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State Trunk Highway 97 (often called Highway 97, STH-97 or WIS 97) is a
WIS 97 starts at the intersection of WIS 13 and heads northeast. The road continues as Central Avenue southwest of the intersection and is signed as a special route of WIS 13. The highway then heads north and runs straight through Stratford as Weber Avenue and intersects
state highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either ''numbered'' or ''maintained'' by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a ...
in the U.S. 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 ...
. It runs north–south in central Wisconsin for from WIS 64
State Trunk Highway 64 (WIS 64) is a highway in Wisconsin, which runs from the St. Croix Crossing bridge as a continuation of Minnesota State Highway 36 (MN 36) near Stillwater, Minnesota, and continues east to its eastern terminus i ...
near Goodrich to WIS 13
State Trunk Highway 13 (often called Highway 13, STH-13 or WIS 13) is a state highway running north–south across northwest and central Wisconsin. WIS 13 serves as a major north–south route connecting the communities of Wisconsin Del ...
in Marshfield.
Route description
WIS 97 starts at the intersection of WIS 13 and heads northeast. The road continues as Central Avenue southwest of the intersection and is signed as a special route of WIS 13. The highway then heads north and runs straight through Stratford as Weber Avenue and intersects WIS 153
State Trunk Highway 153 (often called Highway 153, STH-153 or WIS 153) is a state highway in Marathon and Shawano counties in central Wisconsin, United States, that runs in east–west from Spencer to Tigerton, passing through Mosinee and ...
. It then goes through a diamond interchange with WIS 29 near Wuertsburg, then continues due North towards Athens
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. It then makes a right turn and then heads north again, crossing Black Creek. The route then merges with CTH-F and heads west and then continues north after splitting with CTH-F until terminating at WIS 64 west of Goodrich. The road continues north as Mink Drive and becomes a dirt road.
Future
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) plans to reconstruct the stretch between Northridge Street in Marshfield to Reflection Street in Stratford to increase traffic safety along the stretch. There were approximately 216 crashes that took place in that stretch between 2012 and 2016. The construction involves replacing the existing asphalt, widening the shoulders and adding rumble strips, replacing the guardrail and deteriorated culvert pipes, and modify the intersections of CTH-AAA, Galvin Road, Staadt Avenue, and CTH-C by widening and adding left turn lanes to separate turning traffic from thru traffic. The construction is anticipated to begin in 2022.Major intersections
See also
*References
External links
*{{Commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 97 097 Transportation in Wood County, Wisconsin Transportation in Marathon County, Wisconsin Transportation in Taylor County, Wisconsin