Originally signed as part of US-16 and STH-30 until more of I-94 was completed. This segment ofįreeway was completed and opened to traffic on Septemand was In 1956, the first segment of I-94, or any Interstate for that matter, toīegin construction in Wisconsin was the East-West Freeway in Waukesha Countyīetween the present-day interchanges with US-18/ STH-164/CHT-Y/CTH-JJ at GoerkesĬorners (Exit 297) and CTH-SS (Exit 290) west of Waukesha. Provided a natural route with a minimum of property damage.'" Since 'the abandonment of the rapid transit right-of-way for railroad use Of the East-West (now I-94) was easily fixed between 6th St. Of the Milwaukee freeway system noted that in the 1950s, "The location West of downtown, a Journal-Sentinelarticle detailing the history In the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, he noted, "'Today, it isīetter than it would be' if a boulevard were built in place of I-794. Zeidler later changed his opinion and in a 1998 interview The council overrode the veto and freeway was builtĪs it exists today. To build the elevated freeway structure proposed by the Milwaukee CountyĮxpressway Commission. Surface boulevard option and even vetoed the original Common Council resolution Of one in the 1990s, then-Mayor Frank Zeidler actively campaigned for the Should take: elevated freeway or surface boulevard. Raged as to what form the East-West Expressway through downtown Milwaukee Highland Ave or Wisconsin Ave, was included in each incarnation. To 1946, an expressway running westerly from downtown, usually paralleling To bypass Waukesha before continuing westerly past Delafield and Oconomowocįrom the earliest expressway plans in the City of Milwaukee, dating back Through the Goerkes Corners area, the freeway bends slightly to the north Milwaukee Co and entering Waukesha Co and the City of Brookfield, running withinĪ mile of the southern city limit the whole distance across the city. State Fair Park and the Petit National Ice Center to the Zoo Interchangeįreeway. (With the coming of I-41 to Wisconsin, US-41 is now routed around Milwaukee concurrently with I-41.)įrom the Stadium Interchange, the East-West Freeway continues westerly past Site of the original Milwaukee County Stadium, where US-41 formerly departed to the Menomonee Valley to the Stadium Interchange adjacent to Miller Park and the West, the I-94/East-West Freeway follows along the north side of the The entire state, where I-794 ends and I-94 (and, until 2015, US-41) joins the freeway. The Marquette Interchange, the largest and highest volume interchange in On the southwest edge of downtown, the East-West freeway passes through This segment is designated as part of I-794. Lincoln Memorial Dr heading northerly in the path of what would have beenĪn extension of the Lake Freeway through Veterans Park, then heads westerly This freeway begins at the Lake Interchange on Milwaukee's lakefront whichĬonnects with the Lake Freeway heading southerly across the Hoan The, most heavily-traveled freeways in the state. Historically, the East-West Freeway is one of the, if not Interstate highways, while the easternmost portion in downtown Milwaukee Of the East-West Freeway is part of I-94, the longest of Wisconsin's mainline Where it continues past Waukesha and on toward Madison. The East-West Freeway is an east-west freeway originating in downtown MilwaukeeĪnd running westerly through the city and suburbs, then into Waukesha County The numbers reset at county lines the start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column.Home > In Depth: News & Articles > Milwaukee Freeways > East-West Freeway Milwaukee Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on the road as it was in 1964, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage.
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