State Trunk Highway182 (often called Highway182, STH-182 or WIS182) is a 33.41-mile (53.77km)state highway in Price and Iron counties in northwestern Wisconsin, United States, that runs east–west from Park Falls to Manitowish.
WIS182 begins at a signal–controlled intersection with Wisconsin Highway 13 (WIS13/South 4th Avenue) in western downtown Park Falls. (From the intersection the city street continues west as 1st Street South for one block before ending at South 5th Avenue. WIS13 heads north as South 4th Avenue, but quickly becomes North 4th Avenue, toward Butternut, Mellen, and Ashland. WIS13 heads south as South 4th Avenue toward Fifield, Phillips, and Prentice.) For its entire length, WIS182 is a two-lane road.
From its western terminus, WIS182 heads east as 1st Street South for about 1,450 feet (440m) before crossing over the Flambeau River. East of the river the road is signed as Birch Street. Roughly 2,200 feet (670m) after the river crossing the highway leaves Park Falls and enters the Town of Eisenstein. Immediately after leaving the city, the highway jogs to the northeast twice as it continues its otherwise eastern course. About 4.3 miles (6.9km) after leaving Park Falls, the highway enters the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest. Approximately 8.5 miles (13.7km) after entering the Forest, the highway assumes a northerly course.
Around 1.8 miles (2.9km) along its northerly heading, WIS182 leaves the Forest, the Town of Eisenstein, and Price County to enter the Town of Sherman in Iron County. Roughly 3.6 miles (5.8km) north of the county line, and nearly a mile (1.6km) west of unincorporated community of Springstead, the highway resumes an easterly course. After passing through Springstead and winding through multiple lakes for just over 7 miles (11km), the highway again briefly resumes a northerly course. Nearly 2 miles (3.2km) later the highway turns east again. After about another 1.7 miles (2.7km), WIS182 reaches its junction with Wisconsin Highway 47 (WIS47), at a point just over a mile (1.6 kn) west of the unincorporated community of Powell. Running concurrent with WIS47, WIS182 heads briefly northwest before resuming a northerly course once again.
Roughly 2.3 miles (3.7km) north of its southern junction with WIS47, WIS182/WIS47 leaves the Town of Sherman and enters the Town of Mercer. Approximately 1.4 miles (2.3km) later the concurrent highways cross Manitowish River and enter the unincorporated community of Manitowish. Almost immediately after entering Manitowish, WIS182/WIS47 reaches the eastern terminus of WIS182 (as well as the northern terminus of WIS47) at a T intersection with U.S. Route 51. (US51 heads east toward Manitowish Waters and Woodruff. US51 heads west toward Mercer and Hurley.) While WIS182/WIS47 ends at a T intersection with US51, two roads run north from US51 immediately east and west of that junction. On the east is Manitowish Road and on the west is Old Hwy 51 (a former routing of US51). Both roads run straight northwest and closely parallel to each other for roughly 1.5 miles (2.4km) before reconnecting with US51.[2]
History
WIS182 was designated along a section of roadway that was previously County Trunk Highway G (CTH–G) in 1948. The routing has remained unchanged since.[citation needed]
