State Trunk Highway 156 (often called Highway 156, STH-156 or WIS 156) is a
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the
U.S. state of
Wisconsin. The highway runs east–west through northeast Wisconsin, passing through
Waupaca and
Shawano counties. Highway 156 runs from
Wisconsin Highway 22
State Trunk Highway 22 (often called Highway 22, STH-22 or WIS 22) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The route's trajectory is mostly south to north, with the exception of the segment between Shawano and the northern terminus bei ...
in
Clintonville east to
Wisconsin Highway 29 at the
Brown County line northwest of
Green Bay. The highway is maintained by the
Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Route description
Highway 156 begins at an intersection with Highway 22 in Clintonville. The route leaves Clintonville and runs through eastern Waupaca County before crossing into Shawano County. Highway 156 meets
Highway 187 in southwest Shawano County. The highway runs through southern Shawano County and passes through the community of
Navarino before meeting
Highway 47 near
Briarton. Highway 156 continues eastward through Briarton and meets
Highway 55 in
Rose Lawn before terminating at
Highway 29 at the Brown County line.
History
The original route of Highway 156 ran from the intersection of Wisconsin Highway 22 and
U.S. Route 45 in Clintonville to
Nichols via
Leeman. In 1954, the western terminus of the highway was moved north to its present location, and the highway ran westward until becoming
concurrent with Highway 187 at their present junction. In the mid-1980s, Highway 156 was realigned to its current route; the former route remained Highway 187 on the concurrency and became
Highway 168 from Leeman to Nichols.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
*{{Commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 156
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Transportation in Waupaca County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Shawano County, Wisconsin