Wisconsin Highway 97

State Trunk Highway 97
State Trunk Highway 97
	WIS 97 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by WisDOT
Length	36.65 mi (58.98 km)
Major junctions
South end	; WIS 13 / Bus. WIS 13 in Marshfield
North end	WIS 64 in Goodrich
Location
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Counties	Wood, Marathon, Taylor
Highway system
	Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic; Rustic;

State Trunk Highway 97 (often called Highway 97, STH-97 or WIS 97) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in central Wisconsin for 36.65 miles (58.98 km) from WIS 64 near Goodrich to WIS 13 in Marshfield.

Route description

Looking north from southern terminus

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. It then goes through a diamond interchange with WIS 29 near Wuertsburg, then continues due North towards Athens. It then makes a right turn and then heads north again, crossing Black Creek. The route then merges with CTH-L and heads west and then continues north after splitting with CTH-L until terminating at WIS 64 west of Goodrich. The road continues north as Mink Drive and becomes a dirt road.

History

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) reconstructed 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.^[2] The construction involved 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.^[3] The construction was completed in 2023.^{[citation needed]}

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Wood	Marshfield	0.0	0.0	WIS 13 (Veterans Parkway)	Southern terminus; road continues southwest as Central Avenue
Wood		0.4	0.64	CTH-Y (Doege Street)
Marathon		1.7	2.7	CTH-E (Peach Avenue)
	McMillan	5.3	8.5	CTH-T
		7.3	11.7	CTH-C	Southern end of CTH-C concurrency
		8.3	13.4	CTH-C	Northern end of CTH-C concurrency
	Stratford	11.6	18.7	WIS 153 (Fir Street)
	Eau Pleine	15.9	25.6	CTH-P
	Wien	18.9	30.4	CTH-N
	Wuertsburg	21.8	35.1	WIS 29 – Eau Claire, Green Bay	Diamond interchange exit 145
		25.8	41.5	CTH-A / CTH-M	Southern end of CTH-A/CTH-M concurrency
	Athens	27.9	44.9	CTH-M (Mueller St.)	Northern end of CTH-M concurrency
		29.0	46.7	CTH-A	Northern end of CTH-A concurrency
		31.2	50.2	CTH-F / CTH-L	Eastern end of CTH-F/CTH-L concurrency
		31.9	51.3	CTH-F / CTH-L	Western end of CTH-F/CTH-L concurrency
Taylor	Goodrich	36.65	58.98	WIS 64	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus