Wisconsin Highway 45
state highway in Wisconsin
State Trunk Highway 45 (often called Highway 45, STH-45 or WIS 45) was a number assigned to two different state highways in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:
Highway 45 from 1917 to 1923, along the current route of U.S. Highway 63 (from Red Wing, Minnesota, to Ellsworth, Wisconsin), Wisconsin Highway 65 and Wisconsin Highway 35 up to Hudson
Highway 45 from 1923 to 1934, currently designated Wisconsin Highway 34
For the highway in Wisconsin numbered 45 since 1934, see U.S. Route 45 in Wisconsin.
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