| State Trunk Highway 172 | ||||
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| Maintained by WisDOT | ||||
| Length: | 11.6 mi (18.7 km) | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: | WIS 54 / CTH-E / CTH-GG at Hobart | |||
| US 41 near Green Bay | ||||
| East end: | I-43 near Green Bay | |||
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State Trunk Highway 172 (often called Highway 172, STH 172 or WIS 172) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a freeway from U.S. Highway 41 to Interstate 43, providing a southern bypass of Green Bay. West of US 41, it continues as a surface road - Airport Drive - past the Austin Straubel International Airport to Highway 54.
The highway first appeared in 1975 with the completion of the six-lane Fox River span between Ashwaubenon and Allouez. By 1984, the freeway was extended easterly to its terminus at Interstate 43, which along with US 41 and I-43 completed the circular bypass of Green Bay. In 1988, STH 172 attained its current length of 11.6 miles after a westerly extension to Oneida at Wisconsin 54[1].
A large-scale two-year reconstruction project of the Fox River bridge deck and its approaches, costing $37 million, has been completed. The westbound portion opened in 2009 and the eastbound section by August 2010[2].
The entire route is in Brown County.
| Location | Mile | Exit | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Hobart | WIS 54 | |||||
| Ashwaubenon | Freeway section begins | |||||
| 1 | US 41 – Appleton, Milwaukee, Marinette | |||||
| 2 | WIS 32 (Ashland Avenue) / Oneida Street | Stadium, Arena | ||||
| Allouez | 3 | WIS 57 (Riverside Drive) / CTH-X (Webster Avenue) | ||||
| Bellevue | 4 | CTH-GV (Monroe Road) | ||||
| 5 | I-43 – Green Bay, Milwaukee | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; signed as exits 5A (north) and 5B (south) | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • Unopened |
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