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Wisconsin Highway 29

State Trunk Highway 29 (often called Highway 29, STH-29 or WIS-29) is a state highway running east–west across central Wisconsin for a total of 307.35 miles. It is a major corridor connecting the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/Saint Paul on the west through Wausau and on to Green Bay on the East

A multi-year project to upgrade the corridor to a four-lane freeway/expressway from Elk Mound to Green Bay was completed in 2005. The expansion served to improve safety on the route, which was over capacity as a two-lane road. The remainder of WIS-29 is two-lane surface road or urban multi-lane elsewhere.

History

Prior to 1926, Highway 29 was numbered Highway 116 from Minnesota to Chippewa Falls, Highway 16 from Chippewa Falls to Bellevue, and Highway 146 from Bellevue to Kewaunee. Highway 16 continued southeast from Bellevue along what became U S Highway 141 in 1926 to Manitowoc. What had been Highway 29 before 1926 became U S Highway 16 across the state.

Highway 29 has long been known as "Bloody 29" because of the prevalence of grisly fatal traffic crashes along significant portions of the highway. In 1988, a study was commissioned to examine upgrading the highway to a 4-lane divided highway. The changes would be made along 203 miles of road from I-94, 2 miles west of Elk Mound, to US-41 in Howard (a suburb of Green Bay). The final segment of the highway, connecting the east side of Chippewa Falls with the segment running north of Eau Claire, was opened to traffic on August 16, 2005. Of the total length, about 65 miles of the highway meets Interstate standards. Most of the expansion was able to be completed with only minor additions to the already-existing easements, and as a result, the expanded roadway almost exactly matches the highway's original course. While traffic crashes have declined significantly, numerous memorials to those who lost their lives on the road still dot the route.

Highway 29 is the only Wisconsin state highway in WisDOT's Corridors 2020 Backbone Routes system.

The portion of WIS 29 between Chippewa Falls and Abbotsford roughly follows what used to be the Yellowstone Trail Route. (www.yellowstonetrail.org/)

Route description

Prescott to Elk Mound

WIS-29 passes through Pierce, St. Croix and Dunn Counties in this section. The highway begins at its western terminus at U. S. Route 10, on the north side of Precsott, from this point, Highway 29 follows WIS-35 northeast to River Falls, passing the University of Wisconsin River Falls campus. At the junction with WIS-35, WIS-35 turns northbound with WIS-65 while WIS-29 continues east. WIS-29 joins briefly with US-63 west of Spring Valley and turns eastbound upon its split one mile south to head into Spring Valley. Upon leaving Spring Valley and Pierce county, the route heads northward into St Croix County and turns east towards Menomonie. WIS-29 does not pass through any municipalities while in this county, but it does cross WIS-128.

Upon entering Dunn county, the route passes through rural terrain and enters Menomonie's west side as Hudson Rd. The route turns northward onto Main street and passes west and north of the University of Wisconsin-Stout campus. WIS-29 turns east onto Stout Road along with US-12 and leaves the city to the east. The two routes proceed east for about 9 miles and junction with Interstate 94. This interchange is the westernmost point of the multi-lane WIS-29 corridor. It is also the westernmost point of WIS-29 as a backbone route in Corridors 2020.

Elk Mound to Wausau

Between Elk Mound and Wausau, WIS-29 passes through Dunn, Chippewa, Clark and Marathon counties. West of CTH T, the route is an expressway. The route passes into the Chippewa Valley metropolitan area and south of Chippewa Falls as a Freeway and crosses U S Route 53 at a cloverleaf interchange in Lake Hallie. WIS-29 junctions with the southern terminus of WIS-178 southeast of Chippewa Falls then passes to the south of Lake Wissota State Park before crossing under WIS-27 in Cadott. WIS-29 passes south of Boyd and Stanley before exiting the county to the east.

In Clark County, WIS-29 meets WIS-73 in Thorp. the two routes exit the village to the east concurrently and WIS-73 splits to the south in Withee about 10 miles east. WIS-29 continues east and passes south of Owen and Curtiss. At Abbotsford, WIS-29 and WIS-13 meet at a partial cloverleaf interchange between Abbotsford and Colby on the Clark and Marathon county line. Twelve miles east of Abbotsford, WIS-29 and WIS-97 meet at a diamond interchange. This is a key route for travelers between Wausau and Marshfield. East of this junction, WIS-29 follows a straight route that passes Edgar and meets WIS-107 at a diamond interchange on the north side of Marathon City, approximately 8 miles west of Wausau. WIS-29 enters Wausau as a freeway, junctions with the western terminus of WIS-52 approx. 1/2 mile west of US-51 at an eastbound off/westbound on style half-interchange. WIS-29 then immediately enters the new US-51 interchange, and turns south onto and follows US-51 for five miles, bypassing the downtown area to the south.

