Wisconsin Highway 28

State Trunk Highway 28 (often called Highway 28, STH 28 or WIS 28) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs east–west in southeastern Wisconsin between Horicon and Sheboygan. The route is 59.77 miles (96.19 km) long and is generally two-lane road beyond portions of the road within the city of Sheboygan and the half-mile portion of the highway near Waldo which is concurrent with STH 57.

Route description

WIS 28 begins at a junction with WIS 33 in Horicon. The highway junctions with WIS 67 northeast of Horicon in Mayvillle and follows WIS 67 north into Theresa. The two highways turn north onto WIS 175 there. WIS 28 turns east off the concurrency one mile further north and junctions with US 41 after another two miles (3 km) east. The Washington County line is at this junction.^[2] WIS 28 crosses US 45 in Kewaskum and turns northeast onto WIS 144 north in Boltonville.^[3]

WIS 144 turns east off WIS 28 one mile (1.6 km) north of the Sheboygan County line and WIS 28 continues north, passing through Batavia before turning northeast at its junction with Sheboygan County Trunk Highway S. The highway passes through Cascade and joins for a half-mile north with WIS 57 in Waldo. WIS 28 turns east and junctions with I-43 in Sheboygan Falls.^[4] East of I-43, the highway follows Washington Street into Sheboygan and turns north onto Business Drive. The highway's eastern terminus shares the intersection of Erie Drive and 14th Avenue with WIS 23's eastern terminus and WIS 42's southern terminus.^[5]

History

In 1918, the original routing of WIS 28 was between Dubuque and Spring Green along the present day US 23 and the WIS 23 alignments (prior to the construction of the expressway between Dubuque and Dodgeville).^[6] The highway was extended a couple years later to end in Reedsburg, and then expanded to Sheboygan along the former routing of WIS 26 in 1924.^[7]

Major intersections

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