Wisconsin Highway 61 Explained

State:	WI
Type:	WI 1919
Route:	61
Established:	1918^[1]
Deleted:	1926^[2] ^[3]
Previous Type:	US
Previous Route:	61
Next Type:	WI
Next Route:	62

State Trunk Highway 61 (often called Highway 61, STH-61 or WIS 61) was a number assigned to a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It traveled roughly along:

• present-day Wisconsin Highway 81 (WIS 81) from Cassville to Beloit.^[2] From 1924 to 1926, WIS 61 extended westward via present-day WIS 81.^{[4] [3]}
• the pre-Interstate alignment of Wisconsin Highway 15 (WIS 15) from Beloit to Milwaukee (now part of CTH-X, WIS 11, WIS 67, US 12, CTH-ES, and National Avenue). WIS 61 had always follow at least a portion of what later became WIS 15.^{[1] [2] [5]} WIS 15 had plenty of alterations before being superseded by I-43 in 1988.^[6]

The route was later designated as Wisconsin Highway 14 from 1926 to 1933 (before US 14 exists).^{[3] [5]}

Notes and References

1. 1918.
2. 1926.
3. 1927.
4. 1924.
5. 1934.
6. 1989.