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State Trunk Highway 55 (often called Highway 55, STH-55, or WIS 55) is a state highway 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. It travels south-to-north in the northeastern part of Wisconsin from an intersection
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with U.S. Route 151 (US 151) approximately north of Brothertown, near the eastern shore of Lake Winnebago
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in Calumet County, to the Michigan
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state line at the Brule River
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approximately northeast of Nelma in Forest County, where it connects to M-73.
Route description
Along its route, STH-55 serves Kaukauna, Shawano, theMenominee Indian Reservation
The Menominee Indian Reservation is an Indian reservation located in northeastern Wisconsin held in trust by the United States for the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin. It is the largest Indian reservation east of the Mississippi River. In the Menom ...
, Crandon, and the Nicolet side of the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest.
History
A newroundabout
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was opened at the intersection of WIS 55 and US 10 between Sherwood and Kaukauna in the autumn of 2009.
Another roundabout recently opened at the busy intersection of WIS 55 and WIS 114 approximately west of Sherwood, Wisconsin
Sherwood is a village in Calumet County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 2,713 at the 2010 census. The former historical unincorporated community of High Cliff is located within present-day Sherwood.
The village began as a named u ...
.
Over the summer of 2018, a section of the Wisconsin Highway 55 at its interchange with I-41 in Kaukauna was reconstructed and 4 new roundabouts were be added.
Major intersections
See also
*References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 55 055 Transportation in Calumet County, Wisconsin Transportation in Outagamie County, Wisconsin Transportation in Shawano County, Wisconsin Transportation in Menominee County, Wisconsin Transportation in Langlade County, Wisconsin Transportation in Forest County, Wisconsin