State Trunk Highway 163 (often called Highway 163, STH-163 or WIS 163) was 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 U.S. 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 ran north–south between
Mishicot and
Luxemburg. The road was turned over to county control in 1999, and it is now designated as County Trunk Highway B (CTH-B) in
Manitowoc County
Manitowoc County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 81,359. Its county seat is Manitowoc. The county was created in 1836 prior to Wisconsin's statehood and organized in 1848. Manitowoc County ...
and CTH-AB in
Kewaunee County
Kewaunee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,563. Its county seat is Kewaunee. The county was created in 1852 and organized in 1859. Its Menominee name is ''Kewāneh'', an arc ...
.
Route description
At its latest routing, WIS 163 began to travel northward from WIS 147 in Mishicot. Going past the Manitowoc–Kewaunee county line, it intersected WIS 29 near
Ellisville. Continuing farther north, the highway ended at WIS 54 in Luxembourg.
History
Initially, in 1923, WIS 163 was formed to travel from WIS 17 (now WIS 42) in Two Rivers to WIS 54 in Luxembourg. In 1935, WIS 147 extended southeast from Mishicot to Two Rivers, causing WIS 163 to be removed southeast of Mishicot. In 1970, WIS 163 was straightened west of Tisch Mills. In 1999, WIS 163 was decommissioned in favor of transferring this route to local control (replaced by CTH-B in Manitowoc County and CTH-A and AB in Kewaunee County).
The route number has not been used ever since.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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Transportation in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin