U.S. Route 45 in Wisconsin

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).

U.S. Highway 45 marker
U.S. Highway 45
Map
US 45 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length305 mi (491 km)
Existed1935[1]–present
Major junctions
South end US 45 in Bristol
Major intersections I-43 / WIS 100 in Greenfield
I-41 / I-43 / I-894 / US 41 in Greenfield
I-94 / I-894 in West Allis
US 18 in Wauwatosa
WIS 175 in Milwaukee
I-41 / US 41 in Germantown
US 151 in Fond du Lac
I-41 / US 41 in Oshkosh
US 10 in Winchester
US 8 / WIS 47 in Monico
North end US 45 in Land O' Lakes
Location
CountryUnited States
StateWisconsin
CountiesKenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Outagamie, Waupaca, Shawano, Langlade, Oneida, Vilas
Highway system
WIS 44 WIS 45

Route description

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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

 
A wrong-way concurrency: northbound US 45 and southbound US 151 south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin (actual direction of travel is westbound)

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.

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmikmExit[2]DestinationsNotes
KenoshaVillage of Bristol0.000.00 
 
US 45 south – Chicago
Continuation into Illinois
5.528.88  WIS 50 – Lake Geneva, Kenosha
Community of Paris10.0716.21  WIS 142 – Burlington, Kenosha
RacineUnion Grove13.3521.48  WIS 11 – Burlington, Racine
Yorkville17.5828.29 
 
WIS 20 east – Racine
Southern end of WIS 20 concurrency
Dover18.5929.92 
 
WIS 20 west – Waterford
Northern end of WIS 20 concurrency
WaukeshaMuskego29.3147.17 
 
WIS 36 south (Loomis Road)
Southern end of WIS 36 concurrency
MilwaukeeFranklin31.6150.87 
 
 
 
WIS 36 north (Loomis Road) / WIS 100 south (St. Martins Road)
Northern end of WIS 36 concurrency; southern end of WIS 100 concurrency
33.4853.88  CTH-BB (Rawson Avenue)Interchange
Hales Corners35.1156.50  WIS 24 (Janesville Road)
Greenfield36.3858.5560 
 
 
 
I-43 south / WIS 100 north – Beloit
Southern end of I-43 concurrency; northern end of WIS 100 concurrency
37.1259.744
61
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I-41 south / I-43 north / I-894 east / US 41 south – Milwaukee
 
 
 
 
 
 
I-41 north / I-894 west / US 41 north – Fond du Lac
Northern end of I-43 concurrency; southern end of I-41/I-894/US 41 concurrency at the Hale Interchange
38.2761.593Beloit Road
38.8462.512BOklahoma AvenueSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
West Allis39.5863.702ANational AvenueSouthbound exit to westbound National Ave only
39.8564.131ELincoln AvenueSouthbound exit and northbound entrance
40.865.71D  WIS 59 (Greenfield Avenue)
Milwaukee41.5766.901
38
  I-94 – Madison, Downtown Milwaukee, Chicago
 
 
I-894 east
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
Wauwatosa42.1267.7939  US 18 (Bluemound Road) / Wisconsin AvenueNorthbound exit not signed for Wisconsin Avenue
42.8768.9940Watertown Plank RoadSigned as exits 40A (east) and 40B (west)
43.8170.5142A 
 
WIS 100 north (Mayfair Road) / North Avenue east
Southbound exit not signed for WIS 100
44.2571.2142BNorth Avenue west
45.3472.9743Burleigh Street
46.3474.5844  WIS 190 (Capitol Drive)
47.4476.3545  CTH-EE (Hampton Avenue)Butler use exit 45
Milwaukee48.2877.7046 
 
WIS 100 south (Silver Spring Drive)
Southern end of WIS 100 concurrency
49.4779.6147  WIS 175 (Appleton Avenue)
50.3881.0847BGood Hope Road
50.6481.5048  WIS 145
WaukeshaMenomonee Falls53.2985.7650 
 
WIS 100 east (Main Street)
Northern end of WIS 100 concurrency; signed as exits 50A (east) and 50B (west)
53.9686.8451Pilgrim RoadSigned as exits 51A (north) and 51B (south)
55.1988.8252  
 
 
 
CTH-Q (County Line Road) / Alt. I-41 / Alt. US 45
Alternate I-41/Alternate US 45 only signed northbound
WashingtonGermantown57.1391.9454 
 
  WIS 167 east (Mequon Road) / CTH-Y (Lannon Road)
Southern end of WIS 167 concurrency
60.397.057 
 
 
 
 
 
WIS 167 west (Holy Hill Road) / Alt. I-41 / Alt. US 45
Northern end of WIS 167 concurrency; I-41 Alternate/US 41 Alternate only signed southbound
Richfield61.5499.0459 
 
 
 
