page_title: Milwaukee
section_title: Highways
hierarchical_section_title: Milwaukee / Infrastructure / Transportation / Highways
caption_attribution_description: The city of Milwaukee and some nearby suburbs at 03:03:05 AM CST on November 15, 2015 from an altitude of 213 nautical miles (394 km) during Expedition 45 of the International Space Station. This photo was reversed 180 degrees from the original so north would point up.
context_page_description: Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States. The seat of Milwaukee County, it is on Lake Michigan's western shore. Ranked by its estimated 2018 population, Milwaukee was the 31st largest city in the United States. The city's estimated population in 2019 was 590,157. Milwaukee is the main cultural and economic center of the Milwaukee metropolitan area which had a population of 2,043,904 in the 2014 census estimate. It is the fourth-most densely populated metropolitan area in the Midwest, surpassed only by Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul and Detroit, respectively. Milwaukee is considered a Gamma global city as categorized by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network with a regional GDP of over $105 billion.
  The first Europeans to pass through the area were French Catholic Jesuit missionaries, who were ministering to Native Americans, and fur traders. In 1818, the French Canadian explorer Solomon Juneau settled in the area, and in 1846, Juneau's town combined with two neighboring towns to incorporate as the city of Milwaukee.
context_section_description: Three of Wisconsin's Interstate highways intersect in Milwaukee. Interstate 94 (I-94) comes north from Chicago to enter Milwaukee and continues west to Madison. The stretch of I-94 from Seven Mile Rd. to the Marquette Interchange in Downtown Milwaukee is known as the North-South Freeway. I-94 from Downtown Milwaukee west to Wisconsin 16 is known as the East-West Freeway.
  I-43 enters Milwaukee from Beloit in the southwest and continues north along Lake Michigan to Green Bay via Sheboygan and Manitowoc. I-43 southwest of I-41/I-894/US 41/US 45 Hale Interchange is known as the Rock Freeway. I-43 is cosigned with I-894 East and I-41/US 41 South to I-94 is known as the Airport Freeway. At I-94, I-43 follows I-94 to the Marquette Interchange. I-43 continues north known as the North-South Freeway to Wisconsin Highway 57 near Port Washington.
  Approved in 2015, Interstate 41 follows I-94 north from the state line before turning west at the Mitchell Interchange to the Hale Interchange and then north to Green Bay via Fond du Lac, Oshkosh and Appleton. I-41/US 41/US 45 from the Hale Interchange to Wisconsin Hwy 145 is known as the Zoo Freeway.
  Milwaukee has two auxiliary Interstate Highways, I-894 and I-794. 
  I-894 bypasses Downtown Milwaukee on the west and south sides of the city from the Zoo Interchange to the Mitchell Interchange. I-894 is part of the Zoo Freeway and the Airport Freeway.
  I-794 extends east from the Marquette Interchange to Lake Michigan before turning south over the Hoan Bridge toward Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport, turning into Highway 794 along the way. This is known as the Lake Freeway.
  Milwaukee is also served by three US Highways. U.S. Highway 18 (US 18) provides a link from Downtown to points west heading to Waukesha along Wells St, 17th/16th Sts, Highland Ave, 35th St, Wisconsin Ave and Blue Mound Rd. US 41 and US 45 both provide north–south freeway transportation on the western side of the city. The freeway system in Milwaukee carries roughly 25% of all travel in Wisconsin.
  Milwaukee County is also served by several Wisconsin highways. These include the following:
  Hwy. 24 (Forest Home Ave.)
  Hwy. 32 (Chicago Ave., College Ave., S. Lake Dr., Howard Ave., Kinnickinnic Ave., 1st St., Pittsburgh Ave., Milwaukee St., State St., Prospect Ave. NB/Farwell Ave. SB, Bradford Ave., N. Lake Dr., Brown Deer Rd.)
  Hwy. 36 (Loomis Rd.)
  Hwy. 38 (Howell Ave., Chase Ave., 6th St.)
  Hwy. 57 (27th St., Highland Ave., 20th St., Capitol Dr., Green Bay Ave.)
  Hwy. 59 (Greenfield Ave./National Ave.)
  Hwy. 100 (Ryan Rd., Lovers Lane Rd., 108th St., Mayfair Rd., Brown Deer Rd.)
  Hwy. 119 (Airport Spur)
  Hwy. 145 (Fond du Lac Ave, Fond du Lac Freeway)
  Hwy. 175 (Appleton Ave., Lisbon Ave., Stadium Freeway)
  Hwy 181 (84th St., Glenview Ave., Wauwatosa Ave., 76th St.)
  Hwy. 190 (Capitol Dr.)
  Hwy. 241 (27th St.)
  Hwy. 794 (Lake Pkwy.)
  In 2010, the Milwaukee area was ranked the 4th best city for commuters by Forbes.
caption: Milwaukee at 3:03:05 AM in 2015. Photo reversed from the original so north would point up.
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