U.S. Route 141

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U.S. Route 141

US 141 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of US 41
Maintained by WisDOT and MDOT
Length: 168.82 mi[a] (271.69 km)
Existed: November 11, 1926[1] – present
Tourist
routes:		 Lake Michigan Circle Tour
Major junctions
South end: I-43 near Bellevue, WI
 

US 41 from Howard, WI to Abrams, WI
US 8 near Pembine, WI

US 2 from Iron Mountain, MI to Crystal Falls, MI
North end: US 41 / M-28 near Covington, MI
Location
States: Wisconsin, Michigan
Counties: WI: Brown, Oconto, Marinette; Florence
MI: Dickinson; Iron, Baraga
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
List • Bannered • Divided • Replaced

Wisconsin Highways
Interstates • U.S. • State
County • Bannered • Rustic
Michigan State Trunkline Highway System
Interstate • US • State • Heritage Routes
← WIS 140 WI WIS 142 →
← M-140 MI M-142 →
← M-101 US 102 M-102 →

US Highway 141 (US 141) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway in the US states of Wisconsin and Michigan. The highway runs from an interchange with Interstate 43 (I-43) in Bellevue, Wisconsin, near Green Bay to a junction with US 41/M-28 near Covington, Michigan. In between, it follows city streets in Green Bay and has a concurrent section with US 41 in Wisconsin. North of Green Bay, sections are either freeway or expressway into rural northern Wisconsin. In Michigan, US 141 is an undivided highway that runs through rural woodlands. The highway has two segments in each state; after running through Wisconsin for about 102 miles (164 km), it crosses into Michigan for another eight miles (13 km). After that, it crosses back into Wisconsin for about 14.5 miles (23.3 km) before crossing the state line one last time. The last Michigan section is about 44 miles (71 km), making the overall length 168.82 miles (271.69 km).

When the US Highway System was formed on November 11, 1926, US 141 ran from Milwaukee to Green Bay, and one segment of the modern highway in Michigan was originally designated US 102. This other designation was decommissioned in 1928 when US 141 was extended north from Green Bay into Michigan. Michigan has rebuilt the highway in stages over the years to smooth out sharp curves in the routing. Since the 1960s, the section south of Green Bay was converted into a freeway in segments. This freeway is now I-43, and since 1981, US 141 has ended southwest of Green Bay in Bellevue.

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[edit] Route description

As a bi-state highway, US 141 is a state trunk highway in the state of Wisconsin and a state trunkline highway in Michigan. The entire length of the highway in Michigan has been listed on the National Highway System,[2] network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.[3] In Wisconsin, the segment through the Green Bay area is not on the NHS,[4] except for about four blocks along Broadway Avenue which is part of an intermodal connector with the Port of Green Bay.[5] The rest of the highway northward from Howard has been listed.[6] From the I-43 interchange in Howard north to the split at Abrams, US 141 is also a part of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour (LMCT), a tourist route that surrounds Lake Michigan.[7]

[edit] Green Bay to Niagara

US 141 starts at an interchange with I-43 southeast of Green Bay in the suburb of Bellevue. From the terminus at exit 178, US 141 runs north to Main Street, and then northwesterly along Main Street through town. Wisconsin Highway 29 (WIS 29) merges in at an intersection on the northwest side of Bellevue, and the two highways run concurrently through residential subdivisions. Main Street passes over I-43 and continues to the north and into the city of Green Bay. US 141/WIS 29 crosses Baird Creek and runs along the banks of the East River. At the intersection with Monroe Avenue, WIS 29 turns south, joining WIS 54/WIS 57 while US 141 continues westward on Main Street to cross the Fox River. On the west side of the river, the highway follows Dousman Steet for a block before turning north along Broadway Avenue for four blocks. From there, the highway follows Mather Street west to Velp Avenue. US 141 follows Velp Avenue northwesterly and parallel to I-43 on the north side of Green Bay. This area is mostly residential with some businesses along Velp Avenue. In the suburb of Howard, US 141 merges onto the US 41 freeway at the interchange for exit 170. US 41/US 141 has an interchange for I-43 just south of the Duck Creek crossing.[8][9]

From Howard northward, the freeway runs through suburban Brown County to Suamico parallel to a line of the Escanaba and Lake Superior Railroad (ELS) through a mixture of farm fields and residential subdivisions. There are access roads on either side of the freeway to provide access to the properties immediately adjacent to either side of US 41/US 141. There are a number of interchanges with county-maintained roads between Suamico and Abrams in Oconto County. At Abrams, US 141 splits from US 41 and heads northward while the latter freeway turns northeasterly. The landscape north of the split transitions to forest, and the freeway crosses the Oconto River in Stiles south of the interchange with WIS 22. The freeway bypasses Lena to the east and continues north through mixed farm fields and forest to the county line. North of the line, US 141 continues to the Marinette County communities of Coleman and Pound as an expressway. North of the latter town, US 141 transitions from expressway to a two-lane undivided highway.[7][8]

