Symbolic county road letter designations in Wisconsin

[The Ghostbuster]

The perfect place for someone to make a real "donkey" out of themselves.

[Fox 11 News]

I can't find the original post, but an answer about why Green Bay's Lombardi Avenue is "VK" ... the highway commissioner named it for his wife.

https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/2025/01/27/lombardi-avenue-named-county-vk-for-valerie-kolb-not-vince-lombardi/77880198007/

[mgk920]

I'm pretty much convinced that Outagamie County 'CE" is named as such due to it being an extension of East College Ave in Appleton.  Then Outagamie County 'CA' mirrored that for West College Ave and County 'CB' . . .

BTW, welcome back, Fox 11 News Guy!   

Mike

[The Ghostbuster]

I have a GPS model that showed the STH 125 designation continuing far past the W. College Ave./S. Memorial Dr. intersection (all the way to the E. John St./E. Calumet St. intersection), which was a massive misprint. Also, Google Maps shows the CTH CE designation ending at the roundabout at the intersection of E. John St. and S. Walter St. Does it really end at the STH 47/125 intersection or someplace else?

[mgk920]

I have a GPS model that showed the STH 125 designation continuing far past the W. College Ave./S. Memorial Dr. intersection (all the way to the E. John St./E. Calumet St. intersection), which was a massive misprint. Also, Google Maps shows the CTH CE designation ending at the roundabout at the intersection of E. John St. and S. Walter St. Does it really end at the STH 47/125 intersection or someplace else?

WI 125 indeed ends at Richmond St (WI 47).  Also, County 'CE' ends at its WI 441 interchange.

There is also a County 'KK' with a right arrow tab sign on WB Calumet St a short distance west of the WI 441/Calumet ST interchange  here in Appleton, but that is the last mention of that highway.  It originlly went NW on John St to the Long-defunct John St bridge over the Fox River, replaced by the original College Ave high-level bridge in about 1960.

Mike

[The Ghostbuster]

CTH CE may officially end at STH 441, however, there is signage at the STH 441 interchange suggesting CTH CE continues west of STH 441: https://www.google.com/maps/@44.2584962,-88.3523779,3a,75y,276.8h,91.62t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sk9CqmznXMpU7QQnSNKkdoQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.618598049680017%26panoid%3Dk9CqmznXMpU7QQnSNKkdoQ%26yaw%3D276.8019887441352!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D; https://www.google.com/maps/@44.257648,-88.3549753,3a,75y,9.26h,91.86t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sc4NLh5t4Y-fDKbLulc1dvQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-1.8594154645859078%26panoid%3Dc4NLh5t4Y-fDKbLulc1dvQ%26yaw%3D9.25906004517629!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEyMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D. However, there are no additional CTH CE markers in either direction west of STH 441, which isn't unusual for urban areas. Still, an End CTH CE sign at STH 441 would have been nice, if it truly ends there.

[dvferyance]

Now the new Route BD that replaced 75 was chosen in favor of the towns of Brighton and Dover.