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State Trunk Highway 162 (often called Highway 162, STH-162 or WIS 162) is a
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
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 aconcurrency
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* 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 162162
Year 162 ( CLXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rusticus and Plautius (or, less frequently, year 915 '' Ab ...
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