Wisconsin Highway 80

State Trunk Highway 80 (abbreviated as Highway 80, STH-80 or WIS 80) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in southwest and west central Wisconsin from just south of Marshfield, near the geographic center of the state to the Illinois border near Hazel Green.

State Trunk Highway 80
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length175.73 mi (282.81 km)
Major junctions
South end IL 84 in Hazel Green
  US 151 in Platteville
US 18 in Montfort
US 18 in Cobb
US 14 in Richland Center
US 12 / WIS 16 in New Lisbon
I-90 / I-94 in New Lisbon
North end US 10 in Marshfield
Location
CountiesGrant, Iowa, Richland, Vernon, Juneau, Wood
Highway system
← WIS 79→ WIS 81

Route description

Highway 80 begins at a roundabout with U.S. Highway 10 just south of Marshfield, running south through the farmlands of Wood County before combining with Wisconsin Highway 73 and heading east for 2.5 miles to Pittsville, where it turns south through town and comes within a few hundred yards of the geographic center of the state. South from Pittsville, the terrain is flat as Highway 80 passes along the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, through the center of Necedah, and into New Lisbon just past the junction with I-90/94. South of New Lisbon, it enters the Driftless Area with many rolling hills and curves. Highway 80 meets up with Highway 82 heading into Elroy, southern trailhead of the Elroy-Sparta Trail, and then to Union Center where Highway 33 also joins for the ride into Hillsboro. At Hillsboro, Highways 33 and 82 head west and Highway 80 continues south into Richland County, through Hub City and into Richland Center, birthplace of Frank Lloyd Wright and also GTE.

Highway 80 crosses the Wisconsin River into Muscoda, which bills itself as the "Morel mushroom capital of Wisconsin." Highway 133 joins 80 for the ride east five miles before 80 heads south again to Highland and Cobb, where the land continues to be hilly but becomes less forested and more rolling farmland. At Cobb, Highway 80 follows U.S. Highway 18 west for five miles before heading south along the Iowa-Grant County Line past Livingston and into Platteville, where it meets Highway 81 in town and U.S. Highway 151 south of town at the freeway bypass. South of Platteville, Highway 80 occasionally aligns itself along the Grant-Lafayette County Line as it heads through Cuba City and Hazel Green, where Highway 11 joins for a few miles. South of Hazel Green, Highway 80 ends at the Illinois state line, where it meets Illinois Highway 84 one half mile west of the state's "Point of Beginning," the location from which most public land surveys in Wisconsin originated.

Major intersections
CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
GrantTown of Hazel Green0.000.00 IL 84 south – GalenaContinuation into Illinois
Hazel Green WIS 11 west – DubuqueSouthern end of WIS 11 overlap
Town of Hazel Green WIS 11 east – BentonNorthern end of WIS 11 overlap
Town of Smelser WIS 81 east – DarlingtonSouthern end of WIS 81 overlap
Platteville US 151 – Dubuque, Madison

Bus. US 151 (Dubuque Road)
WIS 81 west – LancasterNorthern end of WIS 81 overlap
Grant–Iowa
county line		Montfort US 18 west – FennimoreWestern end of US 18 overlap
IowaCobb US 18 east – DodgevilleEastern end of US 18 overlap
Town of Pulaski WIS 133 north – Avoca, Lone RockEastern end of WIS 133 overlap
GrantMuscoda WIS 133 south – Blue River, BoscobelWestern end of WIS 133 overlap
RichlandTown of Eagle WIS 60 – Gotham, Wauzeka
WIS 193 south
Richland Center US 14 – La Crosse, Madison
Town of Rockbridge WIS 56 west – Viola
VernonHillsboro WIS 33 west / WIS 82 west – Ontario, La FargeSouthern end of WIS 33 and WIS 82 overlaps
JuneauUnion Center WIS 33 east – WonewocNorthern end of WIS 33 overlap
Elroy WIS 71 west – Kendall
WIS 82 east – MaustonNorthern end of WIS 82 overlap
New Lisbon US 12 east / WIS 16 east – MaustonSouthern end of US 12 / WIS 16 overlap
US 12 west / WIS 16 west – Camp DouglasNorthern end of US 12 / WIS 16 overlap
I-90 / I-94 – Tomah, Madison
Town of Clearfield WIS 58 south – Mauston
Necedah WIS 21 – Tomah, Coloma
WoodTown of Remington WIS 173 south – MatherSouthern end of WIS 173 overlap
Babcock WIS 173 north – NekoosaNorthern end of WIS 173 overlap
Town of Dexter WIS 54 east – Port EdwardsSouthern end of WIS 54 overlap
Dexterville WIS 54 west – Black River FallsNorthern end of WIS 54 overlap
Pittsville WIS 73 east – Wisconsin RapidsEastern end of WIS 73 overlap
Town of Wood WIS 73 west – NeillsvilleWestern end of WIS 73 overlap
Town of Cameron US 10 – Marshfield, Neillsville, Stevens PointRoundabout
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

    See also
    •  U.S. Roads portal

    References
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