State Trunk Highway 193 (often called Highway 193, STH-193 or WIS 193) is a
state highway
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in the
Town of Eagle in
Richland County in the US state of
Wisconsin
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that runs north–south from the south of, to the east of, the
unincorporated community
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of
Balmoral, several miles north of the village of
Muscoda
Muscoda is a village in Grant and Iowa counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 1,299 at the 2010 census. Of this, 1,249 were in Grant County and 50 were in Iowa County. The Grant County part of the village is adjacent to the T ...
.
Route description
WIS 193 starts at a
T-intersection
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with
WIS 60. The highway runs northward from this intersection through some farm fields. Near the Mill Creek crossing, the roadway passes through some woods before it turns easterly through more fields. South-southeast of the Dawson Cemetery, WIS 193 terminates at its intersection with
WIS 80 at a T-intersection.
History
The first highway to carry the WIS 193 designation was given the moniker in 1947 when of roads in
Florence County Florence County is the name of two counties in the United States:
*Florence County, South Carolina
*Florence County, Wisconsin
Florence County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,55 ...
in the northern part of the state. This highway was supplanted by an extension of
WIS 70 in 1949. Shortly afterwards, the current highway was designated; the routing has not substantially changed since.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 193
193
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Transportation in Richland County, Wisconsin