State Trunk Highway 85 (often called Highway 85, STH-85 or WIS 85) is a
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
Pepin,
Dunn, and
Eau Claire Eau Claire (French for "clear water", ''pl.'' ''eaux claires'') is the name of a number of locations and features in North America. The name is pronounced as if it were spelled "O'Clare".
Place names (Canada)
Communities
*Eau Claire, Calgary, a n ...
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.
Route description
WIS 85 runs east–west in west central Wisconsin from
Durand to just southwest of
Eau Claire Eau Claire (French for "clear water", ''pl.'' ''eaux claires'') is the name of a number of locations and features in North America. The name is pronounced as if it were spelled "O'Clare".
Place names (Canada)
Communities
*Eau Claire, Calgary, a n ...
. About midway along the route, the highway passes through
Rock Falls, and further,
Caryville, the only two recognizable settlements between the route's termini. In recent years, the corridor between Rock Falls and Caryville, especially the western side of the highway along the
Chippewa River, has seen some suburban development.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
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085
Transportation in Pepin County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Dunn County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
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