State Trunk Highway 25 (often called Highway 25, STH-25 or WIS 25) is a
state highway
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in
Wisconsin
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, United States. The route serves local traffic in the western part of the state, connecting
Durand,
Menomonie and
Barron. It is two-lane surface road with the exception of urban multilanes within Menomonie.
Route description
WIS 25 begins at the Minnesota state line in
Buffalo County on the
Mississippi River
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. The route enters the state from
Trunk Highway 60. WIS 25 briefly follows
WIS 35
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north in
Nelson
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then follows the
Chippewa River, passing through
Maxville and entering
Pepin County.
After about three miles (5 km), WIS 25 enters
Durand and joins
US 10
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west. After two miles (3 km) of concurrency, WIS 25 turns off northeast and enters
Dunn County four miles (6 km) northeast.
WIS 25 junctions with
WIS 72 in
Downsville six miles (10 km) north of the county line. After another seven miles (11 km), WIS 25 enters
Menomonie, junctions with
WIS 29
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near the
University of Wisconsin–Stout
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campus and joins
US 12
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in the downtown area near Lake Menomin. WIS 25 splits from US 12 after a one-mile (1.6 km) concurrency with US 12 turning northwest. WIS 25 interchanges with
I-94 one-half mile north of the US 12 turnoff. After a ten-mile (16 km) segment, the highway crosses
WIS 170 in
Wheeler
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. About five miles (8 km) north of Wheeler, WIS 25 joins
WIS 64
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east for one mile (1.6 km) before turning north again. The highway passes through
Ridgeland on the
Barron County
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History
The county was created in 1859 ...
line.
WIS 25 passes west of
Dallas
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, and through the small community of
Hillsdale before entering
Barron thirteen miles (19 km) north of the county line. The highway crosses
US 8
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in Barron. WIS 25 terminates at
WIS 48 seven miles (11 km) north of Barron, or five miles (8 km) east of
Rice Lake
History
The original alignment of WIS 25 was along the present-day route from Nelson to Menomonie. From Nelson southward, WIS 25 followed the routing of present-day WIS 35 to junction with then WIS 52 at
Galesville.
The route was truncated at Durand in the early 1920s and also extended to end at then WIS 14 (present day US 8) and to WIS 48 a few years later.
The route was extended again to Nelson when WIS 35 was rerouted across a new bridge over the Chippewa River in 1933. Finally in 1947, The route was extended through Nelson and across the Mississippi River and connected to MN 60.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
* {{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 25
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Transportation in Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Pepin County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Dunn County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Barron County, Wisconsin