U.S. Route 45 in Wisconsin
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by WisDOT | ||||
Length: | 305 mi (491 km) | |||
Existed: | 1926 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Counties: | Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Outagamie, Waupaca, Shawano, Langlade, Oneida, Vilas | |||
Highway system | ||||
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In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, U.S. Route 45 (normally called U.S. Highway 45, Highway 45 or US 45) runs north–south through the eastern and northern portions of the state.
Route description
US 45 enters from Illinois at Pikeville and is a two-lane road up to its junction with WIS 36 southwest of Milwaukee. It runs concurrent with WIS 36 to its junction with WIS 100. As it follows WIS 100 north, it becomes an Urban multilane road. It merges onto Interstate 43 north in Greenfield then follows I-894 north from the Hale Interchange one mile (1.6 km) to the east. After I-894 ends at I-94, US 45 continues as a freeway north into Wauwatosa where it merges with US 41. The two routes split further north with US 45 continuing to West Bend. The freeway section of US 45 ends north of West Bend.
US 45 parallels US 41 as a two-lane rural road and passes through Fond du Lac, and Oshkosh, then turns northwest as a freeway facility to US 10 in Winchester. After briefly joining US 10, US 45 takes a northward track as a two-lane rural road and heads into North Central Wisconsin with the exception of a four-lane expressway between Clintonville and Marion. The route serves as the central street for Antigo and Eagle River and passes into various state and national forest land. The route leaves the state at Land O' Lakes.
Major intersections
County | Location | mi | km | Exit[1] | Destinations | Notes |
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Illinois–Wisconsin border | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() | Continuation into Illinois | ||
Kenosha | Village of Bristol | ![]() | ||||
Community of Paris | ![]() | |||||
Racine | Union Grove | ![]() | ||||
Yorkville | ![]() | East end of WIS 20 overlap | ||||
Dover | ![]() | West end of WIS 20 overlap | ||||
Waukesha | Muskego | ![]() | South end of WIS 36 overlap | |||
Milwaukee | Franklin | ![]() ![]() | North end of WIS 36 overlap South end of WIS 100 overlap | |||
— | ![]() | Interchange | ||||
Hales Corners | ![]() | |||||
Greenfield | ![]() | South end of I-43 overlap | ||||
4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | North end of I-43 overlap, south end of I-894 overlap at the Hale Interchange | ||||
3 | Beloit Road | |||||
2B | Oklahoma Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
West Allis | 2A | National Avenue | Southbound exit to westbound National Ave only | |||
1E | Lincoln Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||||
1D | ![]() | |||||
Milwaukee | 1 38 | ![]() | Signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west) northbound and exits 38A (west) and 38B (east) southbound; I-94 exit 305 | |||
Wauwatosa | 39 | ![]() | Northbound exit is not signed for Wisconsin Avenue | |||
40 | Watertown Plank Road, Swan Boulevard | Soutbound exit not signed for Swan Boulevard | ||||
42A | ![]() | Southbound exit not signed for WIS 100 | ||||
42B | North Avenue west | |||||
43 | Burleigh Street | |||||
44 | ![]() | |||||
45 | Hampton Avenue | Butler use exit 45 | ||||
Milwaukee | 46 | ![]() | Southern end of WIS 100 concurrency | |||
47 | ![]() | |||||
47B | Good Hope Road | |||||
48 | ![]() | |||||
Waukesha | Menomonee Falls | 50 | ![]() ![]() | North end of WIS 100 overlap; signed as exits 50A (east) and 50B (west) | ||
51 | Pilgrim Road | Signed as exits 51A (north) and 51B (south) | ||||
52 | ![]() | |||||
Washington | Germantown | 54 | ![]() ![]() | South end of WIS 167 overlap | ||
57 | ![]() | North end of WIS 167 overlap | ||||
Richfield | 59 | ![]() | Northern end of I 41 concurrency, signed as exit 59 northbound | |||
60 | ![]() ![]() | CTH FD signed on the ramp only | ||||
Jackson | 63 | ![]() | ||||
65 | ![]() | |||||
West Bend | 68 | Paradise Drive | ||||
71 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
73 | ![]() | |||||
Freeway ends | ||||||
Kewaskum | ![]() | South end of WIS 28 overlap | ||||
![]() | North end of WIS 28 overlap | |||||
Fond du Lac | Auburn | ![]() | ||||
Town of Fond du Lac | — | ![]() | Interchange | |||
Fond du Lac | ![]() | |||||
Winnebago | Oshkosh | ![]() | ||||
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— | ![]() | Interchange | ||||
— | ![]() | Interchange | ||||
Town of Winneconne | — | ![]() ![]() | Interchange | |||
Winchester | — | ![]() | Interchange (old WIS 150) | |||
— | ![]() | Interchange; eastern end of US&nbs['10 overlap | ||||
— | ![]() | Interchange, West end of US 10 overlap | ||||
Waupaca–Outagamie | ![]() | |||||
Outagamie | Hortonia | ![]() | ||||
New London | ![]() | |||||
Waupaca | Bear Creek | ![]() ![]() | South end of WIS 22 overlap | |||
Clintonville | ![]() | North end of WIS 22 overlap | ||||
Shawano | Whitcomb | ![]() | ||||
Town of Wittenberg | — | ![]() | Interchange, east end of WIS 29 overlap | |||
Wittenberg | — | ![]() | Interchange, west end of WIS 29 overlap | |||
Aniwa | ![]() | South end of WIS 52 overlap | ||||
Langlade | Rolling | ![]() | South end of WIS 47 overlap | |||
Antigo | ![]() | South end of WIS 64 overlap | ||||
![]() ![]() | North end of WIS 52 and WIS 64 overlap | |||||
Oneida | Monico | ![]() ![]() | North end of WIS 47 overlap, west end of US 8 overlap | |||
![]() | East end of US 8 overlap | |||||
Three Lakes | ![]() | South end of WIS 32 overlap | ||||
Vilas | Lincoln | ![]() | East end of WIS 70 overlap | |||
Eagle River | ![]() ![]() | West end of WIS 70 overlap, south end of WIS 17 overlap | ||||
Lincoln | ![]() | North end of WIS 17 overlap | ||||
Wisconsin–Michigan border | ![]() | Continuation into Michigan | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ↑ Wisconsin Department of Transportation. "Exit numbers on Interstate 894". Retrieved 2007-12-15.
External links
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