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id: "2249"
name: "Great River Road - Wisconsin"
distance: "249"
duration: 10 hours to drive this section of the Great River Road
description: "Wisconsin's Great River Road flanks the majestic Mississippi River as it leisurely winds its way along 250 miles of Wisconsin's western border. Along its way, the road is nestled between the river on one side and towering bluffs on the other, becoming one of the most scenic drives in mid-America."
contact: "**[La Crosse Area Convention & Visitors Bureau](http://www.explorelacrosse.com/)**  \r\n 800-658-9424 or 608-782-2366  \r\n [Send E-mail](mailto:info@explorelacrosse.com )  \r\n\r\n**[Wisconsin Department of Tourism](http://tourism.state.wi.us)**  \r\n 608-266-2161  \r\n 1-800-432-TRIP (8747)  \r\n\r\n"
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websites: 
  - url: "http://www.7bridgesrd.org/the-bridges.html"
    name: Friends of McGilvray Road
  - url: "http://www.uwlax.edu/mvac/"
    name: Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32530"
    name: Necedah National Wildlife Refuge
  - url: "http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=32579"
    name: Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge
  - url: "http://www.wigreatriverroad.org"
    name: Wisconsin Great River Road Site
designations: 
  - National Scenic Byway
  - Great River Road
states: 
  - WI
part of: 
  - "2279"
ll: 
  - -92.804465
  - 44.748884
bounds: 
  - - -92.804465
    - 42.50803000038417
  - - -90.58705899997284
    - 44.749579

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Wisconsin's Great River Road flanks the majestic Mississippi River as it leisurely winds its way along 250 miles of Wisconsin's western border. Along its way, the road is nestled between the river on one side and towering bluffs on the other, becoming one of the most scenic drives in mid-America.