U.S. Route 45 in Wisconsin

U.S. Highway 45 marker
U.S. Highway 45
U.S. Highway 45 marker U.S. Highway 45
	US 45 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by WisDOT
Length	305 mi (491 km)
Existed	1935–present
Major junctions
South end	File:US 45.svg US 45 in Bristol
	File:I-43.svgFile:WIS 100.svg I-43 / WIS 100 in Greenfield; File:I-41.svgFile:I-43.svgFile:I-894.svgFile:US 41 (WI).svg I-41 / I-43 / I-894 / US 41 in Greenfield; File:I-94.svgFile:I-894.svg I-94 / I-894 in West Allis; File:US 18 (WI).svg US 18 in Wauwatosa; File:WIS 175.svg WIS 175 in Milwaukee; File:I-41.svgFile:US 41 (WI).svg I-41 / US 41 in Germantown; File:US 151 (WI).svg US 151 in Fond du Lac; File:I-41.svgFile:US 41 (WI).svg I-41 / US 41 in Oshkosh; File:US 10 (WI).svg US 10 in Winchester; File:US 8 (WI).svgFile:WIS 47.svg US 8 / WIS 47 in Monico
North end	File:US 45.svg US 45 in Land O' Lakes
Location
Country	United States
State	Wisconsin
Counties	Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Outagamie, Waupaca, Shawano, Langlade, Oneida, Vilas
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Scenic; Rustic;

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).

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 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

File:US 45 and 151 south of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.jpg

