As the Wisconsin state highway system is constantly evolving and
new (or "new" historical) information is discovered or passed
along, new and updated information is added to this site regularly.
Below you will find a list of many of those changes, with the newest
changes listed first.
April 14, 2008 - |
Made grammatical and other improvements to a wide variety of pages across the entire website. |
January 2, 2008 - |
Happy New Year! Made a few sitewide changes for the New Year, including updating the copyright in the footer at the bottom of every page. |
July 9, 2007 - |
Updated the US-141 route listing to show the completion of the expressway extension into Marinette Co and new bypass of Coleman and Pound. |
May 28, 2007 - |
Added a new link to photos of the new STH-119 sigage to the Airport Spur Freeway page and STH-119 route listing. |
May 27, 2007 - |
To reflect the new signs being erected showing STH-119 along the Airport Spur Freeway, several listings including the Airport Spur Freeway page and STH-119 route listing were updated. |
February
6,
2007 - |
Removed
an erroneous listing from the Business
Connections page. (Thanks Jacob!) |
January
20, 2007 - |
Major
update to the Connecting Highways
pages, including migrating all routes
to new pages, coinciding with the 2005 realignment of the former WisDOT
Districts to the current Region system. Also added new information
to the STH-83
route listing regarding a
realignment through downtown Burlington in c.2002-03 and updated the
STH-16 and STH-67 listings
to reflect the new Oconomwoc Bypass.
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January
7, 2007 - |
Several
updates today:
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January
6, 2007 - |
Transitioned
eleven more business route listings (BUS
STH-23 Green Lake through
BUS STH-42 Sturgeon
Bay) to the Business
Connections page. Also added new historic information to the STH-40
route listing. Also added new information and a photograph to the
Business Route Specs page. |
January
5, 2007 - |
Added
nine more listings for BUS
US-14 (Janesville), BUS
STH-16, BUS
US-18 (Mount Horeb) and BUS
US-18 (Verona) to
the Business Connections page. |
January
2, 2007
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Happy
New Year! Made a few sitewide changes for the New Year, including updating
the copyright in the footer at the bottom of every page. Also updated
the STH-175 route listing to reflect its truncation to south of Fond
du Lac yesterday. |
August
29, 2006 - |
Added
three new photo pages with images of the US-53
Eau Claire Bypass construction in 2004 and of BYPASS
US-53 in 2005. Added links to those pages on the
US-53, Former
BYP US-53, STH-124 and STH-312 route listings pages. |
August
29, 2006 - |
Added
a brand-new map of the Greater
Eau Claire & Chippewa Falls Area to
illustrate the many highway changes which have occurred in the area
since 2001. Added links to the new map from the appropriate route
listings pages and updated the Maps
page as well.
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August
21, 2006 - |
The
final three miles of the US-53 "Eau Claire bypass" freeway opened to
traffic today. The following route listing changes were made as a result:
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August
15, 2006 - |
Made
several corrections to the STH-312
route listing based on information
provided by Peter Johnson. (Thanks!) Also completed the former route
designation descriptions through the "50s" on the Master
List 1917-Present page. |
August
13, 2006 - |
Finally
uploaded the Master List 1917-Present page,
which is nearly complete. All that is left is the inclusion of the
remaining descriptions of former designations. However, site visitors
