Wisconsin Highway 127

State Trunk Highway 127 (often called Highway 127, STH-127 or WIS 127) is a 14.16-mile (22.79-kilometre) state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs from WIS 16 near Wisconsin Dells east to Interstate 39 (I-39) and WIS 16 in Portage; the highway is located entirely within Columbia County. WIS 127 is maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT).

Route description

WIS 127 begins at a junction with WIS 16 and County Trunk Highway WD (CTH-WD) in the Town of Newport, southwest of Wisconsin Dells. From here, the highway heads east through farmland, crossing CTH-O. It enters the Town of Lewiston, passing to the south of Lake Corning. Past the lake, the route meets CTH-XX and CTH-AA in succession before turning southeast; the latter route connects WIS 127 to Briggsville. WIS 127 crosses a creek before turning east to pass Lewiston Elementary School. After crossing a second creek, the route again heads southeast toward Portage. The highway curves south to pass Columbia Correctional Institution, a maximum-security state prison, before entering Portage. In Portage, WIS 127 passes several businesses before terminating at a junction with WIS 16 and exit 89B on I-39.^[1][2]

History

WIS 127 is located on a former alignment of US 16 (now WIS 16). It was removed from US 16 when the portion of the route from Wisconsin Dells to Portage was realigned on a more direct routing in 1948, bringing it closer to the Wisconsin River.^[3][4] The route then became portions of CTH-WD and CTH-AA before re-entering the Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System in 1956, when WIS 127 was established.^[5][6]

References

1. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2011). ((Columbia Co.)). Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on April 13, 2007. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
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3. ^ 1948. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
4. ^ 1949. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
5. ^ 1956. Retrieved February 2, 2022.
6. ^ 1957. Retrieved February 2, 2022.