State Trunk Highway 126 (often called Highway 126, STH-126 or WIS 126) 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 US state of
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 ...
. It runs from
Wisconsin Highway 81
State Trunk Highway 81 (often called Highway 81, STH-81 or WIS 81) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west in southwest and south central Wisconsin from Beloit to Cassville. Between Brodhead and Monroe it ...
south of the village of
Belmont
Belmont may refer to:
People
* Belmont (surname)
Places
* Belmont Abbey (disambiguation)
* Belmont Historic District (disambiguation)
* Belmont Hotel (disambiguation)
* Belmont Park (disambiguation)
* Belmont Plantation (disambiguation)
* Belmon ...
north to
U.S. Highway 151
U.S. Highway 151 (US 151) is a United States Numbered Highway that runs through the states of Iowa and Wisconsin. The southern terminus for US 151 is at a junction with Interstate 80 (I-80) in Iowa County, Iowa, and its northern terminu ...
at the village's northern border; the highway is located entirely within
Lafayette County. Highway 126 is maintained by the
Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Route description
WIS 126 begins at an intersection with WIS 81 in the
Town of Elk Grove. From here, the highway heads north through farmland. It meets the western terminus of County Trunk Highway F (CTF-F) before continuing north toward Belmont. At the village's southern edge, the highway curves to the east, following CTH-G. The road turns north at a junction with CTH-XX and heads through a residential area of Belmont as Mound Avenue. It continues north through the village's downtown, crossing the
Pecatonica State Trail and a creek. From here, WIS 126 heads to the northwest as 1st Capitol Avenue, where it terminates at exit 26 on US 151. The road continues northwest as CTH-G.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
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Transportation in Lafayette County, Wisconsin