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Template:Infobox Interstate Interstate 94 (abbreviated I-94) is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. Its western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada border, where together with Interstate 69 it meets Ontario provincial highway 402.

Length

Lowry Hill Tunnel in Minneapolis.
Miles km state
249.15 400.97 Montana
352.39 567.12 North Dakota
259.49 417.61 Minnesota
348 560 Wisconsin
77 124 Illinois
46.13 74.24 Indiana
275.49 443.36 Michigan
1604 2581 Total [1]

Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

Intersections with other interstates

Spur routes

Interchanges from west to east

Montana

County Municipality Exit
Yellowstone Huntley Pryor Creek Rd.
Yellowstone Ballantine 14 Arrow Creek Rd.
Yellowstone Pompeys Pillar 23
Yellowstone Pompeys Pillar 36 Reed Creek Rd.
Yellowstone Custer 47 Musselshell Trail Rd.
Yellowstone Custer 49 MT 47
Treasure Bighorn 53
Treasure Hysham 67
Treasure Sanders 72 County 384
Rosebud Forsyth 82 Reservation Creek Rd.
Rosebud Forsyth 87 MT 39
Rosebud Forsyth 93 US 12
Rosebud Forsyth 95 18th Ave./Slaugther House Rd.
Rosebud Rosebud 102
Rosebud Rosebud 105 Butte Creek Rd.
Rosebud Hathaway 117 Graveyard Creek Rd.
Custer Volborg 126 Moon Creek Rd.
Custer Fort Keogh 128
Custer Miles City 135 Business Interstate 94
Custer Miles City 138 Haynes Ave. (MT 59)
Custer Miles City 141 Business Interstate 94/US 12
Custer Ismay 159
Prairie Terry 169
Prairie Terry 176 Terry-Locate Rd.
Prairie Fallon 185
Dawson Glendive 192 Bad Route Rd.
Dawson Glendive 198 Old US 10
Dawson Glendive 204 Whoopup Rd.
Dawson Glendive 206 Pleasant View Rd.
Dawson Glendive 210 Business Interstate 94
Dawson Glendive 211 MT 200
Dawson Glendive 213 Lewis and Clark Trail (MT 16)
Dawson Glendive 215 Merrill Ave. (Business Interstate 94)
Dawson Glendive 224
Dawson Glendive 231 Hodges Rd.
Wibaux Wibaux 236
Wibaux Wibaux 241 MT 7
Wibaux Wibaux 248 Carlyle Rd.

Wisconsin

County Municipality Exit
St. Croix Hudson 1 WIS 35
St. Croix Hudson 2 Carmichael Rd. (CTH F)
St. Croix Hudson 3 WIS 35
St. Croix Hudson 4 US 12
St. Croix Roberts 10 WIS 65
St. Croix Hammond 16 County T
St. Croix Baldwin 19 US 63
St. Croix Woodville 24 County B
St. Croix Wilson 28 WIS 128
Dunn Knapp 32 County Q
Dunn Menomonie 41 WIS 25
Dunn Menomonie 45 County B
Dunn Elk Mound 52 US 12/WIS 29
Eau Claire Eau Claire 59 County EE/WIS 312 (formerly WIS 124) This interchange is signed as a junction with US 12 as well, which actually intersects WIS 312 approximately 3 blocks from the Interstate interchange)
Eau Claire Eau Claire 65 WIS 37/WIS 85 (signed as an interchange with WIS 85, although WIS 85 is actually 4 miles away, SW along WI 37)
Eau Claire Eau Claire 68 WIS 93
Eau Claire Eau Claire 70 US 53
Eau Claire Foster/Fall Creek 81 County HH
Trempealeau Osseo 88 US 10
Jackson Northfield 98 WIS 121/County FF
Jackson Hixton 105 WIS 95
Jackson Black River Falls 115 WIS 27
Jackson Black River Falls 116 WIS 54
Jackson Millston 128 County O
Monroe Warrens 135 County E
Monroe Tomah 143 US 12/WIS 21
Monroe Tomah Interstate 90
Dane Cottage Grove 244 County N
Dane Deerfield 250 WIS 73
Jefferson Lake Mills 259 WIS 89
Jefferson Johnson Creek 267 WIS 26
Jefferson Concord 275 County F
Jefferson Corcord 277 (EB only) Willow Glen Rd.
Waukesha Oconomowoc 282 WIS 67
Waukesha Delafield 283 (WB only) Sawyer Rd. (County P)
Waukesha Delafield 285 County C
Waukesha Delafield 287 WIS 83
Waukesha Pewaukee 290 County SS
Waukesha Pewaukee 291 County G
Waukesha Pewaukee 293 County T
Waukesha Pewaukee 293 (WB Only) WIS 16
Waukesha Pewaukee 294 WIS 164/County J
Waukesha Pewaukee 295 County F
Waukesha Brookfield 297 Barker Rd. (US 18/WIS 164/County Y/County JJ)
Waukesha Brookfield 301 Moorland Rd. (County O)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 304 108th St. (WIS 100)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 305 Zoo Interchange - Interstate 894/US 45
Milwaukee Milwaukee 306 84th St. (WIS 181)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 307A 68th & 70th St.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 307B Hawley Rd.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 308A Mitchell Blvd.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 308B Miller Park Way (Unsigned WIS 341)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 308C US 41 North
Milwaukee Milwaukee 309A 35th St.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 309B (EB Only) 26th St. & St. Paul Ave.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 309B (WB Only) 25th St.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 310A (EB Only) 13th St. (Closed until December 1 2006)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 310 B-C Marquette Interchange - Interstate 43 North/Interstate 794 East (Note: Ramp to connect I-94 East to I-43/I-94 South is closed until December 1 2006)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 311 National Ave. (WIS 59)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 312 A-B Lapham Blvd./Mitchell St./Becher St./Lincoln Ave./Greenfield Ave.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 314 A-B Holt Ave. & Howard Ave.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 316 Airport Interchange - Interstate 43 South/Interstate 894 West
Milwaukee Milwaukee 317 Layton Ave.
Milwaukee Milwaukee 318 General Mitchell International Airport (Unsigned WIS 119)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 319 College Ave. (County ZZ)
Milwaukee Oak Creek 320 Rawson Ave. (County BB)
Milwaukee Oak Creek 322 Ryan Rd. (WIS 100)
Racine Caledonia 325 (WB only) 27th St. (WIS 241)
Racine Caledonia 326 Seven Mile Rd.
Racine Caledonia 327 County G
Racine Franksville 329 Northwestern Ave. (County K)
Racine Sturtevant 333 WIS 20
Racine Sturtevant 335 WIS 11
Racine Sturtevant 337 County KR
Kenosha Sturtevant 339 County E
Kenosha Kenosha 340 WIS 142/ County S
Kenosha Kenosha 342 52nd St. (WIS 158)
Kenosha Kenosha 344 75th St. (WIS 50)
Kenosha Pleasant Prairie 345 County C
Kenosha Pleasant Prairie 347 WIS 165