are encouraged to review it and contribute any designations which are
incomplete or excluded! |
August
8,
2006 - |
Added
several new links to the "Additional Information & Resources" section
of the Milwaukee Freeways page, mostly in reference to James Casey,
transportation expert, historian and author of "The Politics of
Congestion: The Continuing Legacy of the Milwaukee Freeway Revolt". |
July
23, 2006 - |
Added
links to the US-12 Whitewater
Bypass Map to the US-12, STH-59 and STH-89 route listings. |
July
22, 2006 - |
Added
new information to the STH-23 (Fond
du Lac-Plymouth improvements), STH-29 (Green
Bay area upgrades) and STH-32 (Claude
Allouez Bridge replacement project) route listings. |
July
21, 2006 - |
Updated
the US-8 and
STH-17 route listings
to include the removal of Rhinelander's BUS US-8 route. Removed the
BUS US-8 (Rhinelander) listing from the Business
Connections page. |
July
6,
2006 - |
Added
a new link to the Links page and additional
"Continue On" links in individual highway
listings for routes that begin at the Illinois state line. |
May
2,
2006 - |
Uploaded two additional
listings—BUS
US-12 (Sauk City-Prairie du Sac) and BUS
US-12 (Whitewater)—to
the Business Connections page. |
April
28, 2006 - |
Uploaded the first eight
route listings to the Business
Connections page. |
April
22, 2006 - |
Corrected
the route listings for SPUR
STH-42 and SPUR
STH-51 to reflect SPUR
STH-32's decommissioning. Also uploaded new route marker graphics
for EVERY US and State trunk highway listing on
the website (183 images). |
April
14, 2006 - |
Completed
migrating the last four listings to the Highways
400-894 page: I-794, STH-794, SPUR
STH-794 and I-894;
Also updated the SPUR
STH-32 route listing to show its status as a
former state trunk highway. |
April
13, 2006 - |
Updated
the STH-50 and STH-38 route
listings. —Thanks Jon and Mark! Also added some new
historical information to the Milwaukee
Freeways article regarding
additional referenda on the freeway system. —Thanks Jim! |
April
12, 2006 - |
Completed
migrating the last two listings to the Highways
200-399 page: STH-341 and Former
STH-351;
Also uploaded the first two listings to the Highways
400-894 page:
STH-441 and I-535. |
April
11, 2006 - |
Uploaded
the next two listings to the Highways
200-399 page: STH-310 and
STH-312. |
April
6, 2006 - |
Completed
migrating the first four listings to the Highways
200-399 page: STH-213,
STH-241, STH-243 and STH-253; Also added new links to the US-8, US-10, US-12, STH-64,
and
I-94 route listings
to bridges featured on John Weeks' The
Bridges Of Minneapolis And St. Paul site. |
April
6, 2006 - |
Completed
the entire Highways 190-199 page, uploading the four listings to that
page. |
April
4, 2006 - |
Completed
moving listings on the Highways
180-189 page to the new site: STH-182 through STH-188. |
April
2,
2006 - |
Moved
the first two listings to the Highways
180-189 page: STH-180 and STH-181;
also added new historical information to the STH-59
route listing. —Thanks Jon! |
March
31, 2006 - |
Completed
moving listings on the Highways
170-179 page to the new site: STH-178 and STH-179. |
March
30, 2006 - |
Uploaded
the next four listings to the Highways
170-179 page: STH-172, STH-173, STH-175 and Former
STH-176. |
March
26, 2006 - |
Completed
moving listings on the Highways
160-169 page to the new site: Former
STH-168 and STH-169; Also
uploaded the first two listings to the Highways
170-179 page: STH-170 and STH-171. |
March
25, 2006 - |
Uploaded
the following listings to the Highways
160-169 page: STH-162, Former
STH-163, STH-164, STH-165 and STH-167. |
March
24, 2006 - |
Completed
the Highways
150-159 page with the addition of the STH-158 and STH-159 listings.