Wausau to Green Bay

WIS-29 Interchange on I-39 and US-51

This stretch of the highway passes through Marathon, Shawano, Outagamie and Brown Counties. South of Wausau, WIS-29 turns off US-51 to the east at the northern terminus of I-39 and continues as freeway, passing through the villages of Rothschild and Weston. The freeway section ends at Ringle. As an expressway, the highway passes just south of Hatley and turns southeast for about four miles before turning east again at the northern terminus of WIS-49.

The highway enters Shawano County about one mile east of this junction. WIS-29 passes north and around Wittenberg. US-45 joins with the highway north of Wittenberg and the two routes run concurrently to where US-45 splits to the south at about two miles east of the village. WIS-29 bypasses Tilleda and Thornton on the way towards Shawano. At Shawano, the expressway becomes a freeway at the junction with CTH MMM (WIS-29 Business) and turns southeast to bypass Shawano to the north, diamond interchanges link the highway with WIS-22 and WIS-47 North / WIS-55 North as it passes south of the city. WIS-47 South and WIS-55 South follow WIS-29 east. WIS-47 splits to the south at the diamond interchange junction with WIS-117 south of Bonduel. WIS-29 (along with WIS-55) then returns to an expressway at the junction with CTH BE (WIS-29's former route). WIS-55 splits to the south at the diamond interchange junction with WIS-160 at Angelica and WIS-29 heads southeast to its junction with WIS-156 at the Brown County line.

About one mile into Brown County, WIS-29 collects WIS-32 eastbound at the diamond interchange with CTH Y. WIS-29 very briefly(approx 1/2 mile!) passes through the northeast corner of Outagamie county and enters the village of Howard. The multilane expressway and the Backbone Corridor route end at US-41. WIS-32 turns south onto US-41 as WIS-29 continues into Green Bay as Shawano Avenue.

Green Bay to Kewaunee

This section of the highway passes through Brown and Kewaunee Counties. In downtown Green Bay, WIS-29 turns north onto South Monroe Avenue for 4 blocks, joining with WIS-54 and turns east onto Main Street, splitting from WIS-54 and joining US-141 to leave the city to the southeast. The highways passes over I-43 without an interchange. WIS-29 splits to the east from US-141 at about 1-mile north of US-141's southern terminus at I-43 in Bellevue. This provides the only access from I-43 to WIS-29. The highway passes through Poland and Henrysville as it exits Brown County to the east. In Kewaunee County, WIS-29 passes due east through Pilsen and north of Krok as a two lane road. The highway ends in downtown Kewaunee at WIS-42 on the shores of Lake Michigan.

Current status

Highway 29 is currently undergoing upgrades in Wausau as a part of the US-51/WIS-29 project. This project will expand the portions of Highway 29 that are co-signed with US-51 from 4 lanes to 6 lanes and reconstruct interchanges along the route. The southern interchange where Highway 29 turns east off from US-51 was completed in late 2006. The northern interchange where WIS-29 turns west off of US-51 is 3/4 complete as of December 2009. The interchange is being constructed as a "free-flow" freeway-to-freeway style interchange to allow for uninterrupted travel between the two highways. Currently(Dec. 2009), ramps connecting US-51 northbound to WIS-29 westbound, US-51 southbound to WIS-29 westbound, and WIS-29 eastbound to US-51 southbound are completed. The final ramp, WIS-29 eastbound to US 51 northbound is under construction and scheduled for completion in fall 2010.

Over the past few years, corridor preservation studies have been underway to plan for the eventual conversion of WIS-29 to full freeway standards. Areas are being studied in Marathon, Shawano, and Brown Counties. Specifically between Abbotsford and Wausau in western Marathon County, as well as from Ringle in east central Marathon County through Shawano County to CTH-J in the Village of Howard in Brown County near Green Bay.

Beginning in 2011, WIS-29 will be upgraded in Brown County, beginning at CTH-J in the Village Of Howard, proceeding east to US-41. The WIS-29/US-41 Interchange will be upgraded to a "free-flow" freeway-to-freeway style interchange to allow for uninterrupted travel between the two highways. The upgrades will also include an interchange at CTH-EB/Packerland Dr./Cardinal Ln; and a grade separated overpass at CTH-J. This project is expected to last until 2015.

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