State Trunk Highway 86 (often called Highway 86, STH-86 or WIS 86) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west in north central Wisconsin from Ogema to Tomahawk.

Route description

The roadway transitions from County Trunk Highway O (CTH-O) to WIS86 at the WIS 13 intersection west of Ogema. After crossing the Pine Line Trail in Ogema, WIS86 then turns north and then east again. Continuing east, WIS86 intersects WIS102. Continuing further east, WIS86 then crosses above the Wisconsin River. After the crossing, it then turns north towards downtown Tomahawk. In downtown, it first intersects CTH-S (former WIS107) and then turns east once again. Further east, it then meets US Highway 51 (US51) at a diamond interchange. At this point, WIS86 ends there, and the roadway continues east as CTH-D.

History

Initially, in 1919, WIS86 was formed to travel along present-day WIS73 from WIS18 (now US10) in Neillsville to WIS16 (later WIS29, now CTH-X) in Withee. This routing was eventually relocated in 1924 after WIS73 extended northwestward, superseding the old route in the process. On the new route, WIS56 traveled from WIS13 (now CTH-G) in Ogema to WIS10 (now CTH-S) in Tomahawk.

In 1956, WIS86 extended northwest along former CTH-A (now CTH-O) to US8 east of Catawba. In the fall of 1983, WIS86 extended eastward towards the newly built US51 Tomahawk bypass. By 1993, most of the 1956 northwestern extension was reverted to its county maintenance, replacing with CTH-O in the process. As a result, WIS86 was truncated back to WIS13, this time at the Ogema bypass.

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