State Trunk Highway 138 (often called Highway 138, STH-138 or WIS 138) is a
state highway in the
U.S. state
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of
Wisconsin
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. It runs west–east between
Oregon
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and
Stoughton and north–south between Stoughton and
Cooksville Cooksville may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Cooksville (Mississauga), a neighbourhood in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
**Cooksville GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the neighbourhood
**Mississauga EastâCooksville, an electo ...
.
Route description
WIS 138 starts in
Cooksville Cooksville may refer to:
Places
;Canada
* Cooksville (Mississauga), a neighbourhood in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
**Cooksville GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in the neighbourhood
**Mississauga EastâCooksville, an electo ...
, an unincorporated community with an
Evansville
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address. It runs north into
Dane County
Dane County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 561,504, making it the second-most populous county in Wisconsin. The county seat is Madison, which is also the state capital.
Dane County is the ...
towards
Stoughton, although it makes one S-bend on the way. In Stoughton, it turns west with
US 51. It
runs concurrently with US 51 to the west side of the city, then continues west in a straight line towards
Oregon
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. It becomes Janesville Street once it crosses
US 14.
History
Starting in 1923, WIS 138 was formed to travel roughly along its present-day route from WIS 10/WIS 106 (now US 51/WIS 138) in Stoughton to WIS 59 in Cooksville. Up until 1962, no major change to the routing had happened. Then, WIS 138 superseded part of WIS 106 from Stoughton to US 14 near Oregon. In late-1978, US 14 was moved onto a newly built expressway around Oregon. As a result, WIS 138 no longer needed to travel southwestward to get to US 14. Instead, it then continuously traveled westward to get to US 14.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 138
138
Transportation in Rock County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Dane County, Wisconsin