Headed northward into Beecher, Wisconsin

South of Crivitz, US 141 crosses the Peshtigo River and a branch line of the ELS. The highway passes to the east of Crivitz and continues north through woodland to the community of Middle Inlet. North of town, the roadway turns northeasterly to the community of Wausaukee where it intersects WIS 180. From there, the highway passes through the communities of Amberg and Beecher before coming into Pembine. That town is where US 8 merges in from the west. The two highways run together north and northeasterly to an intersection southeast of Niagara. US 8 separates to the east, and US 141 turns to the northwest to run along River Street into Niagara. The highway then turns north along Roosevelt Road and over the Menominee River to exit the state of Wisconsin.[7][8]

[edit] Qunnesec northward

Once in Michigan, one mile (1.6 km) west of Quinnesec, US 141 meets and joins US 2. The two highways run together westward into Iron Mountain along Stephenson Avenue passing through a retail business corridor and into downtown. M-95 joins the two highways, and all three pass Lake Antoine. M-95 turns off north of town and US 2/US 141 crosses the Menominee River back into Wisconsin.[8][10]

US 2/US 141 makes a 14.5-mile (23.3 km) run through Florence County, passing the Spread Eagle Chain of Lakes. The highway serves the communities of Spread Eagle and Florence. The only junction with another state trunk highway in Wisconsin on the northern section is with the concurrent highways WIS 70 / WIS 101 in Florence. The highway crosses back into Michigan on a bridge over the Brule River south of Crystal Falls.[7][8]

Northern terminus

Across the state line, the trunkline runs through forest land near several smaller bodies of water like Stager, Kennedy and Railroad lakes. The highway enters Crystal Falls on 5th Street. US 2/US 141 runs along the top of the hill in town and intersects the western terminus of M-69 next to the Iron County Courthouse. US 141 continues westward on Crystal Avenue and separates from the US 2 concurrency on the western edge of town. Running north and northwesterly, US 141 passes to the east of the Ottawa National Forest through rural Iron County. The highway crosses the Paint River and continues through forests to the community of Amasa. The trunkline crosses the Hemlock River on the west side of town. From there, US 141 runs northward into the southwest corner of Baraga County. West of Worm Lake, US 141 meets M-28 in the community of Covington. The two highways merge together and run easterly for about four miles (6.4 km) before US 141 terminates at US 41.[8][10]

[edit] History

In 1918 when Wisconsin initially numbered its highway system, the route of what initially became US 141 followed two separate state highways; from downtown Milwaukee to Manitowoc, the highway was designated WIS 17, and from Manitowoc north to Green Bay, it was WIS 16.[11] The highway from Abrams north to the state line at Niagara was called WIS 57, and Michigan named a connector from the state line to Iron Mountain, M-57 in 1919. The segment through Florence County was WIS 69, and from the Crystal Falls area north to Covington, the M-69 moniker was used.[12]

US Highway 102
Location: Crystal Falls, MI – Covington, MI
Length: 32.5 mi[15] (52.3 km)
Existed: November 11, 1926[1]–c. 1928[13][14]

As originally proposed in 1925, several US Highways in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula were to be designated. The routings though for two highways were different in Michigan in the 1925 than on the final 1926 map. US 102 was to have replaced M-15 from US 2 at Rapid River, continue via Marquette into Baraga County, where it would have ended at US 41 near Covington. At the same time, US 41 was to have followed US 2 from Powers to Crystal Falls and continued north to Covington.[16] However, when the final plan was approved and implemented in November 1926, US 41 took the eastern routing through Rapid River and Marquette, and US 102 was routed between Crystal Falls and Covington. US 141 in both plans was only routed between Milwaukee and Green Bay, replacing WIS 17 and WIS 16.[17]

Only two years later in 1928, the US 102 designation was decommissioned when US 141 was extended northerly from Abrams over WIS 57 and M-57 to Iron Mountain. There it followed US 2 to Crystal Falls and north to Covington over the route formerly occupied by US 102.[13][14]

The next major changes were made at the end of the 1930s in Michigan. A realignment in the Iron Mountain area shifted US 2/US 141 to a new bridge over the Menominee River between 1932 and 1934.[18][19] Later, a new routing from the state line north to Crystal Falls was opened in 1940; the previous routing was returned to local control.[20][21] The northern end was relocated near Covington in late 1948 or early 1949 when US 41 was realigned in the area.[22][23] This terminus location was shifted again when US 141/M-28 was realigned in the area in late 1955 or early 1956.[24][25]

