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Section of U.S. Highway in Wisconsin, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
U.S. Highway 45 (US 45) runs north–south through the eastern and northern portions of the state of Wisconsin. Also called Highway 45, it runs from the state line with Illinois near the village of Bristol in Kenosha County to the Michigan state line at the town of Land O' Lakes in Vilas County, a total of about 305 miles (491 km).
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US 45 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by WisDOT | ||||
Length | 305 mi (491 km) | |||
Existed | 1935[1]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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North end | ![]() | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Wisconsin | |||
Counties | Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Outagamie, Waupaca, Shawano, Langlade, Oneida, Vilas | |||
Highway system | ||||
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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 I-43 north in Greenfield then follows I-894, I-41, and US 41 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 following I-41 and US 41 north of the Zoo Interchange. The two routes split further north with US 45 continuing to West Bend. The freeway section of US 45 ends north of West Bend and continues into Kewaskum as a four-lane highway. North of Kewaskum, it passes through Waucousta and Eden as it approaches Fond du Lac
US 45 reaches a point just south of Fond du Lac, where it joins US 151 and, in a brief wrong-way concurrency, jogs to the west, where it joins I-41. It then follows I-41 north around Fond du Lac to the junction with WIS 23, and jogs back east, into the center of Fond du Lac, where it then turns north, and follows the shore of Lake Winnebago as a two-lane road, to Oshkosh. It runs through Oshkosh as Main Street, then turns onto Algoma Boulevard, which it follows out of Oshkosh. As it crosses I-41 it becomes 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.
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County | Location | mi | km | Exit[2] | Destinations | Notes |
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Kenosha | Village of Bristol | 0.00 | 0.00 | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Illinois | |
5.52 | 8.88 | ![]() | ||||
Community of Paris | 10.07 | 16.21 | ![]() | |||
Racine | Union Grove | 13.35 | 21.48 | ![]() | ||
Yorkville | 17.58 | 28.29 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 20 concurrency | ||
Dover | 18.59 | 29.92 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 20 concurrency | ||
Waukesha | Muskego | 29.31 | 47.17 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 36 concurrency | |
Milwaukee | Franklin | 31.61 | 50.87 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 36 concurrency; southern end of WIS 100 concurrency | |
33.48 | 53.88 | — | ![]() | Interchange | ||
Hales Corners | 35.11 | 56.50 | ![]() | |||
Greenfield | 36.38 | 58.55 | 60 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of I-43 concurrency; northern end of WIS 100 concurrency | |
37.12 | 59.74 | 4 61 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-43 concurrency; southern end of I-41/I-894/US 41 concurrency at the Hale Interchange | ||
38.27 | 61.59 | 3 | Beloit Road | |||
38.84 | 62.51 | 2B | Oklahoma Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
West Allis | 39.58 | 63.70 | 2A | National Avenue | Southbound exit to westbound National Ave only | |
39.85 | 64.13 | 1E | Lincoln Avenue | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | ||
40.8 | 65.7 | 1D | ![]() | |||
Milwaukee | 41.57 | 66.90 | 1 38 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west) northbound and exits 38A (west) and 38B (east) southbound; I-94 exit 305; I-894 western terminus; end of I-894 concurrency | |
Wauwatosa | 42.12 | 67.79 | 39 | ![]() | Northbound exit not signed for Wisconsin Avenue | |
42.87 | 68.99 | 40 | Watertown Plank Road | Signed as exits 40A (east) and 40B (west) | ||
43.81 | 70.51 | 42A | ![]() ![]() | Southbound exit not signed for WIS 100 | ||
44.25 | 71.21 | 42B | North Avenue west | |||
45.34 | 72.97 | 43 | Burleigh Street | |||
46.34 | 74.58 | 44 | ![]() | |||
47.44 | 76.35 | 45 | ![]() | Butler use exit 45 | ||
Milwaukee | 48.28 | 77.70 | 46 | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 100 concurrency | |
49.47 | 79.61 | 47 | ![]() | |||
50.38 | 81.08 | 47B | Good Hope Road | |||
50.64 | 81.50 | 48 | ![]() | |||
Waukesha | Menomonee Falls | 53.29 | 85.76 | 50 | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 100 concurrency; signed as exits 50A (east) and 50B (west) |
53.96 | 86.84 | 51 | Pilgrim Road | Signed as exits 51A (north) and 51B (south) | ||
55.19 | 88.82 | 52 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Alternate I-41/Alternate US 45 only signed northbound | ||
Washington | Germantown | 57.13 | 91.94 | 54 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 167 concurrency |
60.3 | 97.0 | 57 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 167 concurrency; I-41 Alternate/US 41 Alternate only signed southbound | ||
Richfield | 61.54 | 99.04 | 59 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; northern end of I-41/US 41 concurrency | |
62.6 | 100.7 | 60 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | CTH FD signed on the ramp only | ||
Jackson | 63 | ![]() | ||||
65 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
West Bend | 68 | Paradise Drive | ||||
71 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
73 | ![]() | |||||
| Northern end of freeway | |||||
Kewaskum | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 28 concurrency | ||||
![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 28 concurrency | |||||
Fond du Lac | Auburn | ![]() | ||||
Town of Fond du Lac | — | ![]() ![]() | Interchange, southern end of US 151 wrong-way concurrency | |||
Fond du Lac | 95 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 151 concurrency; southern end of I-41/US 41 concurrency | |||
97 | ![]() | |||||
98 | ![]() | Former US 151 | ||||
99 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of I-41/US 41 concurrency; southern end of WIS 23 concurrency | ||||
![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 23 concurrency | |||||
Winnebago | Oshkosh | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of WIS 44 | |||
![]() ![]() | Southern terminus of WIS 76 | |||||
![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of WIS 21 | |||||
— | ![]() | Interchange | ||||
— | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange | ||||
Town of Winneconne | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange | |||
Winchester | — | ![]() | Interchange (old WIS 150) | |||
276 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; southern end of US 10 concurrency | ||||
273 | ![]() ![]() | Interchange; northern end of US 10 concurrency | ||||
Waupaca–Outagamie county line | | ![]() | ||||
Outagamie | Hortonia | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||
New London | — | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Interchange; northbound exit not signed for Bus. US 45 | |||
Waupaca | Bear Creek | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 22 concurrency | |||
Clintonville | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 22 concurrency | ||||
Shawano | Marion | ![]() ![]() | Northern terminus of WIS 110 | |||
Whitcomb | ![]() ![]() | Eastern terminus of WIS 153 | ||||
Town of Wittenberg | 198 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 29 concurrency | |||
Wittenberg | 196 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Southbound entrance and northbound exit | |||
195 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 29 concurrency | ||||
Aniwa | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 52 concurrency | ||||
Langlade | Rolling | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 47 concurrency | |||
Antigo | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 52 concurrency | ||||
Oneida | Monico | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 47 concurrency; southern end of US 8 concurrency | |||
![]() ![]() | Northern end of US 8 concurrency | |||||
Three Lakes | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 32 concurrency | ||||
Vilas | Lincoln | ![]() ![]() | Southern end of WIS 70 concurrency | |||
Eagle River | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 70 concurrency; southern end of WIS 17 concurrency | ||||
Lincoln | ![]() ![]() | Northern end of WIS 17 concurrency | ||||
Town of Land O' Lakes | ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Michigan; northern terminus of WIS 32 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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