U.S. Route 10 in Wisconsin

This article is about the section of U.S. Route 10 in Wisconsin. For the entire length of the highway, see U.S. Route 10.

U.S. Highway 10
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length:	294.01 mi (473.16 km)
Existed:	1926 (1917 as WIS 18 and 34) – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 10 near Hastings, Minnesota
	I-94 in Osseo I-39/US 51 in Stevens Point US 41 near Appleton I-43 near Manitowoc
East end:	US 10 in Ludington, MI via Carferry
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced Wisconsin Highways Interstates • U.S. • State County • Bannered • Rustic ← US 8 WIS 11 → ← US 18 WIS 19 →

In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, U.S. Route 10 (normally called U.S. Highway 10, Highway 10 or US 10) runs east–west across the central part of the state. It runs from the Prescott Drawbridge over the St. Croix River at Prescott, where it enters Minnesota, east to the dock in Manitowoc where the Lake Michigan Carferry (SS Badger) crosses Lake Michigan to Ludington, Michigan.

Route description

U.S. Highway 10 enters the state and Pierce County from Minnesota at Prescott and immediately joins with WIS 35 north. WIS 35 turns north 1-mile (1.6 km) northeast at WIS 29 while US 10 continues east and passes through Ellsworth at the junctions with WIS 65 and US 63 The highway turns southeast and passes through Ono and Plum City. US 10 then enters Pepin County and junctions with WIS 25 and WIS 85 at Durand US 10 briefly enters Buffalo County and passes through Mondovi at the junction with WIS 37. In northern Trempealeau County, the highway crosses WIS 93 at Eleva, passes through Strum, and junctions with US 53 and I-94 in Osseo. The route then enters Jackson County where it joins US 12 and WIS 27. US 12 and WIS 27 split to the south at the Clark County line while US 10 continues east to Neillsville and crosses WIS 73 there. The highway then meanders northeast into Wood County, passing south of Marshfield and crossing WIS 13. US 10 then passes through the community of Auburndale and enters Portage County at Milladore.

US 10 meets WIS 34 north at two miles (3 km) west of Junction City. WIS 34 splits north two miles (3 km) east of Junction City while US 10 turns east and bypasses Stevens Point on a new freeway. In Stevens Point, the old US 10 has been replaced by WIS 66 which travels through downtown and near the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point just east of downtown. The highway then meets I-39 / US 51 north of the city and runs concurrent with I-39 / US 51 for about seven miles before exiting to the east of Stevens Point. At this point, US 10 becomes a multilane expressway and heads southeast, passing through Amherst and crossing into Waupaca County. US 10 bypasses the city of Waupaca to the south and junctions with WIS 22, WIS 54 and meets WIS 49 south. US 10 and WIS 49 turn eastward to Weyauwega then head south to Fremont where WIS 49 turns south and US 10 becomes a freeway at the junction with WIS 110. US 10 collects US 45 south in northwest Winnebago County for a three mile (5 km) southeast trek before US 45 splits to the south and US 10 turns east to rendezvous with WIS 441 at the junction with US 41 in Neenah. US 10 turns south off the WIS 441 freeway south of Appleton and turns east into Calumet County.

As a multilane urban arterial, US 10 collects WIS 114 for four miles (6 km) before the latter splits south two miles (3 km) before US 10 junctions with WIS 55. The highway then crosses WIS 32 and WIS 57 at Forest Junction and turns southeast to pass through Brillion and into Manitowoc County. The highway passes through Reedsville and Whitelaw before turning south onto I-43 for three miles (5 km) and turning east off the Interstate to head along WIS 42 into the north side of Manitowoc. US 10 then turns south into downtown where it continues into Michigan via the S.S. Badger carferry to Ludington.

History

S.S. Badger transports across Lake Michigan

Prior to 1926, what is now US 10 was State Trunk Highway 18. However, Highway 18 initially (in 1917) only ran from Humbird, near where US 10 and U.S. Highway 12 (then State Trunk Highway 12) cross, east to Manitowoc. State Trunk Highway 34 ran from Prescott to Highway 37 in Mondovi. The route between Mondovi and Humbird was not numbered until the early 1920s, when Highway 18 was extended west from Humbird past Mondovi to Prescott, eliminating Highway 34.

When US 10 was designated in late 1926, it ran along U.S. Highway 12 from Minnesota east to Humbird, splitting there to run to Manitowoc. The piece of former Highway 18 west of Humbird became Highway 34, as the number 18 conflicted with U.S. Highway 18. In 1934, Highway 34 disappeared again, as US 10 was separated from the US 12 concurrency to run along it.

