Wisconsin Highway 66

Infobox road
state=WI
type=WI
route=66
length_mi=18.73
length_ref=cite web | last = Bessert | first = Chris | title =Wisconsin Highways: Highways 60-69 (Highway 66) | work =Wisconsin Highways | url =http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys60-69.html#STH-066 | accessdate = 2007-03-20]
length_round=2
direction_a=South
direction_b=North
starting_terminus=
junction=
ending_terminus=
previous_type=WI
previous_route=65
next_type=WI
next_route=67
commons=category

State Trunk Highway 66 (often called Highway 66, STH 66 or WIS 66) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north-south in central Wisconsin from Rosholt to Stevens Point. The entire length of this highway is designated the Polish Heritage Highway. [Sopa, Adeline; "Hwy 66 - Polish Heritage Highway: An Historic Link"; page from the [http://www.pchswi.org/archives/townships/hwy66.html Portage County Historical Society Website] ]

Route Description

Wisconsin Highway 66 begins at the corner of Reserve and Main Streets in downtown Stevens Point. Passing the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Museum of Natural History and the school's campus, the route heads northwest on Stanley Street to its interchange with I-39.

Highway 66 continues northwest past the Stevens Point Municipal Airport, heading east at Jordan near the Jordan County Park of Portage County.

After crossing County Highway J near the unincorporated town of Ellis, Highway 66 turns northwest again to Rosholt, where it becomes Grand Avenue. Highway 66 ends at the western intersection with WIS 49. Grand Avenue continues on as Highway 49 East to the intersection of County Highway NN, where Highway 49 turns south.

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