State Trunk Highway 28 (often called Highway 28, STH-28 or WIS 28) is a state highway in Dodge,

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, and Sheboygan counties in southeastern portion of the US state of

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that runs east–west between Horicon and Sheboygan. The route is generally two-lane road beyond portions of the road within the city of Sheboygan and the half-mile portion of the highway near Waldo which runs concurrently with

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Route description

WIS 28 begins at a junction with

WIS 33 State Trunk Highway 33 (often called Highway 33, STH-33 or WIS 33) is a Wisconsin state highway running east–west across central Wisconsin. It is in length. Route description La Crosse to Baraboo WIS 33 begins east of the Mississip ...

in Horicon. The highway junctions with

WIS 67 State Trunk Highway 67 (often called Highway 67, STH-67 or WIS 67) is a Wisconsin state highway running from the Wisconsin–Illinois state line east of Beloit north to U.S. Highway 151 (US 151) east of Chilton. With the inclusion of ...

northeast of Horicon in Mayvillle and follows WIS 67 north into

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. The two highways turn north onto

WIS 175 State Trunk Highway 175 (often called Highway 175, STH-175 or WIS 175) is a state highway in the US state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in central Wisconsin from West Milwaukee to just south of Fond du Lac. The highway follows the for ...

there. WIS 28 turns east off the concurrency further north and junctions with

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(I-41) after another east. The Washington County line is at this junction. WIS 28 crosses US 45 in Kewaskum and turns northeast onto WIS 144 north in Boltonville. WIS 144 turns east off WIS 28 north of the

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line and WIS 28 continues north, passing through

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before turning northeast at its junction with County Trunk Highway S (CTH-S). The highway passes through Cascade and joins for a half-mile north with

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. WIS 28 turns east, then leaves its former alignment for a straight-line road south of Sheboygan Falls which was built in the mid-1980s. The road then runs through the southernmost reaches of the

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's landholdings, and defines the southern boundary of the

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golf course, along with the Deer Trace shopping center before its intersection with

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. Reaching Sheboygan city limits, the road is defined as Washington Avenue, running into the city before a northward turn onto South Business Drive, the former

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, which eventually merges within the city's original plat with 14th Street. The highway's eastern terminus shares the intersection of Erie Avenue and North 14th Street with

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's eastern terminus and

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's southern terminus just north of the

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History

In 1918, the original routing of WIS 28 was between

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and Spring Green along the present day

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and the

alignments (prior to the construction of the expressway between Dubuque and Dodgeville). The highway was extended a couple years later to end in Reedsburg, and then expanded to Sheboygan along the former routing of

WIS 26 State Trunk Highway 26 (often called Highway 26, STH-26, or WIS 26) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The route is partially a divided highway with a few freeway bypass sections for roughly 50 miles. The remaining sections of WI ...

in 1924. Formerly through eastern Sheboygan County, the road's alignment took it through Sheboygan Falls, Kohler, and Sheboygan via what is known as the Lower Falls Road and within Sheboygan, Indiana Avenue. On October 10, 2019, Governor

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signed a law establishing the section of WIS 28 between

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in Dodge County and WIS 144 in Washington County as the "Wisconsin 9/11 Memorial Highway."

Major intersections

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External links

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Route description

History

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