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State Trunk Highway 153
State Trunk Highway 153
	WIS 153 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by WisDOT
Length	61.25 mi (98.57 km)
Existed	1925–present
Major junctions
West end	WIS 13 in Spencer
	I-39 / US 51 in Mosinee
East end	US 45 in Tigerton
Location
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Counties	Marathon, Shawano
Highway system
	Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic; Rustic;

State Trunk Highway 153 (often called Highway 153, STH-153 or WIS 153) is a 61.25 miles (98.57 km) state highway in Marathon and Shawano counties in central Wisconsin, United States, that runs in east–west from Spencer to Tigerton, passing through Mosinee and Stratford. The highway was originally designated in 1925 between WIS 97 in Stratford and WIS 10 in Mosinee. It was extended west to its present western terminus and east to WIS 49 in 1947. It was extended again to its present eastern terminus in the early 1960s.

Route description

The highway begins at its intersection with WIS 13 and 153rd Road north of Stratford and continues eastward from it. It passes by WIS 97 (North Weber Avenue) in Stratford and various small communities before it enters Moisinee. The highway runs through downtown Mosinee and intersects with County Trunk Highway B (CTH-B, Main Street) and continues east on Main Street before running south on Old Highway 51 for a short distance before continuing east, passing through an interchange with Interstate 39 (I-39) and US Highway 51 (US 51) and by Central Wisconsin Airport. The highway runs south through a short concurrency with CTH-J before running east from it. It later runs north towards Mission Lake Road and continues east along its alignment, intersecting WIS 49 before ending at US 45 in the town of Wittenberg.^[2]

History

The WIS 153 designation first appeared on the state highway map in 1925 as a largely unpaved route from WIS 97 in Stratford to WIS 10 in Mosinee. The section west of WIS 97 was signed as CTH-M.^[3] In 1927, the same year WIS 10 was redesignated as US 51, a section east of US 51 was signed as CTH-K.^[4]

In 1939, a bill proposing an extension of the highway was heard in the Wisconsin Legislature, though this was indefinitely postponed.^[5] The first two extensions were built in 1947, extending the highway 11 miles (18 km) west along the alignment of CTH-B to WIS 13 and 16 miles (26 km) east along CTH-K to WIS 49 in Elderon.^[6]^[7] A third extension was built in 1961 or 1962, extending the highway 6 miles (10 km) further east from Elderon along CTH-K to its present eastern terminus at US 45 near Whitcomb.^[8]^[9]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Marathon	Town of Brighton	0.0	0.0	WIS 13 – Abbotsford, Marshfield
	Stratford	11.3	18.2	WIS 97 – Athens, Marshfield
	Town of Emmet	22.8	36.7	WIS 107 north – Marathon City
	Mosinee	29.9	48.1	CTH-B north
	Mosinee	31.3	50.4	I-39 / US 51 – Wausau, Stevens Point
	Town of Reid	42.8	68.9	CTH-J north	Northern end of CTH-J concurrency
	Reid–Bevent town line	43.8	70.5	CTH-J south	Southern end of CTH-J concurrency
	Elderon	54.7	88.0	WIS 49 – Iola
Shawano	Town of Wittenberg	61.1	98.3	US 45 – Wittenberg, Clintonville, New London
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

^ Bessert, Chris. "Wisconsin Highways: Highways 150-159 (Highway 153)". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved March 20, 2007.^{[self-published source]}
^ ^a ^b "State Trunk Highway 153 Route" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
^ Wisconsin State Highway Commission (1925). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin: 'The Playground of the Middle West' (Map). 1:1,203,840. Madison: Wisconsin State Highway Commission. OCLC 829937616. Retrieved April 11, 2020 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
^ Wisconsin State Highway Commission (1927). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin: 'The Playground of the Middle West' (Map). 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin State Highway Commission. OCLC 671337231. Retrieved April 11, 2020 – via Wisconsin Historical Society.
^ Wisconsin Legislature (1939). Final Bulletin of the Proceedings of the Wisconsin Legislature. Madison: Wisconsin Legislature. p. 1033. Retrieved April 11, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ State Highway Commission of Wisconsin (1947). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). 1:823680. Madison. §§ E6, F6.
^ State Highway Commission of Wisconsin (1948). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). 1:823680. Madison. §§ E6, F6.
^ Wisconsin Highway Commission (1961). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). c. 1:887040. Madison. § G6.
^ Wisconsin Highway Commission (1962). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). c. 1:887040. Madison. § G6.