Wisconsin Highway 110

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State Trunk Highway 110

WIS 110 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length37.44 mi[1] (60.25 km)
Existed1939[1]–present
Major junctions
South end US 10 / WIS 96 / CTH-II in Fremont
Major intersections US 10 / WIS 49 in Fremont
US 10 / WIS 49 in Weyauwega
North end US 45 in Marion
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountiesWaupaca, Shawano
Highway system
WIS 108 WIS 111

State Trunk Highway 110 (often called Highway 110, STH-110 or WIS 110) is a state highway in the US state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in central Wisconsin from Fremont to Marion. Its southern terminus is at US Highway 10 (US 10) and WIS 96 southeast of Fremont; its northern terminus is at US 45 in Marion.

Route description

Northern terminus at US 45

The highway begins at an intersection with US 10 and WIS 96 southeast of Fremont. It heads north from US 10 for about half a mile before turning westward. It passes through Fremont and heads to the northwest before turning to the south toward US 10 and WIS 49.

The highway then runs concurrently to the north with US 10 and WIS 49 for about five miles (8.0 km). It then splits off and heads northward into Weyauwega. After it leaves the city, the highway continues to the northwest, where it will meet with WIS 22 and WIS 54. It runs concurrently to the north along both highways before WIS 54 splits off. WIS 110 and WIS 54 continue concurrently northward, passing through Manawa. North of Manawa, the highways split and WIS 110 continues to the north. Further along, it enters Marion, where it terminates at US 45.

History

U.S. Highway 110

LocationOshkosh to east of Fremont, Wisconsin
Length40 mi (64 km)

In 1925, the original proposed number for a United States Numbered Highway to run from Oshkosh to Fremont, Wisconsin, was U.S. Route 112.[2] However, the number approved for the route in 1926 was U.S. Route 110 (US 110).[3][a]

This route, which would be the forerunner of WIS 110, started out as a 40-mile (64 km) long south-to-north US Highway located entirely within Wisconsin. The southern terminus of the route was at US 41 (now the intersection of US 45 and WIS 76) in Oshkosh. The northern terminus was at US 10 (now the northern terminus of the WIS 96/WIS 110 concurrency) east of Fremont.

US 110 was deleted in 1939[1] and subsequently replaced with WIS 110. Due to a series of extensions and truncations in the 70 years since, however, WIS 110 is no longer designated on most of the former routing of US 110. Today, what was once US 110 is now US 45 from Oshkosh to Winchester, CTH-II from Winchester to US 10 southeast of Fremont, and WIS 110 from US 10 to WIS 96 east of Fremont.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[4]kmDestinationsNotes
Waupaca0.000.00
US 10 / WIS 96 east – Waupaca, Stevens Point, Appleton
Southern terminus
3.605.79

US 10 east / WIS 49 south – Appleton, Berlin
WIS 110 leaves US 10 southbound and enters northbound
7.2011.59

US 10 west / WIS 49 north – Waupaca, Stevens Point
WIS 110 leaves US 10/WIS 49 northbound and enters southbound
13.1021.08

WIS 22 south / WIS 54 west – Waupaca
WIS 110 leaves WIS 22/WIS 54 southbound and enters northbound
15.4024.78
WIS 54 east – New London
WIS 54 leaves concurrency northbound and enters southbound; WIS 22 continues concurrency
21.1033.96

WIS 22 north / WIS 161 west – Iola, Symco, Clintonville
WIS 110 leaves WIS 22 northbound and enters southbound
ShawanoMarion37.4460.25 US 45 – Wittenberg, Clintonville, New LondonNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Notes

  1. ^ The US 112 designation was swapped with US 110 and applied to an entirely different route in Indiana and Michigan.

References

  1. ^ a b c Bessert, Chris. "Wisconsin Highways: Highways 110-119 (Highway 110)". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
  2. ^ Joint Board on Interstate Highways (November 18, 1925). Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways October 30, 1925, Approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, November 18, 1925. Washington, DC: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 57. OCLC 733875457, 55123355, 71026428 – via Wikisource.
  3. ^ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  4. ^ Distances computed with Google Maps' direction features on April 16, 2008.

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