{{short description|Highway in Wisconsin}} {{Use American English|date=May 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=WI |type=WI |route=69 |length_mi=40.78 |length_ref= <ref name="WH1">{{cite web |last = Bessert |first = Chris |title= Highways 60-69 |work = Wisconsin Highways |url = http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys60-69.html#STH-069 |access-date = March 20, 2007 }}{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=September 2020}}</ref> |map={{maplink-road|from=Wisconsin Highway 69.map}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=WIS 69; mainline in red, business route in blue |direction_a=South |direction_b=North |terminus_a={{Jct|state=IL|IL|26}} in [[Monroe, Wisconsin|Monroe]] |junction= |terminus_b={{Jct|state=WI|US|18|US|151}} in [[Verona, Wisconsin|Verona]] |counties=[[Green County, Wisconsin|Green]], [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane]] |previous_type=WI |previous_route=68 |next_type=WI |next_route=70 }} '''State Trunk Highway 69''' (often called '''Highway 69''', '''STH-69''' or '''WIS 69''') is a [[state highway (US)|state highway]] in the U.S. state of [[Wisconsin]]. It runs north–south in south central Wisconsin from the [[Illinois]] border near [[Monroe, Wisconsin|Monroe]] to [[Verona, Wisconsin|Verona]].
==Route description== WIS 69 begins in [[Green County, Wisconsin|Green County]] at the Illinois border near [[Clarno, Wisconsin|Clarno]]. At the state line, WIS 69 turns into [[Illinois Route 26]] (IL 26), which runs southward to [[Freeport, Illinois|Freeport]]. WIS 69 continues north to [[Monroe, Wisconsin|Monroe]], where it runs through the city along 7th Avenue. Near the northern edge of Monroe, WIS 69 meets [[Wisconsin Highway 11|WIS 11]] and [[Wisconsin Highway 81|WIS 81]] at a [[diamond interchange]]. WIS 69 runs concurrently with WIS 11 and WIS 81, temporarily going east–west rather than its natural north–south direction, for about half a mile. This segment is the only limited-access [[freeway]] stretch of WIS 69. WIS 69 splits off at another diamond interchange just east of the first, and turns back northward towards [[Monticello, Green County, Wisconsin|Monticello]]. WIS 69 passes west of downtown through Monticello. Between Monticello and [[New Glarus, Wisconsin|New Glarus]], WIS 69 passes by [[New Glarus Woods State Park]] and the [[New Glarus Brewing Company]], the second largest [[List of breweries in Wisconsin|brewing company in Wisconsin]]. In New Glarus, WIS 69 intersects [[Wisconsin Highway 39|WIS 39]] just east of downtown, before exiting the community to the north. {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=In}} north of New Glarus, WIS 69 enters [[Dane County, Wisconsin|Dane County]].
About {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} north of the county line, [[Wisconsin Highway 92|WIS 92]] joins WIS 69, and the two highways run concurrently for {{convert|3.6|mi|km}} into [[Belleville, Wisconsin|Belleville]], tracking east–west rather than north–south. WIS 69 and WIS 92 enter Belleville on Main Street, passing straight through downtown. WIS 69 then turns northward onto River Street, while WIS 92 stays on Main Street for one more block. After turning onto River Street, WIS 69 crosses the [[Sugar River (Wisconsin)|Sugar River]] and passes by Lake Belle View before continuing northward out of the community. WIS 69 passes through the unincorporated communities of [[Basco, Wisconsin|Basco]] and [[Paoli, Wisconsin|Paoli]] before reaching the south edge of [[Verona, Wisconsin|Verona]], where it terminates at a diamond interchange with [[U.S. Route 18 in Wisconsin|US 18]] and [[U.S. Route 151|US 151]].
WIS 69 is a major two-lane highway for the vast majority of its route, connecting the [[Madison metropolitan area]] with Monroe and, via IL 26, Freeport, in addition to serving a few smaller communities. Though WIS 69 is largely two lanes, there are two four lane segments—in Monroe along 7th Avenue and the WIS 11/WIS 81 concurrency, and approaching the US 18/US 151 interchange in Verona.
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop}} {{WIint |county=Green |cspan=4 |town=Clarno |mile=0.00 |road={{Jct|state=IL|IL|26|dir1=south|city1=Freeport}} |notes=Continuation into Illinois }} {{WIint |location=Monroe |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=7.64 |road={{Jct|state=WI|WI|11|dir1=west|WI|81|dir2=west|location1=[[Argyle (village), Wisconsin|Argyle]]|location2=[[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]]}} |notes=Southern end of WIS 11/WIS 81 concurrency }} {{WIint |type=concur |mile=8.56 |road={{Jct|state=WI|WI|11|dir1=east|WI|81|dir2=east|city1=Brodhead}} |notes=Northern end of WIS 11/WIS 81 concurrency }} {{WIint |location=New Glarus |mile=23.72 |road={{Jct|state=WI|WI|39|dir1=west|city1=New Glarus}} }} {{WIint |county=Dane |cspan=3 |town1=Primrose |town2=Montrose |type=concur |mile=28.02 |road={{Jct|state=WI|WI|92|dir1=north|city1=Mount Horeb}} |notes=Southern end of WIS 92 concurrency }} {{WIint |location=Belleville |type=concur |mile=31.59 |road={{Jct|state=WI|WI|92|dir1=south|location1=[[Brooklyn (village), Wisconsin|Brooklyn]]}} |notes=Northern end of WIS 92 concurrency }} {{WIint |location=Verona |mile=40.78 |road={{Jct|state=WI|US|18|US|151|city1=Madison|city2=Mount Horeb}} |notes=Northern terminus }} {{jctbtm|keys=concur}}
==See also== *{{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *{{commons category-inline|Wisconsin Highway 69}}
[[Category:State highways in Wisconsin|069]] [[Category:Transportation in Green County, Wisconsin]] [[Category:Transportation in Dane County, Wisconsin]]