Wisconsin Highway 145
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| State Trunk Highway 145 |
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| Length: | 23.87 mi[1] (38.4 km) | ||||||||||||
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| South end: |  US-18 in Milwaukee |
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| Major junctions: |
 US-45 in Polk US-41 in Milwaukee I-43 in Milwaukee |
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| North end: | US-41 in Polk |
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State Trunk Highway 145 (STH 145, commonly known as Highway 145 or WIS 145) is a road which connects the northwest suburbs of Milwaukee with the city's downtown. For much of its route, the highway is known as Fond du Lac Avenue.
On the northern end of its route, it has two interchanges less than one mile apart with US-41 and US-45, just north of their split in Richfield. The road travels generally southeast through Germantown as a secondary highway. Upon reaching Menomonee Falls, the road expands into a four-lane boulevard for just over one mile, straddling the Waukesha and Milwaukee County line before intersecting with US-41/45 again.
At this point, the road turns into a freeway, officially known as the Fond du Lac Freeway though this term is rarely used locally. Although it was originally planned to continue into the heart of downtown, the freeway ends after just under five miles at which point it intersects with 68th Street and Hampton Avenue. Highway 145 continues as Fond du Lac Avenue into downtown. It is a four-lane boulevard until Burleigh Avenue, at which point it becomes a four-lane urban arterial. It becomes a boulevard again at 20th Street until its intersection with I-43.
Upon crossing I-43, Highway 145 turns south as Sixth Street before terminating at an intersection with US-18 (Wells Street).
Highway 145 was once also a part of the Park East Freeway, a short spur running east from its intersection with I-43, over the Milwaukee River before terminating at Broadway and Milwaukee Street. This was demolished from 2002 to 2003, with the replacement surface streets not complete until 2006.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ STH145 on Christopher J. Bessert's "Highways 140-149" page at WisconsinHighways.org
- ^ Bessert, Christopher J. "Milwaukee Freeways: Park Freeway" WisconsinHighways.org. Accessed July 23, 2006
