U.S. Route 10 in Wisconsin

Infobox road
state=WI
type=US
route=10
length_mi=294.01
length_ref=DeLorme Street Atlas USA 2007, Driving directions. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.]
length_round=2
established=1926 (1917 as WIS 18 and 34)
maint=WisDOT
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus=
junction=
ending_terminus=
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next_type=WI
next_route=10
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previous_route=18
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next_type=WI
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commons=category
customcommons=U.S. Route 10In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, U.S. Route 10 (normally called U.S. Highway 10, Highway 10 or US 10) runs east-west across the central part of the state. It runs from the Prescott Drawbridge over the St. Croix River at Prescott, where it enters Minnesota, east to the dock in Manitowoc where the Lake Michigan Carferry (SS Badger) crosses Lake Michigan to Ludington, Michigan.

Route description

U.S. Highway 10 enters the state and Pierce County from Minnesota at Prescott and immediately joins with WIS 35 north. WIS 35 turns north 1 mile northeast at WIS 29 while US 10 continues east and passes through Ellsworth at the junctions with WIS 65 and US 63 The highway turns southeast and passes through Ono and Plum City.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/pierce.pdf | format=pdf | title=Pierce Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] US 10 then enters Pepin Countyand junctions with WIS 25 and WIS 85 at Durandcite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/pepin.pdf | format=pdf | title=Pepin Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] US 10 briefly enters Buffalo County and passes through Mondovi at the junction with WIS 37.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/buffalo.pdf | format=pdf | title=Buffalo Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] In northern Trempealeau County, the highway crosses WIS 93 at Eleva, passes through Strum, and junctions with US 53 and I-94 in Osseo.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/trempealeau.pdf | format=pdf | title=Trempealeau Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] The route then enters Jackson County where it joins US 12 and WIS 27.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/jackson.pdf | format=pdf | title=Jackson Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] US 12 and WIS 27 split to the south at the Clark County line while US 10 continues east to Neillsville and crosses WIS 73 there.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/clark.pdf | format=pdf | title=Clark Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] The highway then meanders northeast into Wood County, passing south of Marshfield and crossing WIS 13. US 10 then passes through the community of Auburndale and enters Portage County at Milladore.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/wood.pdf | format=pdf | title=Wood Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29]

US 10 meets WIS 34 north at two miles west of Junction City. WIS 34 splits north two miles east of Junction City while US 10 turns southeast and enters Stevens Point. In Stevens Point, US 10 junctions with WIS 66 just east of downtown near the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. The highway then meets I-39 / US 51 east of the city. At this point, US 10 becomes a multilane expressway and heads southeast, passing through Amherst and crossing into Waupaca County.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/portage.pdf | format=pdf | title=Portage Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] US 10 bypasses the city of Waupaca to the south and junctions with WIS 22, WIS 54 and meets WIS 49 south. US 10 and WIS 49 turn eastward to Weyauwega then head south to Fremont where WIS 49 turns south and US 10 becomes a freeway at the junction with WIS 110.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/waupaca.pdf | format=pdf | title=Waupaca Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] US 10 collects US 45 south in northwest Winnebago County for a three mile southeast trek before US 45 splits to the south and US 10 turns east to rendezvous with WIS 441 at the junction with US 41 in Neenah. US 10 turns south off the WIS 441 freeway south of Appleton and turns east into Calumet County.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/winnebago.pdf | format=pdf | title=Winnebago Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29]

As a multilane urban arterial, US 10 collects WIS 114 for four miles before the latter splits south two miles before US 10 junctions with WIS 55. The highway then crosses WIS 32 and WIS 57 at Forest Junction and turns southeast to pass through Brillion and into Manitowoc County.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/calumet.pdf | format=pdf | title=Calumet Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29] The highway passes through Reedsville and Whitelaw before turning south onto I-43 for three miles and turning east off the Interstate to head along WIS 42 into the north side of Manitowoc. US 10 then turns south into downtown where it continues into Michigan via the S.S. Badger carferry to Ludington.cite map|url=http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/manitowic.pdf | format=pdf | title=Manitowoc Co | publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | accessdate=2007-12-29]

History

Prior to 1926, what is now US 10 was State Trunk Highway 18. However, Highway 18 initially (in 1917) only ran from Humbird, near where US 10 and U.S. Highway 12 (then State Trunk Highway 12) cross, east to Manitowoc. State Trunk Highway 34 ran from Prescott to Highway 37 in Mondovi. The route between Mondovi and Humbird was not numbered until the early 1920s, when Highway 18 was extended west from Humbird past Mondovi to Prescott, eliminating Highway 34. [cite web | last = Bessert | first = Chris | title =Wisconsin Highways: Highways 30-39 (Highway 34) | work =Wisconsin Highways | url =http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys30-39.html#STH-034 | accessdate = 2007-03-20]

