Wisconsin Highway 183 Explained

State:WI
Type:WI
Route:183
Decommissioned:yes
Maint:none
Length Mi:30.8
Direction A:South
Terminus A: near Pepin
Direction B:North
Terminus B: near Spring Valley
Counties:Pepin, Pierce
Previous Type:WI
Previous Route:182
Next Type:WI
Next Route:184

State Trunk Highway 183 (often called Highway 183, STH-183 or WIS 183) was a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It ran north–south between WIS 35 near Pepin and WIS 29 near Spring Valley. The now-decommissioned highway was turned over to local control, and is now designated as County Trunk Highway CC (CTH-CC) in Pepin and Pierce counties.

Route description

Sites along the route, from south to north, include the Little House Wayside and the unincorporated communities of Lund (on the border between Pepin and Pierce counties, at the highway's junctions with CTH-J and CTH-SS), Ono (at the junction with US Highway 10, US 10), Waverly (at the junction with WIS 72), and Olivet (on the boundary between the Pierce County towns of Gilman and Spring Lake). The terminus at WIS 29 is very close to the entry to Crystal Cave, about 1miles southwest along Burkart Creek (a tributary of the Eau Galle River), from Spring Valley.

History

Highway 183 was first designated in 1947 from Spring Valley to US Highway 10.[1] It was extended south to Pepin in 1949.[2] The highway was given to local control around 1989.

Notes and References

  1. Shell Oil Company . 1956 . Shell Highway Map of Wisconsin . 1:950,400 . Chicago . Shell Oil Company . December 6, 2021 . David Rumsey Map Collection .
  2. Book: Wisconsin Legislature . 1949 . Published July 16, 1949 . Chapter 475: An Act Directing the State Highway Commission to Add Certain Highways to the State Trunk Highway System . https://books.google.com/books?id=z8Y4AAAAIAAJ&dq=sth+185&pg=PA433 . Wisconsin Session Laws . Madison, Wisconsin . Wisconsin Farmer Company . 433 .