Wisconsin Highway 15

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State Trunk Highway 15

Length:

14.8 mi^[1] (23.8 km)

West end:

US 45 near New London

East end:

US 41 near Appleton

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State Trunk Highway 15 (STH 15, commonly known as Highway 15 or WIS 15) is a Wisconsin state highway running east-west across east-central Wisconsin. The route exists entirely within Outagamie County. Highway 15 provides a "shortcut" to Appleton from U.S. Highway 45 for travelers inbound from points north and west. Most of it was once part of US 45. The western terminus of Highway 15 is at the U.S. Highway 45 and County Road T intersection just south of New London. The eastern terminus is at U.S. Highway 41 exit 139 northwest of Appleton. The road proceeds into Appleton as Northland Avenue, designated as County OO.

1 History
2 Current status
3 Future plans
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

East terminus

This is the third iteration of the route number. The first iteration followed present day US 41 from the Illinois border to Marinette via Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Appleton and Green Bay. The second is the famous alignment following the present day Interstate 43 from the Hale Interchange in Milwaukee to Interstate 90 in Beloit. From the Hale Interchange, This iteration followed Interstate 894 northward then turned east onto National Avenue and ending in downtown Milwaukee.

Previously the road was US 45 - which turned south at its intersection with WIS 76. WIS 76 continued straight on to intersect with Wisconsin Avenue (then U.S. Highway 10) at the north entrance road to the Fox River Mall in Appleton. The road was realigned as part of a large project that realigned US 10 and US 45. Essentially, the road south of Greenville became an extension of WIS 76 and Highway 15 is now the sole route number on the current stretch.^[1]