When US 10 was designated in late 1926, it ran along U.S. Highway 12 from Minnesota east to Humbird, splitting there to run to Manitowoc. [ to run along it.cite web | last = Bessert | first = Chris | title =Wisconsin Highways: Highways 10-19 (U.S. Highway 10) | work =Wisconsin Highways | url =http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys10-19.html#US-010 | accessdate = 2007-03-20]

Major intersections

Minnesota Border to Stevens Point

Jctint
state=WI
county=Pierce
cspan=11
location=Prescott
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=0.09
road= South
notes=WI 29 Ends at border. WI 35 Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
type=mplex
mile=1.32
road= North
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
location=Hager City
lspan=1
mile=9.12
road= CTH E
note=Jctint
state=WI
location=Trimbelle
lspan=3
type=
mile=12.16
road= CTH O
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=13.71
road= CTH J
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=15.56
road= South
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Ellsworth
lspan=2
type=
mile=17.16
road=
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=18.84
road=
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Bay City
lspan=1
type=
mile=22.87
road= CTH D
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Ono
lspan=
type=
mile=33.51
road= CTH CC
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Plum City
lspan=1
type=
mile=37.24
road= CTH U
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=Pepin
cspan=5
location=Arkansaw
lspan=1
type=mplex
mile=47.19
road= North
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Durand
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=48.16
road= WIS 25 South
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=49.66
road= WIS 85
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Mondovi
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=64.82
road= North
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=65.54
road= WIS 37 South
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=Trempealeau
cspan=4
location=Eleva
lspan=1
type=
mile=74.89
road= WIS 93
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Osseo
lspan=3
type=mplex
mile=85.18
road= North
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=87.60
road= US 53 South
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=88.52
road=
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=Jackson
cspan=2
location=Fairchild
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=101.39
road= West
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=103.28
road= US 12 East
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=Clark
cspan=3
location=Neillsville
lspan=1
type=
mile=120.13
road=
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Granton
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=127.41
road= CTH K South
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=128.54
road= CTH K North
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=Wood
cspan=6
location=Marshfield
lspan=3
type=mplex
mile=142.99
road= South
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=144.97
road= WIS 13 Bus
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=146.95
road= WIS 13 North
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Hewitt
lspan=1
type=
mile=148.90
road= CTH T
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Auburndale
lspan=1
type=
mile=152.41
road=/CTH M
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Milladore
lspan=1
type=
mile=160.72
road= CTH S
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=Portage
cspan=8
location=Junction City
lspan=4
type=mplex
mile=163.62
road= South
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=165.14
road= CTH G
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=166.65
road= CTH O
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=168.04
road= North
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Stevens Point
lspan=4
type=
mile=176.41
road= CTH P
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=177.56
road= Bus
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=178.06
road=
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=179.94
road=/US 51
notes=

tevens Point to Appleton

Appleton to Manitowoc

Jctint
state=WI
county=Calumet
cspan=7
location=Waverly Beach
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=245.91
road= WIS 441
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=247.39
road= West
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Highland Beach
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=250.88
road= WIS 114 East
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=255.50
road=
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Forest Junction
lspan=2
type=mplex
mile=261.90
road= South
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=262.40
road= WIS 32/WIS 57 North
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Brillion
lspan=1
type=
mile=267.23
road= CTH PP
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=Manitowoc
cspan=8
location=Reedsville
lspan=1
type=
mile=272.53
road= CTH W
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Cato
lspan=1
type=
mile=277.89
road= CTH J
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Whitelaw
lspan=1
type=
mile=279.91
road= CTH S
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=Manitowoc
lspan=5
type=mplex
mile=284.70
road=
notes=Western terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=287.75
road= South/CTH JJ
notes=Eastern terminus of Concurrency with I-43
Western terminus of Concurrency with WI-42Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=mplex
mile=291.40
road= WIS 42 North
notes=Eastern terminus of ConcurrencyJctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=292.86
road=
notes=Jctint
state=WI
county=
cspan=
location=
lspan=
type=
mile=294.01
road=S.S. Badger Car Ferry
notes=

Current Status

WisDOT is in the process of relocating US-10 out of Stevens Point by joining it with I-39 north to the CTH-X interchange. US-10 will then turn west, bypassing smaller communities and end at WIS 13 south of Marshfield. Construction began in 2007 and will finish in 2012.cite web | author=Wisconsin Department of Transportation | title =US 10 expansion project | url =http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/projects/us10/index.htm | accessdate = 2007-07-01]

This project will complete US-10 as four lanes facility from Marshfield to Menasha, a project started in the late 1990s. The only segment of the highway not a divided expressway will be from I-39 in Stevens Point to CTH-J.

ee also

*U.S. Route 110, a short and short-lived spur from Fremont to Oshkosh

References