Wisconsin Highway 61

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always follow at least a portion of what later became WIS 15.[1][2][5] WIS 15 had plenty of alterations before being superseded by I-43 in 1988.[6]
For the highway in Wisconsin numbered 61 since 1926, see U.S. Route 61 in Wisconsin.

State Trunk Highway 61 marker

State Trunk Highway 61

Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Existed1918[1]–1926[2][3]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
Highway system
← US 61→ WIS 62

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

References
  1. Wisconsin Highway Commission (1918). Official Map of the State Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). [c. 1:1,010,000]. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. OCLC 38871736, 69119995. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  2. Wisconsin Highway Commission (1926). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. OCLC 237003454, 71251169. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  3. Wisconsin Highway Commission (1927). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin, 'The Playground of the Middle West' (PDF) (Map). 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  4. Wisconsin Highway Commission (1924). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin: 'The Playground of the Middle West' (PDF) (Map). c. 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. OCLC 560719947. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  5. Wisconsin Highway Commission (1934). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). 1:887,040. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  6. Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Highways (1989). Wisconsin Highway Map (PDF) (Map) (1989–1990 ed.). 1:823,680. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
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