Interstate 94 in Wisconsin
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I-94 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by WisDOT | ||||
Length | 348.23 mi[1] (560.42 km) | |||
NHS | Entire route | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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East end | ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Wisconsin | |||
Counties | St. Croix, Dunn, Eau Claire, Trempealeau, Jackson, Monroe, Juneau, Sauk, Columbia, Dane, Jefferson, Waukesha, Milwaukee, Racine, Kenosha | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Interstate 94 (I-94) runs east–west through the western, central, and southeastern portions of the US state of Wisconsin. A total of 348.23 miles (560.42 km) of I-94 lie in the state.
Route description
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Zoo_Interchange_from_the_east_in_Milwaukee.jpg/220px-Zoo_Interchange_from_the_east_in_Milwaukee.jpg)
The route, cosigned with US Highway 12 (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 toward Tomah where it joins I-90. The two Interstates run concurrently for the next 91.76 miles (147.67 km) to Madison. I-94 enters the state as a six-lane facility which reduces to four-lanes at exit 4 (US 12).
I-94 passes by the popular tourist destination of Wisconsin Dells.
The route converges with I-39 63 miles (101 km) southeast of Tomah (near Portage). This concurrency (30 miles [48 km]) is the longest three-route concurrency of the Interstate Highway System and only one of three in existence. The interchanges mark 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 State Trunk Highway 30 (WISS 30). The highway returns to four lanes after the interchange traffic merges, then returns to six lanes just west of Waukesha. The highway remains a six-lane facility (with various auxiliary and collector–distributor lanes in Milwaukee at interchanges) east and south of this point, and through the area is officially designated the East–West Freeway, though very few organizations, including the Wisconsin Department of Transportation's traffic control center in the area actually use that name. I-94 passes through Downtown Milwaukee, turning southbound and joining I-43 for six miles (9.7 km), into a road designated from Ozaukee County to the Illinois state line as the North–South Freeway.
I-94 leaves Milwaukee to the south, joining with I-41 at the Mitchell Interchange. These two Interstates run concurrently to the border, passing west of Racine and Kenosha on their way into Illinois toward Chicago. Traffic is heavy along this stretch.
Speed limits
[edit]The speed limit on I-94 from the Minnesota border to the Waukesha–Milwaukee county border is 70 mph (110 km/h). Entering Milwaukee County, the limit decreases to 55 mph (89 km/h). The limit is 55 mph (89 km/h) until just west of the Marquette Interchange, where it decreases to 50 mph (80 km/h). This 50-mile-per-hour (80 km/h) limit continues to the Airport Interchange, where it increases to 55 mph (89 km/h). Between Rawson and Drexel avenues, the limit increases to 70 mph (110 km/h) and maintains this limit to the Illinois border.
History
[edit]I-94 was the first section of the Interstate Highway System completed within the state of Wisconsin. This one-mile (1.6 km) section, near Johnson Creek in Jefferson County, was built in 1958.[2] The route was added segment-by-segment over the years and was completed to its current alignment on November 4, 1969.[2] The routing through Milwaukee displaced thousands of residents and businesses. A one-mile (1.6 km) stretch between Lincoln and Greenfield avenues displaced 411 homes and 45 businesses. Milwaukee continues to see millions of dollars in lost tax revenue as a result of the freeway routing through the heart of the city.[3]
From 2004 until 2008, a portion of I-94 in Milwaukee was reconstructed as a part of the Marquette Interchange project.[4]
Current construction
[edit]Beginning in 2009 and continuing until 2021, the 35 miles (56 km) of I-94 between the Mitchell Interchange and the Illinois state line will be widened from six to eight lanes. This includes a complete rebuild of the roadway and reconstruction of frontage roads and interchanges including a new design of the Mitchell Interchange in Milwaukee County.
