State Trunk Highway 95 (often called Highway 95, STH-95 or WIS 95) is a 73.76-mile (118.71 km) state highway in the west-central area of the US state of Wisconsin that runs east–west from near Neillsville to Fountain City.
 State Trunk Highway 95 | ||||
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 WIS 95 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by WisDOT | ||||
| Length | 73.76 mi[1] (118.71 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  WIS 35 in Fountain City | |||
| East end |   US 10 / WIS 73 in Neillsville | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Wisconsin | |||
| Counties | Buffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson, Clark | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Route description
editWIS 95 starts in Neillsville with U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) going east–west and WIS 73, with which WIS 95 runs concurrently for three miles (4.8 km) going north–south. (WIS 73 goes on US 10 for one block). After that, WIS 95 leaves WIS 73 and starts going east–west toward Merrillan. WIS 95 also goes through Alma Center, Hixton, and Blair before going north–south on US 53 for 1.6 miles (2.6 km). It then turns off to go east–west toward Arcadia. WIS 95 then goes east–west then north–south for 9.6 miles (15.4 km) then goes back going east–west toward Fountain City where WIS 95 ends.[1]
History
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Initially, WIS 95 traveled from WIS 15 (later US 41; now US 45) in Oshkosh to WIS 18 (later US 10; now WIS 96/WIS 110) in Fremont via parts of present-day US 45, CTH-S, CTH-M, CTH-II, and WIS 110.[2] Prior to 1926, no significant changes to the routing happened.[3] Then, in 1926, WIS 95 moved off from the Oshkosh–Fremont route to the Fountain City–Neillsville route. The Fountain City–Neillsville route was previously signed as WIS 53 before 1926. This was done in favor of establishing two U.S. Highways: US 53 (which caused WIS 53 to be decommissioned due to its route number being duplicated) and US 110 (which filled in the pre-1926 alignment of WIS 95).[4] The routing still remains like this to this day.[citation needed]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Buffalo | Fountain City | 0.00 | 0.00 |  WIS 35 / Great River Road – Trempealeau, Cochrane | |
| Trempealeau | Arcadia |  WIS 93 – Independence, Galesville | |||
| Town of Preston |   US 53 north – Whitehall | Northern end of US 53 overlap | |||
| Blair |  US 53 south – Ettrick | Southern end of US 53 overlap | |||
| Jackson | Hixton |  I-94 – Eau Claire, Madison | |||
| Town of Garden Valley |   WIS 121 west – Northfield | ||||
| Merrillan |   US 12 / WIS 27 – Black River Falls, Fairchild | ||||
| Clark | Town of Pine Valley | WIS 73 south – Wisconsin Rapids | Southern end of WIS 73 overlap | ||
| Neillsville | US 10 / WIS 73 north – Fairchild, Greenwood, Marshfield | Northern end of WIS 73 overlap | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Overview map of WIS 95" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ Wisconsin Highway Commission (1920). Official Map of the State Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. OCLC 5673515. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Wisconsin Highway Commission (1926). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. OCLC 237003454, 71251169. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Wisconsin Highway Commission (1927). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin, 'The Playground of the Middle West' (PDF) (Map). 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via Wikimedia Commons.
External links
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Media related to Wisconsin Highway 95 at Wikimedia Commons
