U.S. Route 41 in Wisconsin
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| U.S. Highway 41 |
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| Maintained by WisDOT | |||||||||||||
| Formed: | 1926 | ||||||||||||
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| South end: | Illinois Border in Pleasant Prairie | ||||||||||||
| Major junctions: |
 I-94 in Pleasant Prairie I-43 in Milwaukee US 45 in Milwaukee US 151 in Fond du Lac US 10 in Neenah US 141 in Green Bay |
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| North end: | Michigan border in Marinette | ||||||||||||
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In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, U.S. Route 41 (normally called U.S. Highway 41, Highway 41 or US 41) runs north-south the eastern side of the state. It enters from Illinois (Concurrently with Interstate 94) at Pleasant Prairie, and runs north to its eastern terminus at the Michigan border at Marinette.
US 41 is a freeway for nearly 70% of its trajectory through Wisconsin. Exceptions being a stretch in Milwaukee (Appleton Ave) and an expressway section north of Green Bay. South of Milwaukee, the route is concurrent with I-94 all the way to the Illinois border.
US 41 leaves Milwaukee to the northwest and passes Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, and Appleton before heading to Green Bay. The route is a major access point for the EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air show in Oshkosh and for Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers NFL American Football team.
After leaving Green Bay, US 41 continues north to Oconto co-signed with US 141, then turns east off the cosigned route towards Marinette and into Michigan.
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[edit] History
The original routing of US 41 followed the Stadium Freeway south of I-94 to National Ave and over to 27th Street. The route followed Layton Blvd to 27th street and 27th St to its interchange with I-94. WisDOT rerouted US 41 along I-94 East from the Stadium Interchange and gave Layton Blvd and 27th St a designation of WIS 241 in a compromise to avoid expansion of the original route. The old US 41 freeway section south of I-94 to National Ave (which was realigned to accommodate the construction of Miller Park) was designated WIS 341 but is unsigned. Trailblazer signs indicate it as Miller Park Way. In Green Bay, Wisconsin, the road used to make a right turn west of De Pere, going onto Highland Avenue to the Green Bay city limits. It then turned left onto Highland Avenue (after 1968, Lombardi Avenue), going past Lambeau Field and turning right to become Military Avenue. It then turned left at Velp Avenue, then went north. At the time, this was the outer highway for Green Bay, and the site for Lambeau Field was chosen because of highway access. The area now is urbanized.[1]
[edit] Interchanges
| County | Location | Mile | # | Destinations | Notes |
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 follows East into Illinois - see I-94 for exit numbers |
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| Milwaukee | Milwaukee | none | Miller Park Way |   WIS 341 South (Unsigned) |
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| 38A |  - I-94 East, US 41 South - Downtown Milwaukee |
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| 38B |  - I-94 WestMadison |
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| 38C |   US 18 - Wisconsin Ave, Wells St |
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 US 18 - Wisconsin Ave, Bluemound Rd |
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| 39A | State St, Vliet St | ||||
| 39B | Washington Blvd | ||||
| 40A | Lloyd St | ||||
| 40B | US 41 - Lisbon Ave |
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| continues toward the Northwest as an urban 4-lane following Lisbon Rd and Appleton Ave |
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| none |  US 175 - Appleton Ave |
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| 47A | US 41 - Appleton |
 join the route northbound |
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| 47B |  CTH PP - Good Hope Rd |
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| 48 |   WIS 145 North - 124th St |
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| WIS 145 South - Fond du Lac Ave |
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| Waukesha | Menomonee Falls | 50 |   WIS 74, WIS 100 - Main St |
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| 51 | Pilgrim Rd | ||||
| 52 |  CTH Q - County Line Rd |
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| Washington | Germantown | 54 |   WIS 167 West, CTH Y - Mequon Rd, Lannon Rd |
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| 57 | WIS 167 East - Holy Hill Rd |
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| Richfield | 59 | US 45 North - West Bend (WI) |
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| 60 | WIS 145 |
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| Slinger | 64 |  WIS 60 - Slinger, Hartford |
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| 66 |  WIS 144 - Slinger |
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| Addison | 68 |  CTH K East - West |
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| Allenton | 72 |   WIS 33, CTH W - Allenton, West Bend |
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| Wayne | 76 |  CTH D East - West |
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| Dodge | Theresa Station | 81 |  WIS 28 - Theresa, Kewaskum |
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| Lomira | 85 |  WIS 67 - Lomira, Campbellsport |
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| Brownsville | 87 |   WIS 49, CTH KK - Waupun, Brownsville |
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| Fond du Lac | Hamilton | 92 |  CTH B - Eden |
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| Fond du Lac | 96A |  WIS 175, - Main St |
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| 96B |  CTY VV - Hickory St |
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| 97A | US 151 - Military Rd |
