Interstate 94 in Wisconsin

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Interstate 94
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Maintained by WisDOT
Length: 348 mi[1] (560.05 km)
West end: I-94 at Minnesota state line
Major
junctions:		 US 63 in Baldwin
WIS 29 near Elk Mound
US 53 in Eau Claire
US 10 in Osseo
I-90 in Tomah
I-39 in Portage
US 151 in Madison
US 45 in West Allis
US 41 in Milwaukee
I-43 in Milwaukee
East end: I-94 at Illinois state line
Wisconsin highways
< WIS 93 WIS 95 >
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In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, Interstate 94 (normally called, Highway 94 or I-94) runs east-west through the western, central and southeastern portions of the state.

Major cities
All cities are control cities for I-94.[2]

Contents

[edit] Route description

A total of 349 miles of Interstate 94 lie in Wisconsin.[1]

The route, cosigned with US 12, enters from Minnesota just east of the Twin Cities. The route passes north of Menomonie and south of Eau Claire before turning southeast and heading towards Tomah where it joins Interstate 90. The two interstates remain concurrent for the next 91.76 miles to Madison. I-94 enters the state as a 6-lane facility which reduces to 4-lane at Exit 4 (US 12).

Interstate 94 passes by the popular tourist destination of Wisconsin Dells.

The route converges with Interstate 39 63 miles southeast of Tomah (near Portage). This concurrency (30 miles) is the longest three-route concurrency of the Interstate Highway system and only one of two in existence. The interchanges marks a return to a six-lane configuration.

I-94 turns eastward toward Milwaukee at what is commonly known as the "Badger Interchange" where the three interstates meet with WIS 30. The route returns to four-lanes after the interchange traffic merges, then returns to six lanes just west of Waukesha. The highway remains six-lane facility (with various auxiliary and collector/distributor lanes in Milwaukee at interchanges) east and south of this point. I-94 passes through downtown Milwaukee, turning southbound and joining Interstate 43 for 6 miles.

I-94 leaves Milwaukee to the south and passes west of Racine and Kenosha on its way into Illinois toward Chicago.

[edit] History

I-94 was the first section of Interstate completed within the state of Wisconsin. This seven-mile section, between the unincorporated town of Goerkes Corners (currently at the intersection of US 18 and Barker Road) and Waukesha was built in 1956. The route was added segment-by-segment over the years and was completed to its current alignment in 1968.[3]

[edit] Auxiliary routes

Two spur routes of I-94 exist in Wisconsin, both are in the Milwaukee metropolitan area.

  • I-794 - a spur in downtown that accesses the southeast suburbs and the Port of Milwaukee.
  • I-894 - a southwest "bypass" of the city.