Also debuted the Highways
160-169 page with the first two listings
for STH-160 and STH-161. |
March
23, 2006 - |
Completed
the new STH-157 route
listing on the Highways
150-159 page. |
March
21, 2006 - |
Uploaded
the next five route listings (STH-152 through STH-156) the Highways
150-159 page. |
March
19, 2006 - |
Completed
the new US-151 route
listing on the Highways
150-159 page. |
March
13, 2006 - |
Uploaded
the first listing to the Highways
150-159 page: Former
STH-150. |
March
11, 2006 - |
The
final four route listings on the Highways 140-149 page have been completed:
STH-145, STH-146, STH-147 and Former
STH-149. |
March
10, 2006 - |
The
final freeway articles in the new Milwaukee
Freeways section are completed and added to the site: those for
the West Bend Freeway and the Zoo
Freeway. Also added links to the specific freeway articles to many
individual route listings. |
March
7, 2006 - |
Yet
another new addition to the Milwaukee
Freeways section:
the article on the Stadium Freeway is
now complete. |
March
6, 2006 - |
Another
new addition to the Milwaukee Freeways section:
the article on the Rock Freeway is now
complete. |
March
4, 2006 - |
Two
new additions to the Milwaukee
Freeways section: specific articles on the North-South
Freeway and the Park Freeway are
complete as are maps of the proposed Park
East and Park West. |
March
1, 2006 - |
A MAJOR new
addition to the website: the Milwaukee
Freeways section, including
a comprehensive chronicling of the Milwaukee freeway saga and articles
on each freeway (existing, proposed or otherwise). Articles on the
Airport, Airport
Spur, Bay, Belt, East-West, Fond
du Lac, and Lake Freeways
are complete. |
February
27, 2006 - |
Added
Wisconsin Official Maps: Christopher Bessert Collection. |
February
7, 2006 - |
Made
a few very minor corrections to the text on the Route
Markers page.
(Thanks Craig!) |
January
21, 2006 - |
Updated
the STH-115 route listing (again)
to indicate the precise date of its transfer to local control as CTH-DJ. |
January
14, 2006 - |
Updated
the STH-115 route listing to
indicate that highway's transfer to county control and removal from
the state trunk highway system. Also added a new page of STH-131
Photos: Rockton-Ontario, 1999/2005 and added links to same to the appropriate
pages. |
January
12, 2006 - |
Updated
both the US-41 route listing and
US-41: The Complete History to reflect the completion of the Interstate
Bridge project linking Menominee and Marinette, Wisc. |
January
11, 2006 - |
Updated
the termini information for STH-21
(eastern) and STH-33
(western) with
new information received from WisDOT contacts. |
January
7, 2006 - |
Updated
the System of Numbering State Trunk
Highways for
Guidance of Travelers, Historical Background memorandum with an
additional corrective footnote annotation.
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January
2,
2006 - |
Made
a few sitewide changes for the New Year, including updating the copyright
in the footer at the bottom of every page. Also:
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January
1,
2006 - |
Happy
New Year! Transferred two more route listings on the Highways
140-149 page: STH-142 and
Former STH-143. |
December
31, 2005 - |
Transferred
the first two route listings on the Highways
140-149 page: STH-140 and
US-141. |
December
30, 2005 - |
Transferred
the remainder of the route listings on the Highways
130-139 page (STH-133,
STH-134, STH-136, STH-137, STH-138 and STH-139). Also updated/corrected
several of the "Additional
Information" links
at the bottom of the
Great River Road page. |
December
29, 2005 - |
Transferred
the Proposed US-8 (Pembine-Hermansville) page
from the old website and added links to it and the STH-131
in the Kickapoo River Valley map to
the Maps page. Also added information on the
proposed US-8 alignment and links to the maps to the US-8
route listing. |
December
27, 2005 - |
Uploaded
a brand-new article to the In-Depth section: STH-131
in the Kickapoo River Valley, includes a detailed
map. Also completed migrating the STH-131
listing to the Highways
130-139 page. |
December
22, 2005 - |
Transferred
the first listing to the Highways
130-139 page: STH-130. |
December
21,
2005 - |
Transferred the last
four listings to the Highways
120-129 page: STH-126, STH-127, STH-128 and STH-129. |
December
18-20, 2005 - |
Several
updates and additions, including:
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December
16,
2005 - |
Several
updates and additions, including:
- Updated the US-12
route listing to
include information on the completed Middleton bypass and the
entire Middleton-Sauk City upgrade project.
