State Trunk Highway 123 (often called Highway 123, STH-123 or WIS 123) is a former short state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It ran north–south in south central Wisconsin from the entrance to Devil's Lake State Park to Baraboo. It was phased out in June 2016 and turned over to local jurisdictions and County DL was extended.

Route description

Starting at the entrance of Devil's Lake State Park, WIS123 briefly traveled northeastward. Then, after it began to travel northward, it intersected WIS159 (now WIS136). It continued to travel northward towards downtown Baraboo via present-day CTH-DL, Walnut Street, and Parkway. Then, it began to run concurrently with Bus. US12 for the rest of the route. After that, they ran along South Boulevard for a short distance. After crossing above the Baraboo River, they began to run concurrently with WIS113. The three then continued north as Broadway before all but Bus. US12 ended at WIS33.

History

In 1919, WIS123 was established to travel from Devil's Lake State Park to WIS12 (now Bus. US12) in Baraboo. In 1936, WIS123 was extended north to WIS33 via a former portion of US12. This was done in response to US12 being moved westward onto a 1936-era bypass.

Up until 2016, no significant changes had occurred. Then, in April 2016, WIS123 began to be in the process of refurbishment. The route was later decommissioned in June 2016 as part of the project. Today, the former route outside of Baraboo was then superseded by CTH-DL.

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