Wisconsin Highway 95

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
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length73.76 mi[1][2] (118.71 km)
Major junctions
West end WIS 35 in Fountain City
 
East end US 10 / WIS 73 in Neillsville
Location
CountiesBuffalo, Trempealeau, Jackson, Clark
Highway system
← WIS 94→ WIS 96

Route description
Northern terminus

WIS 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.[2]

History

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.[3] Prior to 1926, no significant changes to the routing happened.[4] 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).[5] The routing still remains like this to this day.[1]

Major intersections
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
BuffaloFountain City0.000.00 WIS 35 / Great River Road – Trempealeau, Cochrane
TrempealeauArcadia WIS 93 – Independence, Galesville
Town of Preston US 53 north – WhitehallNorthern end of US 53 overlap
Blair US 53 south – EttrickSouthern end of US 53 overlap
JacksonHixton I-94 – Eau Claire, Madison
Town of Garden Valley WIS 121 west – Northfield
Merrillan US 12 / WIS 27 – Black River Falls, Fairchild
ClarkTown of Pine Valley WIS 73 south – Wisconsin RapidsSouthern end of WIS 73 overlap
Neillsville US 10 / WIS 73 north – Fairchild, Greenwood, MarshfieldNorthern end of WIS 73 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also
  •  U.S. Roads portal

References
  1. Bessert, Chris. "Wisconsin Highways: Highways 90-99 (Highway 95)". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
  2. Google (December 21, 2020). "Overview map of WIS 95" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
  3. Wisconsin Highway Commission (1920). Official Map of the State Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin (Map). Scale not given. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. OCLC 5673515.
  4. Wisconsin Highway Commission (1926). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (Map). 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. OCLC 237003454, 71251169.
  5. Wisconsin Highway Commission (1927). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin, 'The Playground of the Middle West' (Map). 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. Retrieved December 21, 2020 – via American Geographical Society Library Digital Map Collection.


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