State Trunk Highway 37 (often called Highway 37, STH-37 or WIS 37) is a
state highway in
Buffalo and
Eau Claire counties in the west-central area of the US 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 ...
that runs generally north-northeasterly from
Alma
Alma or ALMA may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Alma'' (film), a 2009 Spanish short animated film
* ''Alma'' (Oswald de Andrade novel), 1922
* ''Alma'' (Le Clézio novel), 2017
* ''Alma'' (play), a 1996 drama by Joshua Sobol about Alma ...
to
Eau Claire. The southern from Mondovi (the only significant settlement along the course of the highway) to Alma generally follows the course of the
Buffalo River.
Route description
WIS 37 closely follows in a south-southwest to north-northeast direction. WIS 37 begins at
Wisconsin Highway 35
State Trunk Highway 35 (STH-35, WIS 35) is a Wisconsin state highway running north–south across western Wisconsin. It is 412.15 miles in length, and is the longest state highway in Wisconsin. Portions of WIS 35 are part of the ...
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Great River Road in Alma. It then meanders in the northeast direction, connecting multiple county trunk highways along the way. South of Mondovi, it intersects
Wisconsin Highway 88
State Trunk Highway 88 (often called Highway 88, STH-88 or WIS 88) is a state highway in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, that runs from WIS 35 north of Fountain City to WIS 37 south of Mondovi.
Route description
WIS 88 begins at ...
. In Mondovi, it travels briefly eastward,
concurrent
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Law
* Concurrence, in jurisprudence, the need to prove both ''actus reus'' and ''mens rea''
* Concurring opinion (also called a "concurrence"), a ...
with
U.S. Route 10 before branching off north. Continuing north, it then intersects with
Wisconsin Highway 85, meets
Interstate 94 at a
partial cloverleaf interchange, and then intersects
U.S. Route 12
U.S. Route 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States Numbered Highways, United States highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, for almost . The highway has mostly been superseded by Interstate 90 (I-90) an ...
(US 12), at the northern terminus of WIS 37.
History
Since its formation around 1918, WIS 37 did not undergo a significant change.
Initially, its northern terminus was in downtown Eau Claire. Since the 1940s, it no longer ended in downtown, but instead at a US 12 bypass.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 37
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Transportation in Buffalo County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin