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Wisconsin Highway 52

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State Trunk Highway 52 marker
State Trunk Highway 52
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WIS 52 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length74.91 mi[1] (120.56 km)
Major junctions
West end US 51 / WIS 29 in Wausau[a]
Major intersections
East end WIS 32 in Wabeno
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountiesMarathon, Shawano, Langlade, Forest
Highway system
WIS 51 US 53

State Trunk Highway 52 (often called Highway 52, STH-52 or WIS 52) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west in central and northeastern Wisconsin from Wabeno to Wausau. It is one of four state highways that also serve Antigo.

Route description

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Running from west to east, WIS 52 begins at an interchange with the WSI 29 freeway segment near Rib Mountain. Almost immediately, WIS 52 also has an interchange with the U.S. Highway 51 (US 51) freeway, which serves as Wausau's western bypass. It then enters Wausau as Stewart Street, crossing the Wisconsin River into downtown.

In downtown Wausau, WIS 52 runs on one-way streets in a loop around the central business district; the eastbound lanes join Business US 51 northbound, run around the Wausau Center shopping mall, and then back north via 6th Street. Meanwhile, the westbound lanes run along southbound Business US 51 past Athletic Park, home of the Northwoods League Wausau Woodchucks baseball team, and also past the Dudley Tower, the tallest commercial building in Wisconsin outside of the Milwaukee area.[citation needed]

Northeast of Wausau, WIS 52 runs past Hogerty, with access to the Dells of the Eau Claire River Park, a popular recreational park and campground known for its rock formations and waterfalls; the Ice Age Trail also runs through the park.

Just past Marathon County, WIS 52 meets up with US 45 and joins it for the drive north to Antigo, the Langlade County seat. WIS 47 and WIS 64 also intersect WIS 52 along this stretch. From Antigo, WIS 52 zigzags northeast past Lily, where it has a junction with WIS 55 along the Wolf River. The road then enters the Nicolet National Forest and into Forest County before ending at WIS 32 just northwest of Wabeno.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
MarathonWausau0.00.0
WIS 29 west – Abbotsford, Chippewa Falls
Western terminus of WIS 52
0.91.4

US 51 to WIS 29 east – Merrill, Stevens Point, Green Bay
2.33.7
Bus. US 51
Brief concurrency to cross the Wisconsin River
ShawanoAniwa27.644.4
US 45 south – Birnamwood, Wittenberg, Clintonville
Southern end of US 45 concurrency
LangladeTown of Rolling31.250.2
WIS 47 south – Keshena
Southern end of WIS 47 concurrency
Antigo38.461.8

US 45 north / WIS 47 north – Monico

WIS 64 west – Merrill
Northern end of US 45/WIS 47 concurrency; western end of WIS 64 concurrency
Langlade39.864.1
WIS 64 east – Langlade
Eastern end of WIS 64 concurrency
Lily58.594.1
WIS 55 north – Crandon
Northern end of WIS 55 concurrency
58.794.5
WIS 55 south – Langlade
Southern end of WIS 55 concurrency
ForestWabeno74.91120.56 WIS 32 – Laona, WabenoEastern terminus of WIS 52
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ This interchange, completed in 2013, extended WIS 52 westerly past its previous western terminus for about 600 feet (180 m) to connect with WIS 29.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bessert, Chris. "Highways 50–59". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
  2. ^ "US 51/WIS 29 Project in Wausau". Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
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