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State Trunk Highway 50 (often called Highway 50, STH-50 or WIS 50) is a state highway in
Highway 50 begins at an intersection with Highway 11 in Delavan. The highway crosses
Highway 50 was designated in 1917, and signage for the highway was posted in 1918. The highway has changed little since and still follows its original route for most of its length. The route of Highway 50 through Kenosha changed in 1997; the highway moved from 75th Street to a more northerly alignment along Roosevelt Road and 63rd Street.
Walworth
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and Kenosha counties in 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 ...
, United States, that runs from Wisconsin Highway 11
State Trunk Highway 11 (often called Highway 11, STH-11 or WIS 11) is a state highway running east–west across southern Wisconsin. The highway connects Dubuque, Iowa with the cities of Janesville, Racine and Elkhorn. Most of the rout ...
(WIS 11) in Delavan east to Wisconsin Highway 32
State Trunk Highway 32 (often called Highway 32, STH-32 or WIS 32) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin that runs north–south in eastern Wisconsin. It runs from the Illinois border (at Illinois Route 137) north to the Michigan b ...
(WIS 32) in Kenosha. The highway is maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
Route description
Highway 50 begins at an intersection with Highway 11 in Delavan. The highway crosses Wisconsin and Southern Railroad
The Wisconsin and Southern Railroad is a Class II regional railroad in Southern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois currently operated by Watco. It operates former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) and Chi ...
tracks and heads east to a junction with Interstate 43 at Exit 21. Highway 50 continues southeast out of Delavan, crossing Delavan Lake
Delavan Lake is a census-designated place (CDP) in the towns of Delavan and Walworth, Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,649 at the 2010 census. It is located near the shore of Delavan Lake.
Geography
Delavan Lake ...
at the city's eastern border, and intersects Highway 67 north of Williams Bay
Williams Bay is a village in Walworth County, Wisconsin, United States. It is one of three municipalities on Geneva Lake. The population was 2,564 at the 2010 census.
History
The village was named for Captain Israel Williams of Massachusett ...
. Highway 50 heads east from this intersection toward Lake Geneva
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, where it intersects Highway 120. Shortly after this intersection, Highway 50 meets U.S. Route 12 at Exit 330. The highway continues eastward from Lake Geneva to the border of Kenosha County.
After entering Kenosha County, Highway 50 passes the community of Slades Corners before meeting Highway 83 in New Munster. The two highways become concurrent and continue eastward until they meet Highway 75 in Paddock Lake. At this junction, Highway 83 turns southward, and Highway 50 continues eastward toward Bristol. The highway intersects U.S. Route 45 in Bristol and continues east to meet Interstate 94
Interstate 94 (I-94) is an east–west Interstate Highway connecting the Great Lakes and northern Great Plains regions of the United States. Its western terminus is just east of Billings, Montana, at a junction with I-90; its eastern ter ...
and U.S. Route 41 at Exit 344. Highway 50 then straddles the border of Kenosha and Pleasant Prairie, meeting Highway 31
The following highways are numbered 31:
International
* Asian Highway 31
* European route E31
Australia
* Hume Highway
** Hume Motorway
** Hume Freeway
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** Gorge Road
** Little Para Road
** South Para Road
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along this border. The highway then turns northeast and passes through Kenosha before terminating at Highway 32.
History
Highway 50 was designated in 1917, and signage for the highway was posted in 1918. The highway has changed little since and still follows its original route for most of its length. The route of Highway 50 through Kenosha changed in 1997; the highway moved from 75th Street to a more northerly alignment along Roosevelt Road and 63rd Street.
Major intersections
See also
*References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 50 050 Transportation in Walworth County, Wisconsin Transportation in Kenosha County, Wisconsin