State Trunk Highway 168 (often called Highway 168, STH-168 or WIS 168) was a
state highway
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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 east–west for between
Nichols Nichols may refer to:
People
*Nichols (surname)
*Nichol, a surname
Places Canada
* Nichols Islands, Nunavut
United States
* Nichols, California, an unincorporated community
* Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California
* Nichols, Connecticut
* Nich ...
and
Seymour. Because it paralleled
WIS 54
State Trunk Highway 54 (often called Highway 54, STH-54 or WIS 54) is a Wisconsin state highway running east–west across central Wisconsin. It is in length.
Route description Minnesota state line to Plover
WIS 54 begins at the we ...
and
WIS 156, the road was turned over to
Outagamie County
Outagamie County is a county in the northeast region of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 190,705. Its county seat is Appleton.
Outagamie County is included in the Appleton, WI Metropolitan Statistical Are ...
control in 2003, and is now designated as County Trunk Highway VV (CTH-VV).
Route description
At its latest routing, WIS 168 began its journey east from WIS 47 east of
Nichols Nichols may refer to:
People
*Nichols (surname)
*Nichol, a surname
Places Canada
* Nichols Islands, Nunavut
United States
* Nichols, California, an unincorporated community
* Nichols Canyon, Los Angeles, California
* Nichols, Connecticut
* Nich ...
. Then, traveling under east, WIS 168 ended at WIS 55 north of
Seymour.
History
In 1934, WIS 168 was first established to travel along present-day CTH-A and 13th Avenue from
US Highway 16 (US 16, now WIS 16) to the Quarry Hill Road/Cinder Avenue intersection. This intersection was located at
Camp McCoy
Fort McCoy is a United States Army installation on between Sparta and Tomah, Wisconsin, in Monroe County. In 1909, there were two separate camps named Camp Emory Upton and Camp Robinson; in 1926, these camps were joined together to form Camp M ...
(now relocated and named Fort McCoy), a military base northeast of
Sparta
Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...
. During its existence, no significant changes were made. In 1959, the routing was removed.
In the mid-1980s, WIS 168 was re-established after an easternmost portion of WIS 156 (east of WIS 187) was moved northward. As a result, WIS 168 filled in the former alignment east of
Leeman. It ran from WIS 187 in Leeman to WIS 55 near Nichols. In 1996, part of WIS 55 north of Seymour shifted eastward along former CTH-C. As a result, WIS 168 extended east along WIS 55's former alignment.
Then, in 1998, the original portion of WIS 168 was removed in favor of turning this portion into a locally-controlled route (replaced by CTH-F).
In 2003, WIS 168 was entirely removed in favor of CTH-VV. WIS 168 has not been used ever since.
Major intersections
See also
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References
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168
Transportation in Outagamie County, Wisconsin