State Trunk Highway 168 (often called Highway 168, STH-168 or WIS 168) was a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It ran east–west for between Nichols and Seymour. Because it paralleled WIS 54 and WIS 156, the road was turned over to Outagamie County control in 2003, and is now designated as County Trunk Highway VV (CTH-VV).

Route description

At its latest routing, WIS168 began its journey east from WIS47 east of Nichols. Then, traveling under east, WIS168 ended at WIS55 north of Seymour.

History

In 1934, WIS168 was first established to travel along present-day CTH-A and 13th Avenue from US Highway 16 (US16, now WIS16) to the Quarry Hill Road/Cinder Avenue intersection. This intersection was located at Camp McCoy (now relocated and named Fort McCoy), a military base northeast of Sparta. During its existence, no significant changes were made. In 1959, the routing was removed.

In the mid-1980s, WIS168 was re-established after an easternmost portion of WIS156 (east of WIS187) was moved northward. As a result, WIS168 filled in the former alignment east of Leeman. It ran from WIS187 in Leeman to WIS55 near Nichols. In 1996, part of WIS55 north of Seymour shifted eastward along former CTH-C. As a result, WIS168 extended east along WIS55's former alignment. Then, in 1998, the original portion of WIS168 was removed in favor of turning this portion into a locally-controlled route (replaced by CTH-F). In 2003, WIS168 was entirely removed in favor of CTH-VV. WIS168 has not been used ever since.

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