- Added information on Whitewater's new BUS
US-12 route to the US-12
listing as well.
- Added a new link to a WisDOT study website to the US-41
listing.
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November
17,
2005 - |
Updated
the homepage and added a link and graphic to the WisDOT Winter Road
Conditions website. |
October
11, 2005 - |
Completed
transferring the last three listings—STH-117 through STH-119—to
the Highways 110-119 page. |
October
10, 2005 - |
Transferred
five additional listings—STH-112 through STH-116—to
the Highways 110-119 page. |
October
6,
2005 - |
Transferred
the first two listings—STH-110 and STH-111—to
the Highways
110-119 page and added a link to the Wisconsin
State Trunk Highway System Map at the top of each of
the listings pages. |
September
15, 2005 - |
Completed
transferring the remaining listings—STH-106 through FORMER
STH-109—to
the Highways 100-109 page. |
September
11, 2005 - |
Transferred
two more listings—STH-104 and STH-105—to
the Highways 100-109 page. |
September
10, 2005 - |
Transferred
two more listings—STH-101 and STH-102—to
the Highways 100-109 page. |
September
9, 2005 - |
Updated
the STH-29 listing to
reflect the completion of the Chippewa Falls freeway bypass in mid-August
and transferred the first listing—STH-100—to
the Highways
100-109 page. |
September
7,
2005 - |
Added
the links to the Wisconsin
State Trunk Highway System Map and its companion detail maps
to the homepage, the primary Highway
Listings page and the Maps section of
the website. |
August
25, 2005 - |
Updated/corrected
the route history for STH-92, also made several minor formatting changes
to various pages. |
August
10, 2005 - |
Added
the remaining six listings—I-94 through
FORMER STH-99—to
the Highways 90-99 page.
Added the Marquette Interchange information box to the bottom of the homepage and
to the US-41, I-43 and I-94 listings. |
August
8, 2005 - |
Added
two more listings—STH-92 and STH-93—to
the Highways 90-99
page. Also made slight modifications to the Wisconsin's
Highways and Wisconsin's Interstates pages. |
August
7, 2005 - |
Added
the first two listings—I-90 and STH-91—to the Highways
90-99 page. |
August
5, 2005 - |
Updated
the Highways 50-59 page to include a brand-new route listing for BYPASS
US-53 and modified the US-53
listing to include information on the
new BYPASS US-53 designation. |
August
4,
2005 - |
With
the opening of the new Whitewater Bypass today, the US-12, STH-59 and
STH-89 listings have
been revised. Also completed and uploaded the remainder of the route
listings to complete the Highways
80-89 page (from STH-83 through STH-89). |
July
3, 2005 - |
Uploaded
a new page containing a memorandum titled System
of Numbering State Trunk Highways for Guidance of Travelers, Historical
Background into
the In Depth section of the website. |
June
29, 2005 - |
Added
information about newly-discovered BUS
STH-40 to the STH-40
listing. |
June
28, 2005 - |
Updated
the information for the various former BUS US-41 routings in the US-41
listing, added information regarding BUS
US-10 (Neillsville) to
the US-10 listing,
and updated the cost of the Whitewater Bypass project in the US-12
listing. |
June
24, 2005 - |
Updated
the US-12 listing with
the newly-projected completion date for the Whitewater Bypass project
and the US-53 listing to include the completion and opening of an addition
4.5 miles of the US-53 freeway in Eau Claire. |
June
19, 2005 - |
Completed
the Highways
70-79 page with listings for STH-78 and STH-79 and
added the listings for STH-80, STH-81 and STH-82 to
the Highways
80-89 page. |
June
5, 2005 - |
Added
the listings for STH-71 through STH-77 on the Highways
70-79 page. |
June
3, 2005 - |
Completed
the Highways
60-69 page with listings for STH-68 and STH-69 and
added the first listing on the Highways
70-79 page. |
May
31, 2005 - |
Added
listings to the Highways 60-69 page,
from US-61 through STH-67. |
May
26, 2005 - |
Added
the first listing—STH-60—on the Highways
60-69 page. |
May
24, 2005 - |
Completed
the Highways 50-59 page with
the STH-59 listing. |
May
22, 2005 - |
Completed
the listings for STH-57 and STH-58 on
the Highways 50-59 page as
well as minor tweaks on the US-41:
The Complete History page. |
May
21, 2005 - |
Completed
the listings for US-53 through STH-56 on
the Highways 50-59 page. |
May
4, 2005 - |
Completed
the listings for SPUR
US-51 and STH-52 on
the Highways 50-59 page. |
May
1,
2005 - |
Completed
the US-51 listing on the Highways
50-59 page. |
April
2, 2005 - |
Completed
the listings on the Highways
40-49 page, from STH-42 through STH-49. |
April
1,
2005 - |
Added
an update to the STH-35 listing
and made minor updates and corrections to the US-41:
The Complete History page. |
March
29, 2005 - |
Made
a correction to the history listing for US-18.
