Wisconsin Highway 40
{{Short description|State highway in Wisconsin, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=WI
|type=WI
|route=40
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=260|type=line|stroke-width=3|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Wisconsin Highway 40}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=WIS 40 highlighted in red
|length_mi=81.56
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=WI|US|12|WI|29}} in Elk Mound
|junction={{Jct|state=WI|US|53}} in Bloomer
{{Jct|state=WI|US|8}} in Bruce
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=WI|WI|27|WI|70}} in Radisson
|counties=Dunn, Chippewa, Rusk, Sawyer
|previous_type=WI
|previous_route=39
|next_type=I
|next_route=41
}}
State Trunk Highway 40 (often called Highway 40, STH-40 or WIS 40) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs in north–south in northwest Wisconsin from near Elk Mound to Radisson, passing through Sawyer, Rusk, Chippewa, and Dunn counties. The largest town on its route is Bloomer.{{cite map |inset=Wisconsin |title= 2010 Road Atlas |publisher= American Map |year= 2009 |pages= 118-119}}{{full citation needed|date=April 2020}}
Route description
File:Wisconsin Highway 40 north terminus in Radisson at WIS70 WIS27.jpg
WIS 40 starts at an interchange with WIS 29. US Highway 12 (US 12) continues southeasterly from the interchange and runs along WIS 29 west of it. WIS 40 runs north of said interchange until reaching Colfax, where it meets WIS 170. The highway runs northeasterly from Coifax, passing through an interchange with US 53 just before running through the city of Bloomer. The highway meets County Trunk Highway F (CTH-F), CTH-Q, and CTH-SS within Bloomer and runs concurrently with WIS 64 along the boundary between the towns of Woodmohr and Bloomer, just north of the city of Bloomer. The concurrency runs east for approximately {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} before the highway runs north from it.
Shortly after passing through the community of Island Lake, the highway runs along or near the Chippewa River. South of the village of Bruce, the highway follows a short westward concurrency with US 8. After leaving the concurrency, the highway runs northeastward to meet the Chippewa River. The highway runs along the river until shortly after it meets CTH-H north of the Imalone community. The highway runs north, passing through an intersection with WIS 48 and then meets the Chippewa River again. After the Couderay River splits from the Chippewa River, the highway follows it until it reaches Radisson, at which point the highway runs across it and terminates at WIS 70.
Major intersections
{{WIint
|county=Dunn
|cspan=2
|town=Elk Mound
|mile=0.0
|road={{jct|state=WI|US|12|WI|29|city1=Menomonie|city2=Elk Mound|city3=Chippewa Falls}}
|notes=Interchange; access to I-94}}
{{WIint
|location=Colfax
|mile=8.4
|road={{jct|state=WI|WI|170|dir1=west|city1=Wheeler}}}}
{{WIint
|county=Chippewa
|cspan=3
|location=Bloomer
|mile=24.7
|road={{jct|state=WI|US|53|city1=Superior|city2=Eau Claire}}
|notes=Interchange}}
{{WIint
|location1=Woodmohr
|location2=Bloomer
|area2=town
|lspan=2
|mile=26.8
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=WI|WI|64|dir1=west|city1=New Richmond}}
|notes=Western end of WIS 64 concurrency}}
{{WIint
|mile=28.7
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=WI|WIS|64|dir1=east|city1=Cornell}}
|notes=Eastern end of WIS 64 concurrency}}
{{WIint
|county=Rusk
|cspan=2
|location=Bruce
|lspan=2
|mile=56.9
|road={{jct|state=WI|US|8|dir1=east|city1=Ladysmith}}
|type=concur
|notes=Eastern end of US 8 concurrency}}
{{WIint
|type=concur
|mile=57.5
|road={{jct|state=WI|US|8|dir1=west|location1=Cameron}}
|notes=Western end of US 8 concurrency}}
{{WIint
|county=Sawyer
|cspan=2
|location=Weirgor
|mile=73.5
|road={{jct|state=WI|WI|48|dir1=west|city1=Exeland|city2=Birchwood}}}}
{{WIint
|location=Radisson
|mile=81.4
|road={{jct|state=WI|WI|27|WI|70|city1=Hayward|city2=Spooner|location3=Fifield}}
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
Business route
{{infobox road small
|state=WI
|type=WI-Bus
|route=40
|location=Bruce
|length_mi=0.8
|length_ref=
|formed={{circa|1999}}
|deleted=
|yr_ref=
}}
Business State Trunk Highway 40 (Bus. WIS 40) in Bruce follows the former alignment of WIS 40, after the highway was realigned in 1999.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Wisconsin Highways: Business Connections|url=http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwysBusiness.html#STH-40BUS|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-11-29|website=Wisconsin Highways}}{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=November 2020}}{{Clear}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
- {{Commons category-inline|Wisconsin Highway 40}}
Category:Transportation in Dunn County, Wisconsin
Category:Transportation in Chippewa County, Wisconsin