Lane configurations

Michigan

  • Between Blue Water Bridge and Exit 243 (23 Mile Rd.) in Chesterfield Township, MI (2 lanes on each side)
  • Between Exit 243 and Exit 180 (US 23) (3 lanes on each side)
  • Between Exit 180 (US 23) and Exit 171 (M-14) (2 lanes on each side)
  • Between Exit 171 (M-14) and just west of Exit 167 (Baker Rd.) (3 lanes on each side)
  • Between just west of Exit 167 (Baker Rd.) and Exit 34 (Interstate 196) (2 lanes on each side)
  • Between Interstate 196 and Indiana state line (3 lanes on each side - a 4th lane is to be added westbound in 2006 between Exit 30 and Exit 29[2]

Indiana

  • Between Michigan state line and Exit 11 (I-65) (3 lanes each way)
  • Between Exit 11 (I-65) and Exit 2 (Calumet Ave/Gary) (4 lanes each way, auxiliary lanes between exits)
  • Between Exit 2 (Calumet Ave/Gary) and Illinois state line (built to accommodate 4 lanes, striped for 3 lanes each way awaiting completion of I-94/Kingery Expwy reconstruction in Illinois)

Illinois

Interstate 94 runs through downtown Chicago, resulting in some odd lane configurations:

From north to south:

The following sections are being expanded as of 2005 to make ramps safer and to have consistent amounts of lanes:

  • From the Stevenson Expressway to the 47th Avenue Slip -- 14 lanes (express: 4 lanes each way, local: 3 lanes each way)
  • Between the 47th Avenue and 51st Avenue Slip Ramps -- 14 lanes (express: 3 lanes each way, local: 4 lanes each way)
  • 51st Avenue to the Chicago Skyway (Interstate 90) -- 12 lanes (express: 4 lanes each way, local: 2 lanes each way), expanding to 14 by 2007.
  • Chicago Skyway to Interstate 57 -- 8 lanes (4 lanes each way)

The following sections have no expansion plans:

  • Ramps to/from Bishop Ford Freeway -- 4 lanes (2 lanes each way), with 6 lanes (3 lanes each way) between Michigan Avenue and Cottage Grove Avenue
  • Cottage Grove Avenue to Tri-State Tollway and Interstate 80 -- 6 lanes (3 lanes each way)

The following sections are being expanded as of 2005 to widen ramps and through lanes, primarily for the Tri-State Tollway:

  • Ramps to/from Kingery Expressway -- 4 lanes (2 lanes each way)
  • Bishop Ford Freeway to Indiana state line -- 6 lanes (3 lanes each way), expanding to 8 by 2006.