[edit] Exit list

County Location Mile # Destinations Notes
St. Croix Hudson 1 WIS 35 north – Hudson West end of WIS 35 overlap
2 CTH A / CTH F (Carmichael Road)
3 WIS 35 south – River Falls East end of WIS 35 overlap
4 US 12 east / CTH U – Somerset East end of US 12 overlap
Roberts 10 WIS 65 – Roberts, River Falls, New Richmond
Hammond 16 CTH T – Hammond
Baldwin 19 US 63 – Baldwin, Ellsworth
Woodville 24 CTH B – Woodville, Spring Valley
Wilson 28 WIS 128 – Glenwood City, Elmwood, Spring Valley
Dunn Knapp 32 CTH Q - Knapp
Menomonie 41 WIS 25 – Menomonie, Barron
45 CTH B – Menomonie
Elk Mound 52 US 12 / WIS 29 to WIS 40 – Chippewa Falls, Colfax, Elk Mound
Eau Claire Eau Claire 59 WIS 312 east / CTH EE west to US 12 – Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls, Elk Mound
65 WIS 37 – Mondovi, Eau Claire
68 WIS 93 – Eau Claire, Eleva
70 US 53 – Eau Claire, Chippewa Falls
81 CTH HH to CTH KK - Foster, Fall Creek
Trempealeau Osseo 88 US 10 to WIS 27 / CTH R – Augusta, Osseo, Fairchild
Jackson Northfield 98 WIS 121 – Alma Center, Pigeon Falls
Hixton 105 WIS 95 – Hixton, Alma Center
Black River Falls 115 US 12 / WIS 27 – Black River Falls, Merrillan
116 WIS 54 – Black River Falls, Wisconsin Rapids
Millston 128 CTH O – Millston
Monroe Warrens 135 CTH E – Warrens
Tomah 143 US 12 / WIS 21 – Necedah, Wyeville, Tomah
145 Industrial Avenue - Tomah
I-90 west – La Crosse, Tomah West end of I-90 overlap
See Interstate 90 (exits 45-138A)
Dane Madison 4A I-39 south / I-90 east - Janesville East end of I-39/I-90 overlap; exit number is signed based on WIS 30's mileage
240 WIS 30 west – Madison
Cottage Grove 244 CTH N – Cottage Grove, Sun Prairie
Deerfield 250 WIS 73 – Marshall, Deerfield
Jefferson Lake Mills 259 WIS 89 – Lake Mills, Waterloo
Johnson Creek 267 WIS 26 – Johnson Creek, Watertown
Concord 275 CTH F – Sullivan, Ixonia
277 Willow Glen Road Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Waukesha Oconomowoc 282 WIS 67 – Dousman, Oconomowoc
Delafield 283 CTH P (Sawyer Road) Eastbound entrance and westbound entrance
285 CTH C – Delafield
287 WIS 83 – Hartland, Wales
Pewaukee 290 CTH SS north – Pewaukee
291 CTH G – Waukesha, Pewaukee
293 CTH T – Waukesha, Pewaukee
293C WIS 16 west – Pewaukee Eastbound entrance and westbound exit
Waukesha 294 WIS 164 north / CTH J south – Waukesha, Pewaukee West end of WIS 164 overlap
295 CTH F to WIS 74 – Waukesha, Sussex
Brookfield 297 US 18 / WIS 164 south / CTH JJ (Bluemound Road) / Barker Road – Waukesha East end of WIS 164 overlap
301 Moorland Road Signed as exit 301A-B eastbound and exits 301A (south) and 301B (north) westbound
Milwaukee Milwaukee 304 WIS 100 Signed as exit 304A-B eastbound and exits 304A (south) and 304B (north) westbound
305 I-894 south / US 45 - Chicago, Fond du Lac Signed as exits 305A (south) and 305B (north)
306 WIS 181 (84th Street)
307A 68th Street, 70th Street
307B Hawley Road
308A Mitchell Boulevard - VA Center
308B Miller Park Way (WIS 341 south)
308C US 41 north West end of US 41 overlap
309A 35th Street
309B St. Paul Avenue, 26th Street Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
309B 25th Street, Clybourn Street Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
310A 13th Street Eastbound exit only
310B I-43 north – Green Bay West end of I-43 overlap
310C I-794 east
311 WIS 59 (National Avenue) / 6th Street
312A Greenfield Avenue, Lapham Boulevard, Mitchell Street
312B Becher Street, Lincoln Avenue, Mitchell Street
314A Holt Avenue
314B Howard Avenue
316 I-43 south / I-894 west – Beloit, Madison, Fond du Lac East end of I-43 overlap
317 Layton Avenue
318 WIS 119 – General Mitchell International Airport
319 College Avenue
Oak Creek 320 Rawson Avenue
322 WIS 100 (Ryan Road)
Racine Caledonia 325 WIS 241 north (27th Street) Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
326 Seven Mile Road
327 CTH G
Franksville 329 CTH K – Racine
Sturtevant 333 WIS 20 – Waterford, Racine
335 WIS 11 – Burlington, Racine
337 CTH KR (County Line Road)
Kenosha 339 CTH E
Kenosha 340 WIS 142 / CTH S – Burlington, Kenosha
342 WIS 158 – Kenosha
344 WIS 50 – Kenosha, Lake Geneva
Pleasant Prairie 345 CTH C
347 WIS 165 / CTH Q (Lakeview Parkway)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b FHWA Route Log and Finder List: Table 1 - Interstate System - Design - FHWA
  2. ^ Interstate Highway Control Cities (2004). Retrieved on 2006-12-04.
  3. ^ Bessert, Chris. Wisconsin Highways: Highways 90-99 (Interstate 94). Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved on 2007-06-11.
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