Wisconsin Highway 165

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State Trunk Highway 165

Length:

7.14 mi^[1] (11.5 km)

West end:

I-94/US 41 near Pleasant Prairie

Major
junctions:

WIS 31 near Pleasant Prairie

East end:

WIS 32 near Pleasant Prairie

Wisconsin highways
< WIS 164		WIS 167 >
County - Bannered - Rustic

State Trunk Highway 165 (STH 165, commonly known as Highway 165 or WIS 165) is a highway in far southeastern Wisconsin connecting Pleasant Prairie, south of Kenosha, with Interstate 94/U.S. Route 41. The areas served by this connecting route are a commercial area near the interstate which is adjacent to a growing industrial park between the interstate and Highway 31 (Green Bay Rd.) to the east; and a predominantly residential area between Highway 31 and Highway 32 (Sheridan Rd.) near the shore of Lake Michigan.

1 History
2 Current status
3 Attractions
4 References

[edit] History

The first Highway 165 in Wisconsin was a short connector between US-41 and Highway 55 in the present-day village of Germantown in 1926. In 1953, the designation was removed from this stretch of highway when the US-41/US-45 duplex was routed to its present alignment. The current designation of Highway 165 was commissioned circa 1990, and runs along both pre-existing 104th St. and some new highway alignments, and was added to replace two decommissioned state highways in the Kenosha area. Highway 174 once followed the current-day County ML between Highway 31 (Green Bay Rd.) and Highway 50 (75th St. in Kenosha); Highway 192 ran along the current alignment of County H (88th Ave.) between Highway 50 and Highway 142 (now County S) to the north. When control of these two highways was transferred from state to local control, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) added Highway 165 to the state highway system.

[edit] Current status

In 2006, WisDOT is conducting a study to evaluate the impacts of improving Highway 165 between Highway 31 and Highway 32 to a 4-lane road to improve traffic flow and safety ^[2].