Exit list
[edit]County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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St. Croix River | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Minnesota | ||
Minnesota–Wisconsin state line | ||||||
St. Croix | Hudson | 0.57 | 0.92 | 1 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of WIS 35 concurrency |
Coulee Road | Westbound entrance only | |||||
2.13 | 3.43 | 2 | ![]() | |||
3.20 | 5.15 | 3 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of WIS 35 concurrency | ||
3.96 | 6.37 | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 12 concurrency | ||
Town of Warren | 10.12 | 16.29 | 10 | ![]() | ||
Town of Rush River | 16.62 | 26.75 | 16 | ![]() | ||
Town of Eau Galle | 19.66 | 31.64 | 19 | ![]() | ||
Woodville | 24.41 | 39.28 | 24 | ![]() | ||
Town of Cady | 28.41 | 45.72 | 28 | ![]() | ||
Dunn | Town of Lucas | 32.57 | 52.42 | 32 | ![]() | |
Menomonie | 41.78 | 67.24 | 41 | ![]() | ||
Town of Red Cedar | 45.65 | 73.47 | 45 | ![]() | ||
Town of Elk Mound | 52.05 | 83.77 | 52 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
Eau Claire | Town of Union | 58.95 | 94.87 | 59 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
Town of Brunswick | 64.79 | 104.27 | 65 | ![]() | ||
Eau Claire | 68.65 | 110.48 | 68 | ![]() | ||
Town of Washington | 70.48– 70.50 | 113.43– 113.46 | 70 | ![]() | ||
Town of Clear Creek | 81.03 | 130.41 | 81 | ![]() | ||
Trempealeau | Town of Sumner | 88.09 | 141.77 | 88 | ![]() | |
Jackson | Town of Northfield | 98.27 | 158.15 | 98 | ![]() ![]() | |
Town of Hixton | 105.12 | 169.17 | 105 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Black River Falls | 114.83 | 184.80 | 115 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Town of Brockway | 116.17 | 186.96 | 116 | ![]() | ||
Town of Millston | 127.86 | 205.77 | 128 | ![]() | ||
Monroe | Town of Lincoln | 135.29 | 217.73 | 135 | ![]() | |
Town of La Grange | 139.09 | 223.84 | 143 | ![]() | No westbound exit | |
143.06 | 230.23 | 143 | ![]() | No eastbound exit | ||
145.05 | 233.44 | 145 | Industrial Avenue – Tomah | |||
Town of Tomah | 146.90 | 236.41 | 147 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-90 concurrency | |
Oakdale | 150.40 | 242.05 | 48 | ![]() | Exit numbers follow I-90 | |
Juneau | Camp Douglas | 156.83 | 252.39 | 55 | ![]() | |
New Lisbon | 163.26 | 262.74 | 61 | ![]() | ||
Town of Lemonweir | 169.51 | 272.80 | 69 | ![]() | ||
Lyndon Station | 180.77 | 290.92 | 79 | ![]() | ||
Town of Lyndon | 187.20 | 301.27 | 85 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Sauk | Wisconsin Dells | 189.07 | 304.28 | 87 | ![]() | |
Lake Delton | 191.60 | 308.35 | 89 | ![]() | ||
Town of Delton | 193.93 | 312.10 | 92 | ![]() | ||
Columbia | Town of Caledonia | 207.53 | 333.99 | 106 | ![]() | |
209.94– 210.39 | 337.87– 338.59 | 108A | ![]() | |||
108B | ![]() ![]() | Western end of I-39 concurrency | ||||
Town of Dekorra | 217.01 | 349.24 | 115 | ![]() | ||
Town of Arlington | 221.00 | 355.67 | 119 | ![]() | ||
Dane | Town of Vienna | 228.05 | 367.01 | 126 | ![]() | |
Community of Windsor | 232.26 | 373.79 | 131 | ![]() | ||
Town of Burke | 233.78– 233.82 | 376.23– 376.30 | 132 | ![]() | ||
Madison | 237.01– 237.04 | 381.43– 381.48 | 135A | ![]() ![]() | Cloverleaf interchange | |
135B | ![]() ![]() | |||||
237.25 | 381.82 | 135C | High Crossing Boulevard | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
239.04 | 384.70 | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of I-39/I-90 concurrency; eastbound exit and westbound left entrance; westbound access via WIS 30 (exit 240A); I-90 exit 138A | ||
239.73 | 385.81 | 240 | ![]() ![]() | Westbound left exit and eastbound entrance; WIS 30 exit 3B | ||
Town of Sun Prairie | 243.71 | 392.21 | 244 | ![]() | ||
Town of Deerfield | 249.58 | 401.66 | 250 | ![]() | ||
Jefferson | Town of Lake Mills | 258.65 | 416.26 | 259 | ![]() | |
Johnson Creek | 266.18 | 428.38 | 267 | ![]() | ||
Town of Concord | 275.00 | 442.57 | 275 | ![]() | Former WIS 135 | |
276.96 | 445.72 | 277 | Willow Glen Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
Waukesha | Oconomowoc | 281.20 | 452.55 | 282 | ![]() | Western terminus of East–West Freeway |
Town of Summit | 282.77 | 455.07 | 283 | ![]() | ||
Delafield | 284.76 | 458.28 | 285 | ![]() | ||
286.38 | 460.88 | 287 | ![]() | |||
Town of Delafield | 289.90 | 466.55 | 290 | ![]() ![]() | ||
Pewaukee | 290.81 | 468.01 | 291 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | CTH-TT has been redesignated WIS 318, part of the western Waukesha Bypass under construction in 2019 | |
Waukesha | 292.36 | 470.51 | 293 | ![]() | Signed as exit 293 westbound | |
292.73 | 471.10 | 293C | ![]() ![]() | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
Pewaukee | 293.89 | 472.97 | 294 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of WIS 164 concurrency | |
294.81 | 474.45 | 295 | ![]() | |||
Town of Brookfield | 296.68– 296.87 | 477.46– 477.77 | 297 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of WIS 164 concurrency | |
