State Trunk Highway 86 (often called Highway 86, STH-86 or WIS 86) is a
state highway in the U.S. state of
Wisconsin
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. It runs east–west in north central Wisconsin from
Ogema to
Tomahawk
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.
Route description
File:Wisconsin Highway 86 East Terminus Looking West.jpg, Looking west from the eastern terminus
File:Wisconsin Highway 86 west terminus from WIS13.jpg, West terminus
The roadway transitions from County Trunk Highway O (CTH-O) to WIS 86 at the WIS 13 intersection west of Ogema. After crossing the
Pine Line Trail in Ogema, WIS 86 then turns north and then east again. Continuing east, WIS 86 intersects WIS 102. Continuing further east, WIS 86 then crosses above the
Wisconsin River
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. After the crossing, it then turns north towards downtown Tomahawk. In downtown, it first intersects CTH-S (former WIS 107) and then turns east once again. Further east, it then meets
US Highway 51 (US 51) at a diamond interchange. At this point, WIS 86 ends there, and the roadway continues east as CTH-D.
History
Initially, in 1919, WIS 86 was formed to travel along present-day WIS 73 from WIS 18 (now US 10) in Neillsville to WIS 16 (later WIS 29, now CTH-X) in Withee. This routing was eventually relocated in 1924 after WIS 73 extended northwestward, superseding the old route in the process. On the new route, WIS 56 traveled from WIS 13 (now CTH-G) in Ogema to WIS 10 (now CTH-S) in Tomahawk.
In 1956, WIS 86 extended northwest along former CTH-A (now CTH-O) to US 8 east of Catawba. In the fall of 1983, WIS 86 extended eastward towards the newly built US 51 Tomahawk bypass. By 1993, most of the 1956 northwestern extension was reverted to its county maintenance, replacing with CTH-O in the process. As a result, WIS 86 was truncated back to WIS 13, this time at the Ogema bypass.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
*{{Commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 86
086
Transportation in Price County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Lincoln County, Wisconsin