State Trunk Highway 105 (often called Highway 105, STH-105 or WIS 105) is a east–west
state highway
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in
Douglas County, Wisconsin
Douglas County is a county located at the northwest corner of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 44,295 Its county seat is Superior. Douglas County is included in the Duluth, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistica ...
, that connects
Oliver (at the Minnesota border at
Duluth
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, nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City
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, image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...
) with
Tower Avenue
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in
Superior
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Places
*Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a separate state
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.
WIS 105 serves as an east–west arterial route between the city of Superior, the village of Oliver, and the Gary-New Duluth neighborhood of Duluth that passes through the
Town of Superior.
Route description
The western terminus of WIS 105 is at the state line with Minnesota at the
Oliver Bridge
The Oliver Bridge is a bridge across the Saint Louis River. It was constructed in 1910 as a railway bridge by the Interstate Transfer Railway Company, a Wisconsin corporation, under special federal authorization from the 60th United States Congr ...
. The bridge crosses the
Saint Louis River to the Gary-New Duluth neighborhood in the city of
Duluth
, settlement_type = City
, nicknames = Twin Ports (with Superior), Zenith City
, motto =
, image_skyline =
, image_caption = Clockwise from top: urban Duluth skyline; Minnesota ...
. The highway follows Union Street through Oliver and 61st street into Superior. After crossing the river, WIS 105 becomes
Minnesota State Highway 39 (MN 39, East McCuen Street).
[ From its western terminus, WIS 105 runs east-west through Oliver, intersecting with County Trunk Highway W (CTH-W) in western Oliver. After exiting Oliver, it curves northeast through the town of Superior before entering the city of Superior. It then runs east-west through southern Superior before ending at an intersection with WIS 135. The highway is undivided for its entire length.]
History
WIS 105 was designated along a route resembling its current one between 1923 and 1926.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 105
105
Transportation in Douglas County, Wisconsin