Wisconsin Highway 188

State Trunk Highway 188
State Trunk Highway 188
	WIS 188 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by WisDOT
Length	11.88 mi (19.12 km)
Major junctions
South end	US 12 in Sauk City
North end	WIS 113 in Merrimac
Location
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Counties	Dane, Columbia
Highway system
	Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic; Rustic;

State Trunk Highway 188 (often called Highway 188, STH-188 or WIS 188) is a 11.88-mile (19.12 km) state highway in Dane and Columbia counties in south–central Wisconsin, United States, that runs north–south from near Sauk City to near Merrimac.

Route description

WIS 188 starts in rural Dane County across the Wisconsin River from Sauk City. The highway runs northward through farm fields on the east side of the river, crosses into Columbia County, and heads to an intersection with WIS 60 east of Prairie du Sac. The two highways run concurrently to the northeast for about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) before WIS 188 separates and turns northward again. Near Lake Wisconsin, the highway turns east and then back north before sticking to an eastward course along a bend in the river. At the intersection with WIS 113 near the Merrimac Ferry, WIS 188 terminates.^[1]

History

Around 1942, the routing of WIS 78 was shifted to the east side of the Wisconsin River between Sauk City and the Merrimac Ferry. later, in 1947, that highway was moved back to its previous routing, and the highway on the east side of the river was rechristened WIS 188. The route of WIS 188 has remained unchanged since.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Dane	Town of Roxbury	0.00	0.00	US 12 – Sauk City, Madison
Columbia	Town of West Point			WIS 60 west – Prairie du Sac	Western end of WIS 60 overlap
				WIS 60 east – Lodi	Eastern end of WIS 60 overlap
		11.88	19.12	WIS 113 – Merrimac Ferry, Lodi
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus