Highway 16, can refer to:
International
* Asian Highway 16
* European route E16
* European route E016
Australia
- Thompsons Road (Victoria)
- South Australia
Canada
;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway:
*Yellowhead Hi ...
before following Burns Creek. From the creek's end, the highway continues north until it terminates at Highway 71 in Four Corners
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.[
]
Major intersections
This table lists the major intersections along Highway 162.
See also
*
References
External links
*{{Commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 162
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Transportation in Vernon County, Wisconsin
Transportation in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Monroe County, Wisconsin