State Trunk Highway 82 (often called Highway 82, STH-82 or WIS 82) is a
state highway
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in
Wisconsin
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, United States. It runs east–west in southwest and south central Wisconsin from the
Iowa
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border near
Lansing, IA to
Oxford
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The city is home to the University of Oxford, the List of oldest universities in continuou ...
.
This highway is a low traffic highway for its entire length.
Route description
WIS 82 begins on the Wisconsin side of the
Mississippi River
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near
Lansing, Iowa
Lansing is a city in Lansing Township, Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. The population was 968 at the time of the 2020 census.
History
Lansing was platted ''circa'' 1851. The city was so named because the first settler was a native of La ...
, on the
Black Hawk Bridge. Its next junction with a highway is across the bridge at
WIS 35. The highway then turns to the north,
running concurrently with WIS 35. At
De Soto, the highway turns away from the Mississippi River Basin, and heads northeasterly in general.
The next settlement is
Viroqua, where it runs concurrently with
US Highway 14 (US 14),
US 61 and
WIS 27. This ends at the traffic light with Decker Street, where the road turns east, concurrent with
WIS 56. This concurrency ends approximately east of Viroqua. WIS 82 turns left, to proceed to
La Farge, while WIS 56 continues to Viola.
File:Lansing Iowa bridge-5.jpg, Black Hawk Bridge at the western terminus of WIS 82
File:Wisconsin highway 56 and 82.jpg, WIS 56 and WIS 82 heading west into the east side of Viroqua
File:WIS33WIS80WIS82.jpg, Intersection with WIS 82 and WIS 33 in Hillsboro
File:WisconsinRiverBridge.WIS82.jpg, WIS 82 crossing the Wisconsin River between Mauston and Oxford
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
*{{commons category-inline, Wisconsin Highway 82
082
Transportation in Crawford County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Vernon County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Juneau County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Adams County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Marquette County, Wisconsin