) at
Manitowish, June 2012 WIS 182 begins at a
signal–controlled intersection with
Wisconsin Highway 13 (WIS 13/South 4th Avenue) in western downtown Park Falls. (From the intersection the city street continues west as 1st Street South for one
block before ending at South 5th Avenue. WIS 13 heads north as South 4th Avenue, but quickly becomes North 4th Avenue, toward
Butternut,
Mellen, and
Ashland. WIS 13 heads south as South 4th Avenue toward
Fifield,
Phillips, and
Prentice.) For its entire length, WIS 182 is a
two-lane road. From its western terminus, WIS 182 heads east as 1st Street South for about before crossing over the
Flambeau River. East of the river the road is signed as Birch Street. Roughly after the river crossing the highway leaves Park Falls and enters the
Town of Eisenstein. Immediately after leaving the city, the highway jogs to the northeast twice as it continues its otherwise eastern course. About after leaving Park Falls, the highway enters the
Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest. Approximately after entering the Forest, the highway assumes a northerly course. Around along its northerly heading, WIS 182 leaves the Forest, the Town of Eisenstein, and Price County to enter the
Town of Sherman in Iron County. Roughly north of the county line, and nearly a mile (1.6 km) west of
unincorporated community of
Springstead, the highway resumes an easterly course. After passing through Springstead and winding through multiple lakes for just over , the highway again briefly resumes a northerly course. Nearly later the highway turns east again. After about another , WIS 182 reaches its
junction with
Wisconsin Highway 47 (WIS 47), at a point just over a mile (1.6 kn) west of the unincorporated community of
Powell. Running
concurrent with WIS 47, WIS 182 heads briefly northwest before resuming a northerly course once again. Roughly north of its southern junction with WIS 47, WIS 182/WIS 47 leaves the Town of Sherman and enters the
Town of Mercer. Approximately later the concurrent highways cross
Manitowish River and enter the unincorporated community of
Manitowish. Almost immediately after entering Manitowish, WIS 182/WIS 47 reaches the eastern terminus of WIS 182 (as well as the northern terminus of WIS 47) at a
T intersection with
U.S. Route 51. (US 51 heads east toward
Manitowish Waters and
Woodruff. US 51 heads west toward
Mercer and
Hurley.) While WIS 182/WIS 47 ends at a T intersection with US 51, two roads run north from US 51 immediately east and west of that junction. On the east is Manitowish Road and on the west is Old Hwy 51 (a former routing of US 51). Both roads run straight northwest and closely parallel to each other for roughly before reconnecting with US 51. ==History==