Wisconsin Highway 172

State Trunk Highway 172
Route information
	Maintained by WisDOT
Length:	11.6 mi (18.7 km)
Major junctions
West end:	WIS 54 / CTH-E / CTH-GG at Hobart
	US 41 near Green Bay
East end:	I-43 near Green Bay
Highway system

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State Trunk Highway 172 (often called Highway 172, STH 172 or WIS 172) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is a freeway from U.S. Highway 41 to Interstate 43, providing a southern bypass of Green Bay. West of US 41, it continues as a surface road - Airport Drive - past the Austin Straubel International Airport to Highway 54.

The highway first appeared in 1975 with the completion of the six-lane Fox River span between Ashwaubenon and Allouez. By 1984, the freeway was extended easterly to its terminus at Interstate 43, which along with US 41 and I-43 completed the circular bypass of Green Bay. In 1988, STH 172 attained its current length of 11.6 miles after a westerly extension to Oneida at Wisconsin 54^[1].

A large-scale two-year reconstruction project of the Fox River bridge deck and its approaches, costing $37 million, has been completed. The westbound portion opened in 2009 and the eastbound section by August 2010^[2].

Western terminus

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[edit] Major intersections

The entire route is in Brown County.

Location	Exit	Destinations	Notes
Hobart		WIS 54
Ashwaubenon	Freeway section begins
	1	US 41 – Appleton, Milwaukee, Marinette
	2	WIS 32 (Ashland Avenue) / Oneida Street	Stadium, Arena
Allouez	3	WIS 57 (Riverside Drive) / CTH-X (Webster Avenue)
Bellevue	4	CTH-GV (Monroe Road)
Bellevue	5	I-43 – Green Bay, Milwaukee	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; signed as exits 5A (north) and 5B (south)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus • Closed/former • Incomplete access • Unopened