At about the same time in Wisconsin, a bypass of Manitowoc was opened in 1956, and another bypass of Port Washington in 1957.[26] In late 1961, the highway was rebuilt in northern Iron and southern Baraga counties between Amasa and Covington as the state smoothed out sharp corners in the routing;[27][28] a similar project was completed in 1972 south of Amasa to Crystal Falls.[29][30]

Wisconsin started the process to convert US 141 between Milwaukee and Abrams into a freeway starting in the 1960s. The first segments of freeway were opened in the Milwaukee area starting in 1963. The next year, the freeway was extended north into Ozaukee County. By 1965, the bypass of Sheboygan was opened.[31] Another section, north of Green Bay to Suamico was opened in 1971. In 1972, the divided highway segment between Suamico and Abrams opened,[26] and the state started the construction of additional freeways between Green Bay and Milwaukee.[31] The bypasses of Sheboygan and Cedar Grove were converted to full freeways in 1973. With another segment of freeway opening in 1975, I-43 was designated along US 141 from Milwaukee to Sheboygan. Wisconsin started removing the US 141 markers from the highway on the state map and the roadway starting in 1977 and 1978. The highway was truncated north to the Green Bay area in 1981, resulting in the current routing.[26] In 1986, the states in the Great Lakes region created the LMCT as part of a larger program of tourist routes in the region;[32] US 141 carries the LMCT between the northern I-43 junction in the Green Bay area north to the split with US 41 at Abrams.[7]

