Wisconsin Highway 110 Explained

State:WI
Type:WI
Route:110
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:WIS 110 highlighted in red
Length Mi:37.44
Length Ref:[1]
Length Round:2
Established:1939
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: in Fremont
Junction: in Fremont
in Weyauwega
Terminus B: in Marion
Counties:Waupaca, Shawano
Previous Type:WI
Previous Route:109
Next Type:WI
Next Route: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

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 5miles. 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

State:WI
Type:US 1926
Route:110
Location:Oshkosh to east of Fremont, Wisconsin
Length Mi:40
Formed:1926
Deleted:1938

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]

This route, which would be the forerunner of WIS 110, started out as a 40miles 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bessert . Chris . Wisconsin Highways: Highways 110-119 (Highway 110) . Wisconsin Highways . April 16, 2008.
  2. Book: 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 . . 57 . . .
  3. Bureau of Public Roads . Bureau of Public Roads . American Association of State Highway Officials . 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 . 1:7,000,000 . Washington, DC . . 32889555 . November 7, 2013 . . amp .