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State Trunk Highway 153 (often called Highway 153, STH-153 or WIS 153) is a state highway in Marathon and Shawano counties in central
The highway begins at its intersection with WIS 13 and 153rd Road north of Stratford and continues eastward from it. It passes by WIS 97 (North Weber Avenue) in Stratford and various small communities before it enters Moisinee. The highway runs through downtown Mosinee and intersects with County Trunk Highway B (CTH-B, Main Street) and continues east on Main Street before running south on Old Highway 51 for a short distance before continuing east, passing through an interchange with
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 in east–west from Spencer to Tigerton, passing through Mosinee and Stratford. The highway was originally designated in 1925 between WIS 97 in Stratford and WIS 10 in Mosinee. It was extended west to its present western terminus and east to WIS 49
State Trunk Highway 49 (often called Highway 49, STH-49 or WIS 49) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in central and southeast Wisconsin from Wittenberg to Lomira. The highway was initially designated ...
in 1947. It was extended again to its present eastern terminus in the early 1960s.
Route description
The highway begins at its intersection with WIS 13 and 153rd Road north of Stratford and continues eastward from it. It passes by WIS 97 (North Weber Avenue) in Stratford and various small communities before it enters Moisinee. The highway runs through downtown Mosinee and intersects with County Trunk Highway B (CTH-B, Main Street) and continues east on Main Street before running south on Old Highway 51 for a short distance before continuing east, passing through an interchange with Interstate 39
Interstate 39 (I-39) is a highway in the Midwestern United States. I-39 runs from Normal, Illinois, at I-55 to State Trunk Highway 29 (WIS 29) in the town of Rib Mountain, Wisconsin, which is approximately south of Wausau. I- ...
(I-39) and US Highway 51 (US 51) and by Central Wisconsin Airport
Central Wisconsin Airport , referred to as "C-Way", is a public airport located southeast of the central business district of Mosinee, in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is owned by Marathon County and Portage County. It is incl ...
. The highway runs south through a short concurrency with CTH-J before running east from it. It later runs north towards Mission Lake Road and continues east along its alignment, intersecting WIS 49 before ending at US 45
U.S. Route 45 (US 45) is a major north-south United States highway and a border-to-border route, from Lake Superior to the Gulf of Mexico. A sign at the highway's northern terminus notes the total distance as .
US 45 is notable for incorporatin ...
in the town of Wittenberg.
History
The WIS 153 designation first appeared on the state highway map in 1925 as a largely unpaved route from WIS 97 in Stratford to WIS 10 in Mosinee. The section west of WIS 97 was signed as CTH-M. In 1927, the same year WIS 10 was redesignated as US 51, a section east of US 51 was signed as CTH-K. In 1939, a bill proposing an extension of the highway was heard in theWisconsin Legislature
The Wisconsin Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The Legislature is a bicameral body composed of the upper house, Wisconsin State Senate, and the lower Wisconsin State Assembly, both of which have had Republica ...
, though this was indefinitely postponed. The first two extensions were built in 1947, extending the highway west along the alignment of CTH-B to WIS 13 and east along CTH-K to WIS 49 in Elderon. A third extension was built in 1961 or 1962, extending the highway further east from Elderon along CTH-K to its present eastern terminus at US 45 near Whitcomb Whitcombe or Whitcomb may refer to:
People
* Whitcombe (surname)
* George Faunce Whitcomb
*Ian Whitcomb (1941-2020)
Places
;United Kingdom
* Whitcombe, Dorset, England
* Whitcombe, Somerset, England
;United States
* Whitcomb, Indiana
* Whitcomb, ...
.
Major intersections
See also
*References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 153153
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Transportation in Marathon County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Shawano County, Wisconsin