[edit] Major intersections

State County Location Mile[b] Exit Destinations Notes
Wisconsin Brown
 Town of Ledgeview 0.00 I-43 – Milwaukee, Green Bay Exit 178 on I-43
0.81 WIS 29 east – Kewaunee Eastern end of WIS 29 concurrency
Green Bay 7.72 WIS 29 west / WIS 54 / WIS 57 – Algoma, Sturgeon Bay, Shawano Western end of WIS 29 concurrency
Howard 11.06 Military Avenue Former BUS US 41
12.01 170 US 41 – Appleton Southern end of US 41 concurrency; exit numbers follow US 41's mileage
12.39 171 I-43 south / LMCT south – Milwaukee, Wisconsin Southern end of LMCT concurrency
Town of Suamico 14.45 173 CTH-M (Lineville Road)
17.50 176 CTH-B (Sunset Beach Road)
Oconto
 Town of Little Suamico 20.48 179 Brown Road
23.49 182 CTH-S
Town of Abrams 26.53 185 CTH-D (Sampson Road)
28.12 — US 41 north / LMCT north – Oconto, Marinette Northern end of US 41 and LMCT concurrencies; US 141 becomes an expressway
Town of Stiles 35.12 — WIS 22 – Oconto Falls, Oconto Diamond interchange
Town of Lena 39.70 — CTH-A – Lena Diamond interchange
Oconto–
Marinette
 Town of Lena –
Town of Pound		 44.83 Freeway ends; expressway begins
Marinette
 Coleman 47.43 — CTH-B – Coleman Diamond interchange
Town of Beaver 51.72 WIS 64 – Marinette, Mountain
53.10 Expressway ends
Crivitz 60.58 CTH-A north / CTH-W – Athelstane Former western terminus for WIS 158
Wausaukee 70.41 WIS 180 south – Marinette
Town of Pembine 88.76 US 8 west – Rhinelander Southern end of US 8 concurrency
Town of Niagara 98.28 US 8 east – Norway Northern end of US 8 concurrency
Menominee River
 102.87
0.000		 State line
Michigan Dickinson
 Breitung Township 1.132 US 2 east – Escanaba Eastern end of US 2 concurrency
Iron Mountain 3.620 M-95 south – Kingsford Southern end of M-95 concurrency
Breitung Township 7.227 M-95 north – Marquette, Republic, Sagola Northern end of M-95 concurrency
Menominee River
 7.892
0.00		 State line
Wisconsin Florence
 Town of Florence 3.91 WIS 70 west / WIS 101 south – Eagle River, Armstrong Creek
Brule River
 14.46
0.000		 State line
Michigan Iron
 Crystal Falls 10.030 M-69 east – Sagola Western terminus of M-69
Crystal Falls Township 11.186 US 2 west – Iron River Northern end of US 2 concurrency
Baraga
 Covington 39.448 M-28 west – Wakefield Western end of M-28 concurrency
Covington Township 43.602 US 41 / M-28 east / LSCT – Baraga, Houghton, Marquette Eastern end of M-28 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Total mileage is a summation of the state mileages.
  2. ^ Mileage numbers reset at the Michigan–Wisconsin state line crossings.[15][33][34]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Weingroff, Richard F. (January 9, 2009). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System". Highway History. Federal Highway Administration. http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.cfm. Retrieved April 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (April 23, 2006) (PDF). National Highway System, Michigan (Map). http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Statewide_150626_7.pdf. Retrieved October 7, 2008. 
  3. ^ Adderly, Kevin (August 26, 2010). "The National Highway System". Planning, Environment, and Realty. Federal Highway Administration. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/. Retrieved January 1, 2011. 
  4. ^ Federal Highway Administration (January 2004) (PDF). National Highway System: Green Bay, Wisconsin (Map). http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/wi/greenbay_wi.pdf. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  5. ^ Neathery, Mike (April 4, 2011). "Official NHS Intermodal Connector Listing: Wisconsin". Planning, Environment, and Realty. Federal Highway Administration. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/intermodalconnectors/wisconsin.html. Retrieved January 9, 2012. 
  6. ^ Federal Highway Administration (January 2004) (PDF). National Highway System: Wisconsin (Map). http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/nhs/maps/wi/wi_Wisconsin.pdf. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  7. ^ a b c d e Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2010). Official State Highway Map (Map) (2010–11 ed.). Section I4–I6, H3. 
  8. ^ a b c d e f Google, Inc. Google Maps – Overview Map of US 141 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=US-141+N%2FCounty+Rd+MM%2FElm+View+Rd&daddr=44.4546829,-87.9449341+to:44.4763211,-87.9685066+to:M-28+E%2FUS-141+N&hl=en&sll=45.770157,-87.996025&sspn=0.240439,0.232773&geocode=FbYJpgIdanzC-g%3BFRpTpgIdGhHC-in3qDDS-eMCiDGddmVYAnVC_w%3BFaGnpgIdBrXB-inXCAwQXuQCiDFrgIwbUrzqpQ%3BFQjUxgIdIgG6-g&vpsrc=0&mra=mrv&via=1,2&t=h&z=8. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  9. ^ Wisconsin Department of Transportation (2010). Official State Highway Map (Map) (2010–11 ed.). Green Bay and Vicinity inset. 
  10. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2010). Official Department of Transportation Map (Map). Section C4–D4, D5. 
  11. ^ Wisconsin Highway Commission (1918). Official Map of the State Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin (Map). http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/fullRecord.asp?id=40972. Retrieved November 14, 2010. 
  12. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan: Upper Peninsula (Map). Cartography by MSHD. 
  13. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (May 1, 1928). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by MSHD. 
  14. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1929). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by MSHD. 
  15. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2009). MDOT Physical Reference Finder Application (Map). Cartography by Michigan Center for Geographic Information. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/prfinder/. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
  16. ^ Secretary of Agriculture (November 18, 1925). Report of Joint Board on Interstate Highways, October 30, 1925 (Report). US Department of Agriculture. 
  17. ^ Bureau of Public Roads (November 11, 1926) (PDF). United States System of Highways (Map). Cartography by American Association of State Highway Officials. http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/misc-maps/1926us.pdf. Retrieved May 10, 2008. 
  18. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (April 1, 1932). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha. 
  19. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (September 1, 1934). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally. 
  20. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 15, 1940). 1940 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Summer ed.). Section D4. 
  21. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1940). 1940 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Winter ed.). Section D4. 
  22. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1948). 1948 Official Highway Map (Map). Section B4. 
  23. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1949). Michigan Official Highway Map (Map). Section B4. 
  24. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1955). 1955 Official Highway Map (Map). Section B4. 
  25. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (April 15, 1956). 1956 Official Highway Map (Map). Section B4. 
  26. ^ a b c Bessert, Christopher J. (January 31, 2009). "Highways 140–149". Wisconsin Highways. http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys140-149.html#US-141. Retrieved January 4, 2012. 
  27. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1961). Official Highway Map (Map). Section B4–C4.  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
  28. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1962). Official Highway Map (Map). Section B4–C4. 
  29. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1972). Official Highway Map (Map). 1 in:14.5 mi. Section C4–D4. 
  30. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1973). Official Highway Map (Map). 1 in:14.5 mi. Section C4–D4. 
  31. ^ a b Gupta, Manisha; Weisbrod, Glen (April 4, 2011). "Economic Development History of Interstate 43 Corridor". Federal Highway Administration. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/econdev/i43wi.htm. Retrieved January 9, 2012. 
  32. ^ Davis, R. Matt (May 1, 1986). "Signs to Mark Lake Circle Tour". The Daily Mining Gazette (Houghton, MI): p. 16. 
  33. ^ Staff (May 14, 2009). State Trunk Highway Log for Region 3. Green Bay, WI: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. pp. 544–562. 
  34. ^ Staff (December 31, 2008) (XLS). State Trunk Highway Log for Region 4. Rhinelander, WI: Wisconsin Department of Transportation. 

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