Wisconsin Highway 99

State Trunk Highway 99 was a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It ran east–west between Eagle and Mukwonago. The road was turned over to Waukesha County maintenance in 1999, and is now County Trunk Highway LO. The designation was chosen to honor Lloyd Owens, long-time Waukesha County Board Chairman.

Route description

Starting at an intersection with WIS 67 in the Town of Eagle, WIS 99 ran due east through an area of mixed agricultural land and residential subdivisions. East of the intersection with Markham Road, the highway turned northward for about before returning to its eastward course on the north side of Eagle Spring Lake. Running north of the Rainbow Springs Golf Resort, the highway continued into the community of Mukwonago. There it terminated at the intersection with WIS 83 in town.

History

WIS 99 was first designated in 1919 between WIS 26 at Milton and running through Eagle to a terminus at WIS 83 in Mukwonago; the highway was truncated by 1924, removing the segment between Milton and Eagle. The entire highway was moved to a different alignment south of the original highway in 1967. The former routing is now CTH-NN between the two towns. WIS 99 was decommissioned in 1999 and replaced with CTH-LO. The name was chosen to honor Lloyd Owens, former chairman of the Waukesha County Board at a time when the position was the most power in the county.