State Trunk Highway 73 (often called Highway 73, STH-73 or WIS73) is a state highway in the central part of the US state of Wisconsin that runs mostly north–south from Ingram to near Edgerton. The exception is in Wood and Adams counties, where this highway runs east–west. It is one of the longer Wisconsin state highways.

Route description

WIS73 starts in Dane County at an interchange with Interstate 39 (I-39), I-90 and US Highway 51 (US51) north of the city of Edgerton. Also near this junction, WIS 106 meets WIS73 east of Albion. WIS73 heads north where it meets US 12 and US 18. WIS73 continues north and heads to Deerfield. About north of Deerfield, it meets I-94 at exit250, and continues north another to Marshall where it briefly runs concurrently with WIS 19.

It continues north about to the city of Columbus. Just before it goes under an overpass for US 151, it crosses into Columbia County. WIS73 crosses US151, WIS 89, WIS 16, WIS 60 and US151 again, in that order, as it travels northeast through Columbus on Park Avenue and Ludington Street. It also crosses into Dodge County just after WIS16/WIS60.

WIS73 then continues north for to Randolph. Just north of town, it crosses WIS 33. WIS73 will continue to go back and forth between both sides of Columbia–Dodge county line until it crosses into Green Lake County at County Trunk Highway AW (CTH-AW), north of WIS33. WIS73 continues to head north for to a junction with WIS 44. The two routes head west, forming a wrong-way concurrency through the unincorporated town of Manchester for before WIS44 splits off to head to Kingston.

WIS73 heads north another to a junction with WIS 23, east of Princeton. WIS23/WIS73 overlaps to Princeton using Fulton Street and Main Street before WIS23 splits southwest to Montello. WIS73 then heads north-northwest, crossing into Marquette County at Eagle Road, to Neshkoro. WIS73 will then cross into Waushara County just north of CTH-E, north of Neshkoro. WIS73 continues north-northwest to Wautoma, where it meets WIS 21. WIS21/WIS73 runs concurrently through downtown before WIS21 splits off to head to Necedah.

WIS73 heads northwest for about to Plainfield where WIS73 crosses I-39 (exit136) and US51 west of town. It continues heading west, crossing into Adams County at CTH-D. WIS73 straddles the Adams-Portage county line for about . It then enters Wood County before WIS73 continues west-northwest to WIS 13, where it briefly runs concurrently with WIS13. WIS73 continues west for to the Wisconsin River where it enters the city of Nekoosa. In Nekoosa, WIS73 has a junction with WIS 173. WIS73 follows roughly along the west bank of the Wisconsin River into Port Edwards, where it meets with WIS 54. WIS54 is cosigned with WIS73 along the west bank of the Wisconsin River as they enter Wisconsin Rapids's southwest side.

At Riverview Expressway, they meet with WIS13. WIS54 heads to Plover while WIS73 and WIS13 are cosigned briefly before they split at WIS 34 (4th Avenue) and Grand Avenue. WIS73 heads west-northwest out of town. It crosses WIS 186. WIS73 meets WIS 80 in Pittsville where WIS73/WIS80 overlap for about before WIS80 heads north to Marshfield.

WIS73 heads west to where it crosses into Clark County. It continues west about to WIS 95 before it turns north and enters Neillsville where it has a one-block overlap with US 10 before heading north out of town. WIS73 heads north to Greenwood and Withee. Just before Withee, WIS73 meets with the WIS 29 expressway, overlaps with it for about to Thorp, where WIS73 exits and heads north once again. It crosses into Taylor County about north of WIS29.

It goes north another seven miles to WIS 64. They are cosigned heading north before WIS64 splits just east of Gilman. WIS73 continues north to Jump River before entering Rusk County. It continues north for to Ingram, where WIS73 ends at US 8.

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