Janesville Plank Road

Janesville Plank Road (HMM9A)

Location: Greenfield, WI 53228 Milwaukee County
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N 42° 57.064', W 88° 1.679'

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The Janesville Plank Road was one of 16 privately-owned toll roads authorized by Wisconsin's Territorial legislature in 1848. The road was specified to follow a 65 mile route from Milwaukee through East Troy to Janesville. Its roadbed was built on the 1838 Janesville Territorial Road, which followed an Indian Trail extending southwestward from rice marshes near river mouths in the Milwaukee area to Janesville.
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From 1849-1854 only a 24 mile section was completed starting near present day Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee and reaching Mukwonago. The road was built primarily of oak planks laid across oak logs. Toll booths placed every few miles collected fees. Rapid decay of waterlogged planks and short-lived commercial success due to the growth of competing railroads led to the demise of the plank road.
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HM NumberHMM9A
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number448
Year Placed2000
Placed ByState Historical Society of Wisconsin
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, October 12th, 2014 at 6:42am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 416143 N 4755893
Decimal Degrees42.95106667, -88.02798333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 57.064', W 88° 1.679'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 57' 3.84" N, 88° 1' 40.74" W
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Area Code(s)414, 262
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 9200-9206 W Forest Home Ave, Greenfield WI 53228, US
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