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Wisconsin Highway Sign

Date: 1917
Description: These two signs located along the route of Wisconsin State Trunk Highway 15 and 16 indicate the presence of a culvert. Beginning in 1917 Wisconsin pioneer...
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Cement Highway

Date: 07 1923
Description: State Highway 19 in Jefferson County taken by the Portland Cement Company, probably to represent the modern concrete highway.
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Improved Rural Road

Date: 1916
Description: Panoramic view of the section of State Highway 115 in Richland County known as Muscoda-Richland Center Road. Grading and improvement of this hilly section...
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Bad Road Conditions of the 1940s

Date: 04 15 1941
Description: Impassible muddy conditions along State Highway 13 between Butternut and Glidden, with a truck of the Flambeau Freight Lines stuck up to its axles.
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La Crosse County Highway

Date: 1936
Description: Roadimprovements along the portion of US Highway 16 known as the La Crosse-West Salem Road. At the time, this road represented the ultimate in modern high...
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Rocky Shoulder on Highway 51

Date: 1925
Description: View of a road crew along State Highway 15 at work constructing a trench for a penetration type shoulder near Kaukauna.
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Wrightstown Bridge

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of High Street (Highway 96) and the bridge over the Fox River at Wrightstown. Farmers & Traders Bank is at left, a sign for Meuleman's Elect...
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Timber Highway

Date: 1933
Description: Highway with timbered railroad underpass.

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