State Trunk Highway 13 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by WisDOT | ||||
Length: | 338.32 mi (544.47 km) | |||
Tourist routes: |
Lake Superior Circle Tour | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | I-90 / I-94 in Wis. Dells | |||
US 12 / WIS 16 / WIS 23 in Wis. Dells US 10 in Marshfield WIS 29 in Abbotsford US 8 in Prentice US 2 in Ashland |
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North end: | US 2 / US 53 in Superior | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Sauk, Columbia, Adams, Wood, Portage, Marathon, Clark, Taylor, Price, Ashland, Bayfield, Douglas | |||
Highway system | ||||
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State Trunk Highway 13 (often called Highway 13, STH 13 or WIS 13) is a Wisconsin state highway running north–south across northwest and central Wisconsin. WIS 13 serves as a major north–south route connecting the communities of Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin Rapids, Marshfield and Ashland. Highway 13 is part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour from its northern/western terminus to Ashland at is eastern junction with U.S. Highway 2. The road also provides access to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore off the Lake Superior shoreline at Bayfield. The highway is two-lane surface road with the exception of various urban multilane road sections.
WIS 13 begins at I-90 / I-94 and passes east through Wisconsin Dells as an urban multilane highway, crossing US 12 and merging with WIS 16 and WIS 23 east through the city. WIS 13 then turns north, while WIS 23 heads east and WIS 16 heads south one mile (1.6 km) east of the city. WIS 13 follows the Wisconsin River north through Adams County, passing through Plainville, Adams and Friendship. The highway then crosses WIS 21 three miles (5 km) north of Friendship and finally passes through Cottonville, Big Flats and Rome before entering Wood County.