State Trunk Highway 170 (often called Highway 170, STH-170 or WIS 170) is a
state highway
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in
St. Croix
Saint Croix; nl, Sint-Kruis; french: link=no, Sainte-Croix; Danish and no, Sankt Croix, Taino: ''Ay Ay'' ( ) is an island in the Caribbean Sea, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincor ...
and
Dunn counties in
Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by total area and the 20th-most populous. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake M ...
, United States that runs east–west from
Glenwood City to near
Colfax.
Route description
WIS 170 begins at the intersection of 1st street and Oak Street in Glenwood City. 1st Street north and Oak Street west of the intersection are part of
WIS 128. The highway runs south along 1st Street until meeting Maple Street, on which it runs east. It continues along this routing until it reaches
Downing, where it intersects County Trunk Highway (CTH) G and CTH-Q. East of Downing, the route starts following a railroad which it follows or runs near for the rest of the route. Within
Boyceville, the highway follows a very short
concurrency
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with
WIS 79. East of Boyceville, the highway follows or stays near the
Hay River Hay River may refer to:
Places
* Hay River, Northwest Territories
* Hay River, Wisconsin
Rivers
* Hay River (Wisconsin)
* Hay River (Canada), a river in Alberta and Northwest Territories, Canada
* Hay River, Northern Territory, Australia
* Hay R ...
, which the railroad also follows. It passes through an intersection with
WIS 25
State Trunk Highway 25 (often called Highway 25, STH-25 or WIS 25) is a state highway in Wisconsin, United States. The route serves local traffic in the western part of the state, connecting Durand, Menomonie and Barron. It is two-lane surfac ...
in
Wheeler
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and continues along the railroad/Hay River alignment until the Hay River drains into
Tainter Lake
Tainter Lake is a small reservoir in north central Dunn County, Wisconsin, on the Red Cedar River at its confluence with the Hay River. The lake was created by a hydroelectric dam (about downstream on the Red Cedar at Cedar Falls. The lake, a ...
, east of which the highway follows the railroad along the
Red Cedar River before terminating at
WIS 40
State Trunk Highway 40 (often called Highway 40, STH-40 or WIS 40) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs in north–south in northwest Wisconsin from near Elk Mound to Radisson, passing through Sawyer, Rusk, Chippewa, and D ...
in Colfax.
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Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 170
170
Year 170 ( CLXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Clarus and Cornelius (or, less frequently, year 923 ''Ab urbe condita ...
Transportation in St. Croix County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Dunn County, Wisconsin