All photos on this page are courtesy Michael Summa and date from 1986, except the last photo on this page is courtesy Doug Kerr. To see the rest of the US 12 photos (from Scott Colbert), click here.


US 12/WI 16 westbound in Oakdale, just east of the split of I-90/94. Turning right would take you to both I-90 and I-94 in both directions. Because you're already traveling west, Wisconsin assumes you wouldn't want to go east, and going straight takes you to I-90 alone without going north out of your way.


Just off the above intersection. *giggle*


Westbound in either New Lisbon or Mauston, with all-white signage that's a lot more helpful than today's signage (which omits the actual speed). This Midwest practice of borrowing the concept of advisory speeds from yellow diamond signs should have caught on.


WI 13 NB after having left I-90/94 and right before it intersects US 12, with WI 16 to the left and WI 23 to the right joining 13 through the Dells (which still have about that population, though a heck of a lot more tourist traffic). I never knew Wisconsin used cut-corner numerals.


County Highway A westbound where it ends, between Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton. Those signs aren't old for 1986 (or at least the US 12 isn't), they're just not up to (then current) state standards.


Route A begins to the east, meaning that in the background, US 12 WB/WI 23 EB are to the right. This sign was 20-25 years old in 1986, if not as old as 30, and shows its age.


Just east of the above signs, and probably a lot older. Might be at the end of Bonanza Drive.

WB, Lake Delton.


This is the last photo on the page, in case you couldn't tell. It's the end of the US 12 freeway at the Illinois state line and County H, since Illinois was uncooperative and never continued the road Wisconsin wanted them to. There are plenty more photos of this area on the other US 12 page (Scott's photos).

Scott Colbert's US 12 photos

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