State Trunk Highway 162 (often called Highway 162, STH-162 or WIS 162) is a
state highway
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in the U.S. state of
Wisconsin
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. It runs in north–south in southwest Wisconsin from
Stoddard to
Four Corners
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.
Route description
The highway starts at its intersection with
WIS 33 and Division Street in
Stoddard and runs east along Coon Creek. After a
running concurrently with County Trunk Highway K (CTH-K), the highway goes through
Chaseburg and continues northeast. The highway runs along a short concurrency with
US Highway 14 (US 14) and
US 61. This short concurrency is a
wrong-way concurrency Wrong way may refer to:
* a traffic sign to warn of wrong-way driving
* nickname of Douglas Corrigan (1907–1995), an American aviator who flew east from New York to Ireland instead of west to California in 1938
* nickname of Roy Riegels (1908–1 ...
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.
[
After , the highway runs concurrently with WIS 33, which ends at Middle Ridge. After its intersection with CTH-JB, the highway runs along Dutch Creek. It intersects ]Interstate 90
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(I-90) before entering Bangor. After a short concurrency with CTH-B, the highway runs north from Bangor. It runs concurrently with WIS 16 before following Burns Creek. From the creek's end, the highway continues north until it terminates at WIS 71 in Four Corners
Four Corners is a region of the Southwestern United States consisting of the southwestern corner of Colorado, southeastern corner of Utah, northeastern corner of Arizona, and northwestern corner of New Mexico. Most of the Four Corners regio ...
.[
File:WIS162WestTerminusStoddardWIS35.jpg, left, Southwestern terminus
File:Wisconsin Highway 162.jpg, WIS 162 near Bangor and I-90
File:FourCornersMonroeCountyWisconsinWIS71WIS162NorthernTerminus.jpg, Northern terminus
]
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
*{{Commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 162
162
Transportation in Vernon County, Wisconsin
Transportation in La Crosse County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Monroe County, Wisconsin