Major intersections

Minnesota Border to Stevens Point

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Pierce	Prescott	0.09	WIS 29/WIS 35 South	WI 29 Ends at border. WI 35 Western terminus of Concurrency
		1.32	WIS 29 East/WIS 35 North	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
	Hager City	9.12	CTH E
	Trimbelle	12.16	CTH O
		13.71	CTH J
		15.56	US 63 South	Western terminus of Concurrency
	Ellsworth	17.16	WIS 65
		18.84	US 63 North/WIS 72	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
	Bay City	22.87	CTH D
	Ono	33.51	CTH CC
	Plum City	37.24	CTH U
Pepin	Arkansaw	47.19	WIS 25 North	Western terminus of Concurrency
	Durand	48.16	WIS 25 South	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
		49.66	WIS 85
	Buffalo	Mondovi	64.82	WIS 37 North	Western terminus of Concurrency
	Buffalo		65.54	WIS 37 South	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
Trempealeau	Eleva	74.89	WIS 93
	Osseo	85.18	US 53 North	Western terminus of Concurrency
		87.60	US 53 South	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
		88.52	I-94	at I-94 exit 88
Jackson	Fairchild	101.39	US 12 West	Western terminus of Concurrency
		103.28	US 12 East	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
Clark	Neillsville	120.13	WIS 73
	Granton	127.41	CTH K South	Western terminus of Concurrency
		128.54	CTH K North	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
Wood	Marshfield	142.99	WIS 13 South	Western terminus of Concurrency
		144.97	WIS 13 Bus
		146.95	WIS 13 North	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
	Hewitt	148.90	CTH T
	Auburndale	152.41	WIS 186/CTH M
	Milladore	160.72	CTH S
Portage	Junction City	163.62	WIS 34 South	Western terminus of Concurrency
		165.14	CTH G
		166.65	CTH O
		168.04	WIS 34 North	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
	Stevens Point	176.41	CTH P
		177.56	US 51 Bus
		178.06	WIS 66
		179.94	I-39/US 51
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Stevens Point to Appleton

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Portage	Stevens Point	179.94		I-39 / US 51	at I-39 Exit 158
	Stockton	183.95		CTH-J
	Custer	188.50		CTH-K north	At-grade intersection follow East
	Stockton	191.2		WIS 161	At-grade intersection
		191.9		CTH-K south	At-grade intersection
	Amherst Junction	190.94		Amherst Jct, Lake Dr	Eastbound exit; Westbound entrance only
	Amherst	192.51		CTH-B west – Plover, Amherst	follow East
		194.51		CTH-A / CTH-B east – Amherst
Waupaca	Sheridan	200.89		CTH-Q	At-grade intersection
	Waupaca	204.69		WIS 49 north / WIS 54 west – Waupaca, Wis Rapids	follow East
		205.97		WIS 22 south / CTH-K south – Waupaca, Wild Rose	King - this exit follow East
		207.38		Churchill St
		208.66		WIS 22 north / WIS 54 east / CTH-A / CTH-K north – Waupaca, New London
	Weyauwega	213.95		WIS 110 north / CTH-X – Weyauwega	follow East
		214.92		CTH-F – Weyauwega	Westbound exit, Eastbound entrance only
	Fremont	218.73		WIS 49 south / WIS 110 south – Berlin, Fremont
		221.77		WIS 96 / WIS 110 / CTH-II – Fremont
Winnebago	Winchester	228.02		US 45 north – New London	Western terminus of Concurrency
		230.59		US 45 south – Oshkosh	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
	Neenah	238.10		WIS 76 – Oshkosh, Shiocton	Eastbound also signed To US-41 North
		240.54		CTH-CB (Mayflower Rd)
		241.68		WIS 441	Western terminus of Concurrency
		241.68		US 41 south – Milwaukee	Eastbound - No access to US 41 North
				US 41 – Green Bay, Milwaukee	Westbound
	Menasha	242.64		CTH-P (Racine St)
		243.75		CTH-AP (Midway Rd)
		244.91		WIS 47 (Appleton Rd)
Calumet	Waverly Beach	245.91		US 10 east (Oneida St)	follow South

Appleton to Manitowoc

County	Location	Mile	Destinations	Notes
Calumet	Waverly Beach	245.91	WIS 441	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
		247.39	WIS 114 West	Western terminus of Concurrency
	Highland Beach	250.88	WIS 114 East	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
		255.50	WIS 55
	Forest Junction	261.90	WIS 32/WIS 57 South	Western terminus of Concurrency
		262.40	WIS 32/WIS 57 North	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
	Brillion	267.23	CTH PP
Manitowoc	Reedsville	272.53	CTH W
	Cato	277.89	CTH J
	Whitelaw	279.91	CTH S
	Manitowoc	284.70	I-43 North/WIS 310	Western terminus of Concurrency
		287.75	I-43 South/WIS 42 South/CTH JJ	Eastern terminus of Concurrency with I-43 Western terminus of Concurrency with WI-42
		291.40	WIS 42 North	Eastern terminus of Concurrency
		292.86	US 151
		294.01	S.S. Badger Car Ferry
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Current status

WisDOT is in the process of relocating US-10 out of Stevens Point by joining it with I-39 north to the CTH-X interchange. US-10 will then turn west, bypassing smaller communities and end at WIS 13 south of Marshfield. Construction began in 2007 and will finish in 2012.

This project will complete US-10 as four lanes facility from Marshfield to Menasha, a project started in the late 1990s. The only segment of the highway not a divided expressway will be from I-39 in Stevens Point to CTH-J.

See also

• U.S. Route 110, a short and short-lived spur from Fremont to Oshkosh

References

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