I-41 north / US 41 north – Fond du Lac
Northbound exit and southbound entrance; northern end of I-41/US 41 concurrency
62.6100.760 
 
 
 
WIS 145 south (Fond du Lac Avenue) / CTH-FD west
CTH FD signed on the ramp only
Jackson63  WIS 60 – Slinger, Jackson
65 
 
CTH-PV west (Pleasant Valley Road)
West Bend68Paradise Drive
71   WIS 33 / WIS 144 (Washington Street)
73  CTH-D (Main Street)
Northern end of freeway
Kewaskum 
 
WIS 28 east – Cascade, Waldo
Southern end of WIS 28 concurrency
 
 
WIS 28 west – Theresa
Northern end of WIS 28 concurrency
Fond du LacAuburn  WIS 67 – Campbellsport, Plymouth
Town of Fond du Lac 
 
US 151 north – Manitowoc
Interchange, southern end of US 151 wrong-way concurrency
Fond du Lac95 
 
 
 
 
 
I-41 south / US 41 south / US 151 south – Milwaukee, Madison
Northern end of US 151 concurrency; southern end of I-41/US 41 concurrency
97  CTH-VVV (Hickory Street)
98  CTH-D (Military Road)Former US 151
99 
 
 
 
 
 
I-41 north / US 41 north / WIS 23 west – Oshkosh, Green Bay
Northern end of I-41/US 41 concurrency; southern end of WIS 23 concurrency
 
 
WIS 23 east (Johnson Street)
Northern end of WIS 23 concurrency
WinnebagoOshkosh 
 
WIS 44 south (Irving Avenue)
Northern terminus of WIS 44
 
 
WIS 76 north (Jackson Street)
Southern terminus of WIS 76
 
 
WIS 21 west (Algoma Boulevard)
Eastern terminus of WIS 21
  I-41 – Milwaukee, Green BayInterchange
  
 
CTH-T (Ryf Road) to CTH-S
Interchange
Town of Winneconne 
 
 
 
WIS 116 west / CTH-GG east – Winneconne
Interchange
Winchester  CTH-II – WinchesterInterchange (old WIS 150)
276 
 
US 10 east – Appleton
Interchange; southern end of US 10 concurrency
273 
 
US 10 west – Stevens Point
Interchange; northern end of US 10 concurrency
WaupacaOutagamie
county line
  WIS 96 – Fremont, Appleton
OutagamieHortonia 
 
 
 
 
  Bus. US 45 north / WIS 15 east / CTH-T – Hortonville
New London  
 
 
WIS 54 / Bus. US 45 south – Waupaca, Green Bay
Interchange; northbound exit not signed for Bus. US 45
WaupacaBear Creek 
 
 
 
WIS 22 south / WIS 76 south – Manawa, Bear Creek, Shiocton
Southern end of WIS 22 concurrency
Clintonville 
 
WIS 22 north – Shawano
Northern end of WIS 22 concurrency
ShawanoMarion 
 
WIS 110 south – Marion
Northern terminus of WIS 110
Whitcomb 
 
WIS 153 west – Elderon, Mosinee
Eastern terminus of WIS 153
Town of Wittenberg198 
 
 
 
  WIS 29 east / Bus. WIS 29 / CTH-Q – Green Bay
Southern end of WIS 29 concurrency
Wittenberg196 
 
  Bus. WIS 29 / CTH-Q – Wittenberg
Southbound entrance and northbound exit
195 
 
 
 
  WIS 29 west / Bus. WIS 29 / CTH-M – Wausau
Northern end of WIS 29 concurrency
Aniwa 
 
WIS 52 west – Wausau
Southern end of WIS 52 concurrency
LangladeRolling 
 
WIS 47 south – Keshena, Shawano
Southern end of WIS 47 concurrency
Antigo 
 
  WIS 52 east / WIS 64 – Merrill, Langlade
Northern end of WIS 52 concurrency
OneidaMonico 
 
 
 
US 8 west / WIS 47 north – Rhinelander
Northern end of WIS 47 concurrency; southern end of US 8 concurrency
 
 
US 8 east – Crandon
Northern end of US 8 concurrency
Three Lakes 
 
WIS 32 south – Crandon
Southern end of WIS 32 concurrency
VilasLincoln 
 
WIS 70 east – Florence
Southern end of WIS 70 concurrency
Eagle River 
 
 
 
WIS 17 south / WIS 70 west – Rhinelander, Woodruff
Northern end of WIS 70 concurrency; southern end of WIS 17 concurrency
Lincoln 
 
WIS 17 north – Phelps
Northern end of WIS 17 concurrency
Town of Land O' Lakes 
 
US 45 north – Watersmeet, Ontonagon
Continuation into Michigan; northern terminus of WIS 32
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "US 45 extended, March 8, 1935". The Daily Herald. March 8, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation. "Exit numbers on Interstate 894". Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved December 15, 2007.
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