State Trunk Highway44 (often called Highway44, STH-44 or WIS44) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs in a diagonal southwest–northeast direction in east-central Wisconsin from Pardeeville to Oshkosh.

Route description

WIS44 begins in Pardeeville, in Columbia County at the junction with WIS 22. It heads northeast out of town. It has a brief cosigning with WIS 33 for a mile before continuing to head northeast. WIS33's control cities at this point are Portage to the west and Fox Lake to the east. WIS44 crosses into Green Lake County at Hwy HH, just south of Dalton. WIS44 continues northeast to Kingston.

About east of Kingston, WIS44 meets up with WIS 73. WIS73 north heads to Princeton. It is cosigned with WIS73, forming a wrong-way concurrency for roughly through the unincorporated town of Manchester before WIS73 cuts south to head to Randolph and Columbus. About after the WIS73 split, WIS44 enters the city of Markesan. After passing Little Green Lake just north of Markesan, WIS44 heads east, crosses into Fond du Lac County at Searle Road, then enters the town of Fairwater. After another , WIS44 meets up with WIS 49. WIS49 south heads to Brandon and Waupun. WIS44 and WIS49 are cosigned for about as they enter the city of Ripon. At the junction with WIS 23, WIS49 north cosigns with WIS23 west to head to Green Lake and Berlin. Meanwhile, WIS44 has a brief cosign with WIS23 east, which heads to Rosendale and Fond du Lac, before it cuts north along Douglas Street on Ripon's east side. WIS44, as it leaves the city limits, heads northeast. Just shy of the unincorporated town of Pickett, WIS44 crosses into Winnebago County. WIS44 continues roughly another heading northeast to Oshkosh.

As WIS44 enters the Oshkosh city limits on Ripon Road, it meets up with WIS 91, which heads west to Waukau and Berlin. It has a brief cosign with it until the junction with Interstate 41 where WIS91 ends. WIS44 follows South Park Avenue from I-41 to Ohio Street. WIS44 then turns north along Ohio to cross the Fox River. At the Fox River, the road becomes Wisconsin Street. WIS44 then turns east on Irving Avenue to meet US 45, Jackson Street, where it ends.

History

Initially, WIS 44 traveled from Dalton to Princeton via part of its present-day routing and present-day WIS73. The route southwest of Dalton was not opened yet. In 1919, the route extended southwest to Portage. In 1920, WIS33 superseded the westernmost portion of WIS44 from Portage to Marcellon. In 1924, both of WIS44's termini were extended. The route extended south to WIS10 (now US51) in North Leeds via part of present-day WIS44 and WIS22. On the other hand, the route no longer served Princeton. Instead, it served Oshkosh via much of its present-day routing. In 1947, WIS22 superseded the southernmost portion of WIS44 from Pardeeville to North Leeds.

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