Brookfield | 300.31 | 483.30 | 301 | ![]() | Signed as exit 301A-B eastbound and exits 301A (Moorland Road south) and 301B (Moorland Road north) westbound | |
Milwaukee | West Allis | 303.41– 303.42 | 488.29– 488.31 | 304 | ![]() | Signed as exit 304A-B eastbound and exits 304A (WIS 100 south) and 304B (WIS 100 north) westbound; exit for Mayfair Mall and Milwaukee County Zoo |
Milwaukee | 304.01– 304.13 | 489.26– 489.45 | 305A | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||
305B | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |||||
304.97– 305.00 | 490.80– 490.85 | 306 | ![]() | |||
305.88– 306.03 | 492.27– 492.51 | 307A | 68th Street, 70th Street | |||
306.55– 306.58 | 493.34– 493.39 | 307B | Hawley Road | |||
306.97 | 494.02 | 308A | Mitchell Boulevard – VA Center | |||
307.38– 307.43 | 494.68– 494.76 | 308B | ![]() ![]() | |||
308C | ![]() ![]() | |||||
308.04 | 495.74 | 309A | 35th Street | |||
308.66 | 496.74 | 309B | 26th Street, St. Paul Avenue | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
308.74 | 496.87 | Clybourn Street, 25th Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||
309.48 | 498.06 | 310A | 13th Street | Eastbound exit only | ||
309.99 | 498.88 | 310B | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-43 concurrency; I-43 south exit 72D | ||
310.16 | 499.15 | 310C | ![]() ![]() | I-794 exit 1C | ||
310.60 | 499.86 | 311 | ![]() | |||
311.17– 311.49 | 500.78– 501.29 | 312A | Greenfield Avenue, Lapham Boulevard, Mitchell Street | |||
312.09– 312.18 | 502.26– 502.41 | 312B | Becher Street, Lincoln Avenue, Mitchell Street | |||
313.56 | 504.63 | 314A | Holt Avenue | |||
314.13 | 505.54 | 314B | Howard Avenue | |||
315.40– 315.55 | 507.59– 507.83 | 316 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-41/US 41 concurrency; southern end of I-43 concurrency | ||
315.78 | 508.20 | 317 | ![]() | |||
317.17 | 510.44 | 318 | ![]() ![]() | |||
317.86 | 511.55 | 319 | ![]() | |||
Oak Creek | 318.82 | 513.09 | 320 | ![]() | ||
319.83 | 514.72 | 321 | Drexel Avenue | |||
321.84 | 517.95 | 322 | ![]() | |||
324 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange opened in mid-2020 | ||||
Racine | Raymond–Caledonia line | 324.10 | 521.59 | 325 | ![]() ![]() | Closed; was westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former US 41 north |
325.04 | 523.10 | 326 | ![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of WIS 241 | ||
326.56 | 525.55 | 327 | ![]() | |||
328.55 | 528.75 | 329 | ![]() | |||
Yorkville–Mount Pleasant line | 332.21– 332.25 | 534.64– 534.70 | 333 | ![]() | ||
Sylvania | 334.22 | 537.87 | 335 | ![]() | ||
Racine–Kenosha county line | Kellogg's Corners | 336.10 | 540.90 | 337 | ![]() | Southern terminus of North–South Freeway |
Kenosha | Town of Paris | 338.12 | 544.15 | 339 | ![]() | |
Somers | 339.89 | 547.00 | 340 | ![]() ![]() | ||
341.64 | 549.82 | 342 | ![]() | |||
Kenosha | 343.18 | 552.29 | 344 | ![]() | ||
Pleasant Prairie | 344.82 | 554.93 | 345 | ![]() | ||
346.20 | 557.15 | 347 | ![]() ![]() | |||
348.23 | 560.42 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Illinois | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Auxiliary routes
[edit]Two auxiliary routes of I-94 exist in Wisconsin, both are in the Milwaukee metropolitan area. I-794 is a spur in downtown that accesses the southeast suburbs and the Port of Milwaukee. It is known as the East–West Freeway from I-94 to Lincoln Memorial Drive and as the Lake Freeway from there to Carferry Drive. I-894 is a southwest bypass of the city that is known as the Zoo Freeway from the I-94 Zoo Interchange to I-43 at the Hale Interchange and as the Airport Freeway from there to I-94 at the Mitchell Interchange.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Wisconsin State Trunk Highway Logs:
- Northwest Region Staff (May 14, 2009). State Trunk Highway Log for Region 5. Eau Claire, WI: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. pp. 547–570.
- Southwest Region Staff (December 31, 2008). State Trunk Highway Log for Southwest Region (XLS). Madison, WI: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 094E.
- Southeast Region Staff (December 31, 2008). State Trunk Highway Log for Southeast Region (XLS). Waukesha, WI: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 094E.
- ^ a b "I-94 segment observes 50th anniversary". Red Wing Republican Eagle. October 22, 2009. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ John Gurda (August 9, 2022). "Racist planning decisions led Milwaukee's freeway system along a path of least resistance, with great damage to communities of color". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved September 27, 2022.
- ^ "Marquette Interchange in Milwaukee opens, far ahead of schedule". The Capital Times. August 19, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2023 – via NewsBank.
External links
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- 511wi.gov, Milwaukee-to-Kenosha construction project website from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- I-94 at Wisconsin Highways