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

County	Location	mi	km	Exit^[2]	Destinations	Notes
Kenosha	Village of Bristol	0.00	0.00		File:South plate.svg File:US 45.svg US 45 south – Chicago	Continuation into Illinois
	Village of Bristol	5.52	8.88		File:WIS 50.svg WIS 50 – Lake Geneva, Kenosha
	Community of Paris	10.07	16.21		File:WIS 142.svg WIS 142 – Burlington, Kenosha
Racine	Union Grove	13.35	21.48		File:WIS 11.svg WIS 11 – Burlington, Racine
	Yorkville	17.58	28.29		File:East plate.svg File:WIS 20.svg WIS 20 east – Racine	Southern end of WIS 20 concurrency
	Dover	18.59	29.92		File:West plate.svg File:WIS 20.svg WIS 20 west – Waterford	Northern end of WIS 20 concurrency
Waukesha	Muskego	29.31	47.17		File:South plate.svg File:WIS 36.svg WIS 36 south (Loomis Road)	Southern end of WIS 36 concurrency
Milwaukee	Franklin	31.61	50.87		File:North plate.svg File:WIS 36.svgFile:South plate.svg File:WIS 100.svg WIS 36 north (Loomis Road) / WIS 100 south (St. Martins Road)	Northern end of WIS 36 concurrency; southern end of WIS 100 concurrency
	Franklin	33.48	53.88	—	File:WIS County BB.svg CTH-BB (Rawson Avenue)	Interchange
	Hales Corners	35.11	56.50		File:WIS 24.svg WIS 24 (Janesville Road)
	Greenfield	36.38	58.55	60	File:South plate blue.svg File:I-43.svgFile:North plate.svg File:WIS 100.svg I-43 south / WIS 100 north – Beloit	Southern end of I-43 concurrency; northern end of WIS 100 concurrency
		37.12	59.74	4 61	File:South plate blue.svg File:I-41.svgFile:North plate blue.svg File:I-43.svgFile:East plate blue.svg File:I-894.svgFile:South plate.svg File:US 41 (WI).svg I-41 south / I-43 north / I-894 east / US 41 south – Milwaukee File:North plate blue.svg File:I-41.svgFile:West plate blue.svg File:I-894.svgFile:North plate.svg File:US 41 (WI).svg 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
		38.27	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	File:WIS 59.svg WIS 59 (Greenfield Avenue)
	Milwaukee	41.57	66.90	1 38	File:I-94.svg I-94 – Madison, Downtown Milwaukee, Chicago File:East plate blue.svg File:I-894.svg 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
	Wauwatosa	42.12	67.79	39	File:US 18 (WI).svg US 18 (Bluemound Road) / Wisconsin Avenue	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	File:North plate.svg File:WIS 100.svg WIS 100 north (Mayfair Road) / North Avenue east	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	File:WIS 190.svg WIS 190 (Capitol Drive)
		47.44	76.35	45	File:WIS County EE.svg CTH-EE (Hampton Avenue)	Butler use exit 45
	Milwaukee	48.28	77.70	46	File:South plate.svg File:WIS 100.svg WIS 100 south (Silver Spring Drive)	Southern end of WIS 100 concurrency
		49.47	79.61	47	File:WIS 175.svg WIS 175 (Appleton Avenue)
		50.38	81.08	47B	Good Hope Road
		50.64	81.50	48	File:WIS 145.svg WIS 145
Waukesha	Menomonee Falls	53.29	85.76	50	File:East plate.svg File:WIS 100.svg WIS 100 east (Main Street)	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	File:WIS County Q.svgFile:Alternate plate blue.svg File:I-41.svgFile:Alternate plate.svg File:US 45 (WI).svg CTH-Q (County Line Road) / Alt. I-41 / Alt. US 45	Alternate I-41/Alternate US 45 only signed northbound
Washington	Germantown	57.13	91.94	54	File:East plate.svg File:WIS 167.svgFile:WIS County Y.svg WIS 167 east (Mequon Road) / CTH-Y (Lannon Road)	Southern end of WIS 167 concurrency
	Germantown	60.3	97.0	57	File:West plate.svg File:WIS 167.svgFile:Alternate plate blue.svg File:I-41.svgFile:Alternate plate.svg File:US 45 (WI).svg 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
	Richfield	61.54	99.04	59	File:North plate blue.svg File:I-41.svgFile:North plate.svg File:US 41 (WI).svg I-41 north / US 41 north – Fond du Lac	Northbound exit and southbound entrance; northern end of I-41/US 41 concurrency
	Richfield	62.6	100.7	60	File:South plate.svg File:WIS 145.svgFile:West plate.svg File:WIS County FD.svg WIS 145 south (Fond du Lac Avenue) / CTH-FD west	CTH FD signed on the ramp only
	Jackson			63	File:WIS 60.svg WIS 60 – Slinger, Jackson
	Jackson			65	File:West plate.svg File:WIS County PV.svg CTH-PV west (Pleasant Valley Road)
	West Bend			68	Paradise Drive
				71	File:WIS 33.svgFile:WIS 144.svg WIS 33 / WIS 144 (Washington Street)
				73	File:WIS County D.svg CTH-D (Main Street)
				Northern end of freeway
	Kewaskum				File:East plate.svg File:WIS 28.svg WIS 28 east – Cascade, Waldo	Southern end of WIS 28 concurrency
	Kewaskum				File:West plate.svg File:WIS 28.svg WIS 28 west – Theresa	Northern end of WIS 28 concurrency
Fond du Lac	Auburn				File:WIS 67.svg WIS 67 – Campbellsport, Plymouth
	Town of Fond du Lac			—	File:North plate.svg File:US 151 (WI).svg US 151 north – Manitowoc	Interchange, southern end of US 151 wrong-way concurrency
	Fond du Lac			95	File:South plate blue.svg File:I-41.svgFile:South plate.svg File:US 41 (WI).svgFile:South plate.svg File:US 151 (WI).svg 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	File:WIS County VVV.svg CTH-VVV (Hickory Street)