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| 97B | US 151 - Waupun |
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| 99 |  WIS 23 - Johnson St |
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| North Fond du Lac | 101 |  CTH OO, Business US 41 - Winnebago St |
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| Winnebago | Oshkosh | 106 |  CTH N East - West |
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| 113 |  WIS 26 - Waupun Rd |
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| 116 |   WIS 26,WIS 91 - Ripon Rd, South Park Ave |
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| 117 | 9th Ave | ||||
| 119 |  WIS 21 - Omro Rd, Oshkosh Ave |
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| 120 |  US 45, To West US 10 - Algoma Blvd |
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| 124 |  WIS 76 - Jackson St |
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| Neenah | 129 | Breezewood Ln, Bell St | |||
| 131 |   WIS 114, CTH JJ - Winneconne Ave |
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| 132 | Main St, Oakridge Rd | ||||
| 133 |  CTH II - Winchester Rd |
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| 134 |  WIS 441 North, US 10 East |
No access to West from |
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| 136 |  CTH BB - Prospect Ave |
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| Outagamie | Appleton | 137 |  WIS 125 - College Ave |
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| 138 |  WIS 96 To West US 10- Wisconsin Ave |
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| 139 |  WIS 15 CTH OO - Northland Ave |
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| 142 |  WIS 47 - Richmond St |
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| 144 |  CTH E - Ballard Rd |
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| 145 | WIS 441 South |
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| Kaukauna | 146 | CTH N North - South |
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| 148 |  WIS 55 - Kaukauna, Freedom |
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| 150 |  CTH J North - South |
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| Brown | Sniderville | 154 |  CTH U - Apple Creek Rd |
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| Little Rapids | 157 |  CTH S - Freedom Rd |
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| West De Pere | 161 |  CTH F - Scheuring Rd |
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| 163A |  CTH G - Main Ave |
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| 163B | Ashland Ave | Northbound exit only; Southbound entrance only | |||
| 164 |  CTH AAA - Oneida St, Waube Lane |
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| Ashwaubenon | 165 |   WIS 172, To I-43 - A Straubel Airport |
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| 167 |  CTH VK - Lombardi Ave |
Stadium (Lambeau Field), Arena (Brown County Arena and Resch Center) exit 167 | |||
| Green Bay | 168 |   WIS 54, South WIS 32 - Mason St |
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| 169 |  WIS 29, North WIS 32 - Shawano Ave, Dousman St |
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| 170 | US 141 South - Velp Ave |
follow North |
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| Howard | 171 | I-43 - Milwaukee |
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| 173 |  CTH M - Lineville Rd |
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| Suamico | 176 | CTH B - Sunset Beach Rd |
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| Oconto | Sobieski | 179 | Brown Rd | ||
| 182 | CTH S - Sobieski, Little Suamico |
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| Abrams | 185 | CTH D - Sampson Rd |
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| none | US 141 North - Iron Mountain |
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| Freeway Ends - continues to Oconto and Marinette as mixed 2-lane/4-lane surface road |
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[edit] Current Status
US 41 is either undergoing major construction or in the planning stages for future construction between Milwaukee and Green Bay to upgrade it to Interstate standards.
[edit] Future Plans
Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials are studying what improvements need to be made to U.S. Route 41 is being prepared for Interstate status.[2] Necessary upgrades must be made before any signage changes can happen, but the entire length from Milwaukee to Green Bay is expected to become a new Interstate 41.[2] The legislation was added to the 2005 federal highway bill (Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users) by Congressman Tom Petri. Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers reviewed the state traffic records, and found that the number of cars traveling on 41 in northeast Wisconsin has nearly doubled since 1994.[2] It is unknown if the U.S. Route 41 shields will remain when I-41 signs are tentatively schduled to go up in 2009. When complete, this will be only the second Interstate number to multiplex with its U.S. Route counterpart. The other is Interstate 74 & U.S. Route 74 in North Carolina. Two expansion projects are scheduled for 2010. The first upgrades the old rural freeway west of Green Bay from CTH F to I-43 to a six-lane road with the rebuilding of all interchanges along the corridor.[3] The second is an expansion of the highway from WIS 26 to Breezewood Lane around Oshkosh from 4 to 6 lanes - including rebuilds of 9 interchanges and the Lake Butte des Morts causeway.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Bessert, Chris (2006). Wisconsin Highways: US-41, The Complete History. Retrieved on December 30, 2006.
- ^ a b c Jones, Ben (2006-12-18). "‘Interstate 41’ on near horizon". Appleton Post Crescent. Retrieved on December 19, 2006.[not in citation given]
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation. US 41 Expansion - Brown County. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
- ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation. US 41 Expansion. Retrieved on March 24, 2007.
| Preceded by Illinois |
U.S. Route 41 Wisconsin |
Succeeded by Michigan |
