Zoo Interchange | |
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Location | |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |
Roads at junction: |
I-94 I-894 US 45 |
Construction | |
Type: | Interchange |
Opened: | 1963[1] |
Maintained by: | WisDot |
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The Zoo Interchange is a freeway Interchange on the west side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was built in 1963, as one of the first Interstate Highway projects in Wisconsin. It forms the junction of I-94, I-894, and US-45. It is nicknamed because of its proximity to the Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens.
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The design of the Zoo Interchange was considered progressive for its time, featuring ramps on both the right and left sides of the roadways. This left-to-go-left right-to-go-right scheme has since become obsolete, owing to the danger of merging into freeway traffic from the left. For this reason, there has been intermittent discussion about rebuilding the interchange.[2]
The control cities and highways at the interchange are:
East: I-94, Downtown Milwaukee
North: US-45, Fond du Lac
The Zoo Interchange was completed in 1963. According to WisDOT: "it is one of Wisconsin's oldest interstate interchanges and is currently the busiest interchange in the state."[1]