Interstate 794
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Interstate 794 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System |
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East-West Freeway, Lake Freeway Maintained by WisDOT |
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Length: | 3.75 mi[1] (6.04 km) | ||||||||||||
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Formed: | Early 1980s | ||||||||||||
West end: | I-43 / I-94 / US 41 in Milwaukee | ||||||||||||
East end: | WIS 794 at the South Carferry Drive interchange in Milwaukee | ||||||||||||
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Interstate 794 (abbreviated I-794 and also known as the East-West Freeway and Lake Freeway) is an east-west interstate highway spur route in Milwaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is one of two auxiliary Interstates in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and serves the lakefront, the Port of Milwaukee and connects downtown with the southeastern suburbs of St. Francis, Cudahy and South Milwaukee.
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[edit] Route description
I-794 begins at the Marquette Interchange in downtown Milwaukee, where Interstate 94 and Interstate 43 meet. It continues eastward just south of the central business district and takes a tight right turn southward at Lincoln Memorial Drive. The route crosses the Milwaukee River and the Port of Milwaukee via the Hoan Bridge. The entire route is elevated on a viaduct on both approaches to the bridge. The interstate designation ends at Exit 3 (Carferry Drive), the highway continues south as WIS 794, also known as the Lake Parkway to the intersection of Pennsylvania and Edgerton Avenues on Cudahy's west side, paralleling the east side of General Mitchell International Airport.[2]
[edit] History
The original plans for I-794 were for it to continue from the Downtown Milwaukee area to Mitchell Airport, however, they were not realized at its original construction, leaving it unfinished for many years. This has led the Hoan Bridge to be called "The Bridge to Nowhere." This unfinished construction was used as the site of the car chase scene in the movie The Blues Brothers.
[edit] Exit list
County | Location | #[3] | Destinations | Notes | |
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Milwaukee | Milwaukee | 1A | I-94 West / US 41 North | Western terminus | |
1B | I-43 South / I-94 East / US 41 North – Chicago | Westbound POV | |||
1C | I-43 North – Green Bay | ||||
1H | Civic Center, J Lovell St | Eastbound Exit only Exit to open in 2008[3] |
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1D | Plankinton Ave | Eastbound Exit from I-43 North / I-94 West only[4] | |||
1E | Jackson St, Van Buren St | Eastbound | |||
Milwaukee St | Westbound | ||||
1F | Lakefront | Eastbound | |||
Michigan St | Westbound | ||||
3 | Port of Milwaukee | Eastern Terminus | |||
becomes WIS 794 |
[edit] References
- ^ Route Log and Finder List - Table 2. Federal Highway Administration (2002-10-31). Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ Milwaukee Co. (pdf). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ a b Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Exit numbers on Interstate 794. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ Interstate 794 - Google Maps. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
[edit] External links
- East-West Freeway at Wisconsin Highways
- Lake Freeway at Wisconsin Highways
- Hoan Bridge: 2000 from Wisconsin Highways
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