				98	File:WIS County D.svg CTH-D (Military Road)	Former US 151
				99	File:North plate blue.svg File:I-41.svgFile:North plate.svg File:US 41 (WI).svgFile:West plate.svg File:WIS 23.svg 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
					File:East plate.svg File:WIS 23.svg WIS 23 east (Johnson Street)	Northern end of WIS 23 concurrency
Winnebago	Oshkosh				File:South plate.svg File:WIS 44.svg WIS 44 south (Irving Avenue)	Northern terminus of WIS 44
					File:North plate.svg File:WIS 76.svg WIS 76 north (Jackson Street)	Southern terminus of WIS 76
					File:West plate.svg File:WIS 21.svg WIS 21 west (Algoma Boulevard)	Eastern terminus of WIS 21
				—	File:I-41.svg I-41 – Milwaukee, Green Bay	Interchange
				—	File:WIS County T.svgFile:To plate.svg File:WIS County S.svg CTH-T (Ryf Road) to CTH-S	Interchange
	Town of Winneconne			—	File:West plate.svg File:WIS 116.svgFile:East plate.svg File:WIS County GG.svg WIS 116 west / CTH-GG east – Winneconne	Interchange
	Winchester			—	File:WIS County II.svg CTH-II – Winchester	Interchange (old WIS 150)
				276	File:East plate.svg File:US 10 (WI).svg US 10 east – Appleton	Interchange; southern end of US 10 concurrency
				273	File:West plate.svg File:US 10 (WI).svg US 10 west – Stevens Point	Interchange; northern end of US 10 concurrency
Waupaca–Outagamie county line					File:WIS 96.svg WIS 96 – Fremont, Appleton
Outagamie	Hortonia				File:North plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 45 (WI).svgFile:East plate.svg File:WIS 15.svgFile:WIS County T.svg Bus. US 45 north / WIS 15 east / CTH-T – Hortonville
Outagamie	New London			—	File:WIS 54.svgFile:South plate.svg File:Business plate.svg File:US 45 (WI).svg WIS 54 / Bus. US 45 south – Waupaca, Green Bay	Interchange; northbound exit not signed for Bus. US 45
Waupaca	Bear Creek				File:South plate.svg File:WIS 22.svgFile:South plate.svg File:WIS 76.svg WIS 22 south / WIS 76 south – Manawa, Bear Creek, Shiocton	Southern end of WIS 22 concurrency
Waupaca	Clintonville				File:North plate.svg File:WIS 22.svg WIS 22 north – Shawano	Northern end of WIS 22 concurrency
Shawano	Marion				File:South plate.svg File:WIS 110.svg WIS 110 south – Marion	Northern terminus of WIS 110
	Whitcomb				File:West plate.svg File:WIS 153.svg WIS 153 west – Elderon, Mosinee	Eastern terminus of WIS 153
	Town of Wittenberg			198	File:East plate.svg File:WIS 29.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:WIS 29.svgFile:WIS County Q.svg WIS 29 east / Bus. WIS 29 / CTH-Q – Green Bay	Southern end of WIS 29 concurrency
	Wittenberg			196	File:Business plate.svg File:WIS 29.svgFile:WIS County Q.svg Bus. WIS 29 / CTH-Q – Wittenberg	Southbound entrance and northbound exit
	Wittenberg			195	File:West plate.svg File:WIS 29.svgFile:Business plate.svg File:WIS 29.svgFile:WIS County M.svg WIS 29 west / Bus. WIS 29 / CTH-M – Wausau	Northern end of WIS 29 concurrency
	Aniwa				File:West plate.svg File:WIS 52.svg WIS 52 west – Wausau	Southern end of WIS 52 concurrency
Langlade	Rolling				File:South plate.svg File:WIS 47.svg WIS 47 south – Keshena, Shawano	Southern end of WIS 47 concurrency
Langlade	Antigo				File:East plate.svg File:WIS 52.svgFile:WIS 64.svg WIS 52 east / WIS 64 – Merrill, Langlade	Northern end of WIS 52 concurrency
Oneida	Monico				File:West plate.svg File:US 8 (WI).svgFile:North plate.svg File:WIS 47.svg US 8 west / WIS 47 north – Rhinelander	Northern end of WIS 47 concurrency; southern end of US 8 concurrency
	Monico				File:East plate.svg File:US 8 (WI).svg US 8 east – Crandon	Northern end of US 8 concurrency
	Three Lakes				File:South plate.svg File:WIS 32.svg WIS 32 south – Crandon	Southern end of WIS 32 concurrency
Vilas	Lincoln				File:East plate.svg File:WIS 70.svg WIS 70 east – Florence	Southern end of WIS 70 concurrency
	Eagle River				File:South plate.svg File:WIS 17.svgFile:West plate.svg File:WIS 70.svg WIS 17 south / WIS 70 west – Rhinelander, Woodruff	Northern end of WIS 70 concurrency; southern end of WIS 17 concurrency
	Lincoln				File:North plate.svg File:WIS 17.svg WIS 17 north – Phelps	Northern end of WIS 17 concurrency
	Town of Land O' Lakes				File:North plate.svg File:US 45.svg 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 Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References

↑ "US 45 extended, March 8, 1935". The Daily Herald. March 8, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
↑ 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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Previous state: Illinois	Wisconsin	Next state: Michigan

[1] "US 45 extended, March 8, 1935". The Daily Herald. March 8, 1935. p. 1. Retrieved October 25, 2020.

[dot2-2] 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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