Wisconsin Highway 49
# Wisconsin Highway 49

State Trunk Highway 49 (often called Highway 49, STH-49 or WIS 49) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in central and southeast Wisconsin from Wittenberg to Lomira. The highway was initially designated in 1917, but it had not been extended to its current length until the 1950s.

## Route description

WIS 49 begins at an interchange with Interstate 41 (I-41) north of Lomira and runs west from it, passing through Brownsville before curving to the north to meet the Dodge-Fond du Lac county line. After an interchange with US 151, WIS 49 runs through Waupun. Shortly after exiting Waupun, the highway curves and starts running north to Brandon. Shortly after exiting Brandon, the highway runs concurrently with WIS 44. This concurrency ends in Ripon, where a concurrency with WIS 23 begins. The highway runs north from the concurrent alignment shortly before it reaches Green Lake. While running north, WIS 49 runs through Berlin and many smaller communities before reaching an interchange at US 10.

The highway runs concurrently with US 10, which is a freeway for most of its length. The highway passes by Weyauwega and the Waupaca Municipal Airport before leaving the concurrency and running through Waupaca. After exiting Waupaca, it runs north to Scandinavia and then to Iola, where the highway enters runs concurrently for a short distance with WIS 161. WIS 49 then runs northwesterly to WIS 66 before continuing north, passing through an intersection with WIS 153 in Elderon before terminating at WIS 29.

## History

When Wisconsin's state trunk highways were first designated in 1917, the highway ran from WIS 23 near Green Lake to WIS 18 (by 1930, this had become US 10) south of Waupaca. In the early 1920s, WIS 49 was extended south to Waupun. By 1930, the highway had been extended to its current northern terminus at WIS 29, and it was paved south of Poy Sippi (between WIS 21 and US 10). In 1933, the section between Poy Sippi and US 10 was paved. Sometime between 1948 and 1956, the highway had been extended to US 41 (now I-41/US 41). The extension was mostly paved but contained an unpaved section west of Brownsville.

## Major junctions

| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dodge | Town of Lomira | 0.00 | 0.00 | | I-41 (US 41) – Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Milwaukee | Southern terminus; I-41 exit 87; road continues east as CTH-KK |
| Dodge | Town of Lomira | 0.7 | 1.1 | | WIS 175 – Lomira, Fond du Lac | |
| Dodge–Fond du Lac county line | Chester–Waupun town line | 14.5 | 23.3 | | US 151 – Madison, Fond du Lac | Diamond interchange; US 151 exit 146 |
| Dodge–Fond du Lac county line | Waupun | 15.0 | 24.1 | | WIS 26 (Watertown Street) | |
| Dodge–Fond du Lac county line | Waupun | 15.1 | 24.3 | | Fond Du Lac Street (Bus. US 151 north) / Carrington Street | Eastern end of Bus. US 151 concurrency |
| Dodge–Fond du Lac county line | Waupun | 15.2 | 24.5 | | Madison Street (Bus. US 151 south) | Western end of Bus. US 151 concurrency |
| Dodge–Fond du Lac county line | Waupun | 16.2 | 26.1 | | WIS 68 west (Fox Lake Road) – Fox Lake | |
| Fond du Lac | Metomen | 26.9 | 43.3 | | WIS 44 south – Fairwater | Southern end of WIS 44 concurrency |
| Fond du Lac | Ripon | 34.3 | 55.2 | | WIS 23 east / WIS 44 north (Fond du Lac Street east) | Northern end of WIS 44 concurrency; southern end of WIS 23 concurrency |
| Fond du Lac | Ripon | 35.4 | 57.0 | | Union Street to WIS 44 north | |
| Green Lake | Green Lake–Brooklyn line | 40.2 | 64.7 | | WIS 23 west / CTH-A south – Green Lake, Princeton | Northern end of WIS 23 concurrency |
| Green Lake | Berlin | 48.2 | 77.6 | | WIS 91 east – Oshkosh | |
| Waushara | Aurora | 54.3 | 87.4 | | WIS 21 – Redgranite, Omro | |
| Waupaca | Fremont | 72.6 | 116.8 | | US 10 east / WIS 110 south – Fremont, Appleton | Interchange; southern end of US 10/WIS 110 concurrency; US 10 exit 264 |
| Waupaca | Weyauwega | 76.2 | 122.6 | 260B | CTH-F north – Weyauwega | Interchange; exit numbers follow US 10; northbound exit and southbound entrance |
| Waupaca | Weyauwega | 77.2 | 124.2 | 260A | WIS 110 north / CTH-X – Weyauwega | Interchange; northern end of WIS 110 concurrency |
| Waupaca | Waupaca | 82.2 | 132.3 | 254 | WIS 22 north / WIS 54 east / CTH-A south / CTH-K north – Waupaca, New London | South end of freeway section; eastern end of WIS 22/WIS 54 concurrency; access to Waupaca Municipal Airport |
| Waupaca | Town of Waupaca | 83.8 | 134.9 | 253 | Churchill Street | |
| Waupaca | Waupaca | 85.2 | 137.1 | 252 | WIS 22 south – Wild Rose | Western end of WIS 22 concurrency |
| Waupaca | Farmington–Waupaca line | 86.4 | 139.0 | | US 10 west / WIS 54 west – Wisconsin Rapids, Stevens Point | Northern end of US 10/WIS 54 concurrency; north end of freeway section; US 10 exit 250 |
| Waupaca | Iola | 99.9 | 160.8 | | WIS 161 east – Symco | Southern end of WIS 161 concurrency |
| Waupaca | Iola | 100.5 | 161.7 | | WIS 161 west – Nelsonville | Northern end of WIS 161 concurrency |
| Portage | Alban | 113.8 | 183.1 | | WIS 66 west – Rosholt, Stevens Point | |
| Marathon | Elderon | 125.1 | 201.3 | | WIS 153 – Mosinee | |
| Marathon | Town of Elderon | 128.1 | 206.2 | | WIS 29 – Wausau, Wittenberg | Northern terminus; road continues as Black Willow Drive |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access |||||||
