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6 unusual facts about Wisconsin Highway 42


Wisconsin Highway 42

Outside of Fish Creek, WIS 42 takes an abrupt left-hand turn to follow the bluff down to Main Street and the Alexander Noble House.

It runs north–south in northeast Wisconsin from Northport's ferry dock to Sheboygan.

Just outside of town, WIS 42 turns due east on School Road to its intersection with Europe Bay Road, where it turns north towards Gills Rock.

It then swings around and along the shore of Egg Harbor before continuing to the northeast towards Fish Creek.

At Gills Rock, WIS 42 turns due east and then turns slightly to the southeast before heading due east again to its eastern terminus at the Washington Island Ferry dock at Port Des Morts Drive in unincorporated town of Northport.

The Gills Rock ferry is a passenger-only ferry, where the one at Northport is an auto, freight and passenger ferry.



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