They’re still county highways, at least according to the person interviewed in the article. It’s even called the Wisconsin County Highway Association.

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vitaflo 4 days ago | parent [-]

Nobody in WI calls them that tho.

	▲	epcoa a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Nobody calls them that in most places in the US, but towns and villages usually have “highway departments” and they’re not the ones managing the interstates and state highways.
	▲	wormius 4 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		No, but that's what they are ;)