Wisconsin Highway 57

State Trunk Highway 57 marker

State Trunk Highway 57

57th Field Artillery Brigade Memorial Highway
Map
WIS 57; mainline in red, business route in blue
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length191.82 mi[1] (308.70 km)
Existed1918 (1918)[2]–present
Tourist
routes
Lake Michigan Circle Tour
Major junctions
South end WIS 59 in Milwaukee
Major intersections
North end WIS 42 in Sister Bay
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountiesMilwaukee, Ozaukee, Sheboygan, Manitowoc, Calumet, Brown, Kewaunee, Door
Highway system
WIS 56 WIS 58

Wisconsin Highway 57 (often called Highway 57, STH-57 or WIS 57) is a 191.82-mile-long (308.70 km) state highway in Wisconsin, United States. It runs from its southern terminus at WIS 59 in Milwaukee to its northern terminus at WIS 42 in Sister Bay. Much of WIS 57 parallels Interstate 43 (I-43) and WIS 42, particularly from Saukville to its northern terminus in Sister Bay. The highway runs concurrently with I-43 for 12 miles (19 km) in Ozaukee County. Like most Wisconsin state highways, WIS 57 is maintained by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT).

WIS 57 serves as a major highway in eastern Wisconsin, and it was originally designed to connect the major cities of Milwaukee and Green Bay as well as several other large cities along its corridor. The state of Wisconsin proposed that the WIS 57 route become an Interstate Highway corridor when the Interstate Highway System was planned in the 1950s; the state's plan was rejected in favor of the current routing of I-43, though it remains a popular and marked alternate route for both I-43 and I-41 to the west. WIS 57 is also a major route to the tourist area of Door County; it is one of only two state highways to serve the county with WIS 42.[3]

  1. ^ Bessert, Christopher J. "Highways 50–59". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved March 20, 2007.[self-published source]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1918n was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (January 2021). Door Co. (PDF) (Map). 1:100,000. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 2, 2021. Retrieved June 17, 2022.

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