State Trunk Highway 170
WIS 170 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length	23.98 mi [1] (38.59 km)
Major junctions
West end	WIS 128 in Glenwood City
Major intersections	WIS 79 in Boyceville WIS 25 in Wheeler
East end	WIS 40 in Colfax
Location
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Counties	St. Croix, Dunn
Highway system
Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System Interstate US State Scenic Rustic
← WIS 169 → WIS 171

State Trunk Highway 170 (often called Highway 170, STH-170 or WIS 170) is a 23.98-mile (38.59 km) state highway in St. Croix and Dunn counties in Wisconsin, United States that runs east–west from Glenwood City to near Colfax.

Route description

WIS 170 begins at the intersection of 1st street and Oak Street in Glenwood City. 1st Street north and Oak Street west of the intersection are part of WIS 128. The highway runs south along 1st Street until meeting Maple Street, on which it runs east. It continues along this routing until it reaches Downing, where it intersects County Trunk Highway (CTH) G and CTH-Q. East of Downing, the route starts following a railroad which it follows or runs near for the rest of the route. Within Boyceville, the highway follows a very short concurrency with WIS 79. East of Boyceville, the highway follows or stays near the Hay River, which the railroad also follows. It passes through an intersection with WIS 25 in Wheeler and continues along the railroad/Hay River alignment until the Hay River drains into Tainter Lake, east of which the highway follows the railroad along the Red Cedar River before terminating at WIS 40 in Colfax. ^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi [2]	km	Destinations	Notes
St. Croix	Glenwood City	0.0	0.0	WIS 128 – Spring Valley
Dunn	Boyceville	7.4	11.9	WIS 79 north – Connorsville	Very short concurrency with WIS 79
		7.4	11.9	WIS 79 south – Menomonie
	Wheeler	13.8	22.2	WIS 25 – Ridgeland, Menomonie
	Colfax	23.9	38.5	WIS 40 – Bloomer
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi        Concurrency terminus

See also

•   U.S. Roads portal

References

External links

• Media related to Wisconsin Highway 170 at Wikimedia Commons