Wis. Stat. § 84.103 — WI Code / Chapter 84 / Section 84.103
Veterans Memorial Highways.
Status: in_force

(1) Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Highway. The department shall designate and mark the following routes as parts of the “Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Highway” as living memorials to and in honor of all Wisconsin veterans, living and dead, of all wars in which the United States has engaged:

(a) I 94 commencing at Milwaukee and proceeding westerly to Madison.

(b) I 90 and I 94 commencing at Madison and proceeding northwesterly to the junction of I 90 and I 94 approximately 2 miles east of Tomah.

(c) I 90 commencing at the junction in par. (b) and proceeding westerly to La Crosse.

(e) I 94 commencing at the junction in par. (b) and proceeding northwesterly to Hudson.

(f) I 90 commencing at Madison and proceeding southerly to Beloit.

(g) I 94 commencing at Milwaukee and proceeding southerly to the state line.

(1m) World War I Veterans Memorial Highway. The department shall designate and mark STH 29 commencing at Kewaunee and proceeding westerly to the state line at Prescott as the “World War I Veterans Memorial Highway” as a living memorial to and in honor of all Wisconsin veterans, living and dead, of World War I.

(1r) World War II Veterans Memorial Highway. The department shall designate and mark USH 41 commencing at Milwaukee and proceeding northerly to Marinette as the “World War II Veterans Memorial Highway” as a living memorial to and in honor of all Wisconsin veterans, living and dead, of World War II.

(1t) Purple Heart Memorial Highways.

(a) The department shall designate USH 14 commencing at the Wisconsin-Minnesota border and proceeding easterly to Richland Center and the entire route of STH 21 as “Purple Heart Memorial Highways” as permanent memorials to and in honor of all persons wounded, injured, or killed as the direct result of enemy action who have been awarded this high honor in the name of the president of the United States. The department shall erect permanent memorial markers along the designated routes to identify the designation of the highways under this subsection.

(b) Notwithstanding s. 86.19 (1) , upon request by a municipality and receipt of sufficient contributions from interested parties to cover the costs of erecting and maintaining the signs, the department shall erect and maintain within the right-of-way of STH 21 within the boundaries of the municipality 2 signs, one sign facing each direction of traffic, marking the route of STH 21 within the municipality as a “Purple Heart Memorial Highway.”

(2) Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway. The department shall designate and mark the route of USH 51, extending from the Wisconsin-Illinois border to the Wisconsin-Michigan border, as the “Korean War Veterans Memorial Highway” as a living memorial to and in honor of all Wisconsin veterans, living and dead, of the Korean war.

(3) Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Highway. The department shall designate and mark the route of USH 10, commencing at Manitowoc and proceeding westerly to the Wisconsin-Minnesota border, as the “Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Highway” as a living memorial to and in honor of all Wisconsin veterans, living and dead, of the Vietnam war.

(4) Markers. The department shall erect at regular intervals along the routes of the highways under this section markers, including at appropriate areas historical markers, to clearly identify to motorists the respective designations of the highways as memorials to Wisconsin veterans.

History: 1977 c. 29 ss. 938 , 1654 (8) (a) ; 1987 a. 117 , 399 ; 1989 a. 31 , 343 ; 1993 a. 347 ; 2021 a. 91 .