Wisconsin Highway 97

State Trunk Highway 97 (often called Highway 97, STH-97 or WIS 97) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in central Wisconsin for 36.65 miles (58.98 km) from WIS 64 near Goodrich to WIS 13 in Marshfield.

State Trunk Highway 97
WIS 97 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length	36.65 mi[1] (58.98 km)
Major junctions
South end	WIS 13 / Bus. WIS 13 in Marshfield
North end	WIS 64 in Goodrich
Location
Counties	Wood, Marathon, Taylor
Highway system
Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System Interstate US State Scenic Rustic ← WIS 96 → WIS 98

Route description

Looking north from southern terminus

WIS 97 starts at the intersection of WIS 13 and heads northeast. The road continues as Central Avenue southwest of the intersection and is signed as a special route of WIS 13. The highway then heads north and runs straight through Stratford as Weber Avenue and intersects WIS 153. It then goes through a diamond interchange with WIS 29 near Wuertsburg, then continues due North towards Athens. It then makes a right turn and then heads north again crossing Black Creek. The route then merges with CTH-F and heads west and then continues north after splitting with CTH-F until terminating at WIS 64 west of Goodrich. The road continues north as Mink Drive and becomes a dirt road.

Future

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) plans to reconstruct the stretch between Northridge Street in Marshfield to Reflection Street in Stratford to increase traffic safety along the stretch. There were approximately 216 crashes that took place in that stretch between 2012 and 2016.[2] The construction involves replacing the existing asphalt, widening the shoulders and adding rumble strips, replacing the guardrail and deteriorated culvert pipes, and modify the intersections of CTH-AAA, Galvin Road, Staadt Avenue, and CTH-C by widening and adding left turn lanes to separate turning traffic from thru traffic. The construction is anticipated to begin in 2022.[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Wood	Marshfield	0.0	0.0	WIS 13 (Veterans Parkway)	Southern terminus; road continues southwest as Central Avenue
	​	0.4	0.64	CTH-Y (Doege Street)
	​	1.7	2.7	CTH-E (Peach Avenue)
	​	5.3	8.5	CTH-T
	​	7.3	11.7	CTH-C	Southern end of CTH-C concurrency
	​	8.3	13.4	CTH-C	Northern end of CTH-C concurrency
	Stratford	11.6	18.7	WIS 153 (Fir Street)
	​	15.9	25.6	CTH-P
	​	18.9	30.4	CTH-N
Marathon	Wuertsburg	21.8	35.1	WIS 29 – Eau Claire, Green Bay	Diamond interchange exit 145
	​	25.8	41.5	CTH-A / CTH-M	Southern end of CTH-A/CTH-M concurrency
	Athens	27.9	44.9	CTH-M (Mueller St.)	Northern end of CTH-M concurrency
	​	29.0	46.7	CTH-A	Northern end of CTH-A concurrency
	​	31.2	50.2	CTH-F / CTH-L	Eastern end of CTH-F/CTH-L concurrency
	​	31.9	51.3	CTH-F / CTH-L	Western end of CTH-F/CTH-L concurrency
Taylor	Goodrich	36.65	58.98	WIS 64	Northern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

•  U.S. Roads portal

References

1. Bessert, Chris. "Highways 90–99". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved March 20, 2007.
2. "How to Make Wisconsin Highway 97 Safer". July 13, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
3. "WIS 97, Northridge Street (Marshfield) to Reflection Street (Stratford), Marathon County". Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

External links

• Media related to Wisconsin Highway 97 at Wikimedia Commons