(Thanks Jon!) |
March
28, 2005 - |
Added
first listings to the Highways
40-49 page: STH-40 through US-41;
Added the brand-new US-41: The
Complete History page to the In Depth
News & Articles section; added info about the "Hatley
gas station bypass"
to the STH-29 listing on
the Highways
20-29 page. |
March
25, 2005 - |
Finished
the highway listings—STH-36 through STH-39—for the Highways 30-39 page,
which is now complete. |
March
20, 2005 - |
Added
listings for STH-33 through STH-35 to the Highways 30-39 page. |
March
13, 2005 - |
Added
listings for STH-30 through SPUR
STH-32 to the Highways
30-39 page. |
March
9, 2005 - |
Completed the remaining
listings—STH-26 through STH-29—on the Highways 20-29 page. |
February
24 ,
2005 - |
Uploaded the completed
Hoan Bridge: 2000 page to the In
Depth section. |
February
23, 2005 - |
Added
an additional 'historic' state trunk highway route marker from the 1950s
to the Wisconsin's Route Markers page. |
February
22, 2005 - |
Made
a few housekeeping changes to the Wisconsin's
Highways, STH-32: Red Arrow Highway and Great
River Road pages and added a new graphic to the Wisconsin's
Interstates page. Also added the BUS US-12 (Sauk City-Prairie du
Sac) listing to the US-12
route listing. |
February
7, 2005 - |
Uploaded the first seven listings on the Highways 20-29 page and made a few minor tweaks to the Highways 10-19 page. |
February
6, 2005 - |
Uploaded the second completed Route Listings page migrated over from the old site: Highways 10-19. |
January
23, 2005 - |
Uploaded
the first completed Route Listings page
migrated over from the old site: Highways
1-9. Also completed the Lake Michigan
Circle Tour and Lake Superior
Circle Tour pages. |
January
9, 2005 - |
Added
two additional 'historic' US Highway markers to the Route
Markers page
and made other textual edits as well. |
January
8, 2005 - |
Completed
moving all seven
Connecting Highways pages to the
new site and spruced up the homepage a bit with some new text and a historical
photo of US-18/Bluemound Rd in 1946. |
January
2-5, 2005 - |
Made many
minor adjustments to the new site. |
January
1,
2005 - |
New
e-mail address for comments, updates, suggestions and general feedback
is put into place: chris
-at- wisconsinhighways - dot- org. Please note, a spam trap is in effect,
so be sure to change the symbol before the domain name to an "at" symbol. |
December
29, 2004 - |
Portions
of the new website go online, ironically two years to the day since the
domain was registered. |
December
29, 2002 - |
Domain "www.wisconsinhighways.org"
registered; placeholder homepage uploaded. |
June
1997-Dec 2004 - |
Previous versions of website,
hosted at AOL |
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