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Old Plank Road Trail (Wisconsin)

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Between 2019 and 2022, an approximately 17-mile (27 km) westward expansion of the trail into Fond du Lac County was constructed as part of a project to widen Highway 23; 4.4 miles (7.1 km) of this length brought the trail to the Sheboygan County border.
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The route of the trail (and the bordering WIS 23) had been used as a footpath by Native Americans; later, the route was occupied by a plank road. The original approximately 17-mile (27 km) section from the city of
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The trail begins at the interchange between WIS 23 and
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was constructed over the course of 1977 to the early 1990s.
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Old Plank Road Trail
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Shared-use path
Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
Old Plank Road Trail
shared-use path
Fond du Lac County
Sheboygan County
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Highway 23
Sheboygan
Greenbush
Interstate 43
Kohler
43°44′58″N 87°45′48″W / 43.7494°N 87.7634°W / 43.7494; -87.7634 (Old Plank Road Trail, eastern trailhead)
WIS 67
Fond du Lac
43°47′02″N 88°24′06″W / 43.7838°N 88.4018°W / 43.7838; -88.4018 (Old Plank Road Trail, western trailhead)



"Old Plank Road Trail"
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin


"Old Plank Road Trail (WI)"
University of Wisconsin Press
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