Wisconsin Highway 162
State Trunk Highway 162 (often called Highway 162, STH-162 or WIS 162) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs in north–south in southwest Wisconsin from Stoddard to Four Corners.
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by WisDOT | ||||
| Length | 46.03 mi[1] (74.08 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  WIS 35 in Stoddard | |||
  US 14 / US 61 in Coon Valley I-90 in Bangor | ||||
| North end |  WIS 71 in Four Corners | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties | Vernon, La Crosse, Monroe | |||
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Route description
The highway starts at its intersection with Highway 33 and Division Street in Stoddard and runs east along Coon Creek. After a concurrency with County Highway K, the highway goes through Chaseburg and continues northeast. The highway runs along a short concurrency with US 14 and US 61. This short concurrency is a wrong-way concurrency because WIS 162 and US 61 are signed in opposing directions throughout its length. Just west of Coon Valley, the wrong-way concurrency ends as the highway runs north from it. [2]
After 6.6 miles (10.6 km), the highway enters a concurrency Highway 33, which ends at Middle Ridge, which the highway runs north from. After its intersection with County Highway JB, the highway runs along Dutch Creek. It interchanges with I-90 before entering Bangor. After a short concurrency with County Highway B, the highway runs north from Bangor. It enters a short concurrency with Highway 16 before following Burns Creek. From the creek's end, the highway continues north until it terminates at Highway 71 in Four Corners.[2]
Major intersections
This table lists the major intersections along Highway 162.[2]
| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Vernon | Stoddard | 0.0 | 0.0 |  WIS 35 / Great River Road – La Crosse, Genoa | |
| Bergen | 0.7 | 1.1 |  CTH-O south | ||
| Hamburg | 6.7 | 10.8 |  CTH-K north | northern end of concurrency | |
| Chaseburg | 7.6 | 12.2 | CTH-K south | southern end of concurrency | |
| Hamburg | 12.4 | 20.0 | US 14 west / US 61 north – La Crosse | western end of concurrency | |
| Coon | 13.2 | 21.2 | US 14 east / US 61 south – Westby, Madison | eastern end of concurrency | |
| La Crosse | Washington | 19.8 | 31.9 |  WIS 33 west – La Crosse | western end of concurrency |
| 20.3 | 32.7 |  CTH-H east | |||
| 22.8 | 36.7 |  WIS 33 east / CTH-G south – Cashton | eastern end of concurrency | ||
| Bangor (town)–Bangor line | 29.9 | 48.1 | I-90 – La Crosse, Madison | ||
| 30.2 | 48.6 |  CTH-B west | western end of concurrency | ||
| Bangor | 30.6 | 49.2 |  CTH-B east / CTH-U east | eastern end of concurrency | |
| Burns | 32.2 | 51.8 |  WIS 16 east – Sparta | eastern end of concurrency | |
| 32.7 | 52.6 | WIS 16 west – West Salem, La Crosse | western end of concurrency | ||
| 35.3 | 56.8 |  CTH-E | |||
| 41.8 | 67.3 |  CTH-T west | |||
| 43.2 | 69.5 |  CTH-A west | |||
| Monroe | Little Falls | 45.4 | 73.1 | WIS 71 – Melrose, Sparta | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
U.S. Roads portal
References
- Bessert, Chris. "Wisconsin Highways: Highways 160-169 (Highway 162)". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
- "Length and Route of Highway 162". Google Maps. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
External links
Media related to Wisconsin Highway 162 at Wikimedia Commons