Wisconsin

  • Three lanes each way from Minnesota border to Exit 4 (US 12)
  • Two lanes each way from exit #4 to junction with Interstate 90
  • Together with I-90, two lanes each way until junction with Interstate 39 (I-90/94 unified exit #108)
  • Together with I-39/90, three lanes each way until suburban Madison
  • 3 lanes each way through suburban Madison
  • Departs from I-39/90 at unified I-39/90 exit #138A as I-94 exit #240, thence two lanes each way east to exit #290 near Pewaukee
  • 3 lanes each way from exit #290 to exit #294 near Pewaukee.
  • 3+ lanes each way through suburbs and city of Milwaukee.
  • South from suburban Milwaukee, 3 lanes each way to Illinois border

Minnesota

  • 3 lanes in both directions from North Dakota border to US-75 (Moorhead).
  • 2 lanes in both directions from US-75 to MN-101 (Rogers).
  • 3 lanes in both directions from MN-101 to I-494 (Maple Grove).
  • 4 lanes eastbound between I-494 and US 169, 4 lanes westbound between Boone Avenue and Hemlock Lane (Brooklyn Park).
  • 3 lanes each direction from Boone Ave to Brooklyn Blvd.
  • 4 lanes each direction between Brooklyn Blvd to I-94 split from I-694.
  • 2 lanes each direction transitioning from I-694 mainline to I-94 mainline.
  • 4 lanes in both directions from I-694/MN-252 to Dowling Avenue (Minneapolis).
  • 5 lanes (with the exception of 4 under Broadway bridge) in both directions from Dowling Avenue to I-394/US-12/Lyndale/Hennepin Aves.
  • 3 lanes westbound, 2 lanes eastbound until Lowry Hill Tunnel.
  • 3 lanes each direction from Lowry Hill tunnel to MN-280 (Saint Paul).
  • 4 lanes (with the exception of 3 under Snelling Avenue bridge) each direction from MN-280 to I-35E.
  • 3 lanes each direction from I-35E to Wisconsin border, with short segment of 5 lanes each direction between US 10/61 and Mounds Blvd.

North Dakota

  • 2 lanes in each direction through most of the state, 3 lanes in each direction in the Fargo area from 45th Street exit to the Red River (Minnesota state line).

Montana

  • 2 lanes each direction from western terminus at I-90 to North Dakota border

Notes

  • Interstate 94 is the only purely east-west interstate to form a direct connection into a foreign country (Canada). No such interstate ends at the U.S.-Mexico border. At Port Huron, I-94 crosses the Blue Water Bridge into Sarnia, Ontario and becomes Highway 402, which can be used by motorists going to Toronto. The only other east-west Interstate is I-94's multiplex at that crossing, I-69.
  • Through much of Michigan, Interstate 94 follows the route of Old U.S. Highway 12. In the 1990s Michigan set up an "emergency Interstate" system. This system is designed as a permanent set of detours for Interstates in case an impassable problem occurs on the Interstates (in the case of I-94 in this area, the problem is usually very heavy lake effect snow in the winter months and construction in the summer)
  • I-94's intersection with M-10 in Detroit, built in 1953 before the Interstate system was even developed, is significant as the first full freeway-to-freeway interchange built in the United States.[3]
  • In metro Detroit, Interstate 94 is often colloquially known as the Ford Freeway.
  • Through North Dakota, Interstate 94 follows the route once taken by U.S. Highway 10 west from Fargo.
  • Interstate 494 was originally planned to serve as a loop in Chicago and follow Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan. After local opposition prevented I-494 from being completed, the number was completely dropped. Portions of the old I-494 exist as US 41/Lake Shore Drive.
  • 40 miles (64 km) north of the Twin Cities near Otsego, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) operates the Minnesota Road Research Facility, which studies the effect of traffic on various road surface types. Westbound traffic is redirected onto 3.5 miles (5.5 km) of pavement outfitted with thousands of sensors. There is a straight-through bypass (the original highway) that can be used when researchers are examining the road up close.
  • The stretch from Portage, Wisconsin to Madison, Wisconsin in which I-94 runs concurrently with I-39 and I-90 is the longest such stretch of three interstates in the country.
  • U.S. 52 follows I-94 from St. Paul, Minnesota to Jamestown, North Dakota. It is very poorly signed in Minnesota, but is signed very well on maps and in North Dakota.
  • Some parts of I-94 in Illinois are still signed North and South, especially along the Tri-State Tollway. This is because Interstate 94's alignment between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago is north-south. Most signs on the mainline have been replaced with East-West signage in recent years, as of 2005. Mileposts along the portion of I-94 that are part of the Tri-State Tollway reflect the distance from the southeastern (Indiana-border) terminus of the tollway, leading to a counterintuitive increase in the mile numbers as one proceeds "west".
  • In 2005, I-94 welcomed its first SPUI interchange after a reconfiguration of its junction with US-24 (Telegraph Road) in Michigan. Formerly the intersection, built during World War II as part of the Detroit Industrial Expressway, was one of the nation's more unusual full interchange designs. Only two bridges were used and left hand exits were used throughout.[4]
  • I-94 passes next to Six Flags Great America theme park.
  • Games between the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs are known as the I-94 Series.

Recent news

  • The interchange at 95th Ave. N in Maple Grove, Minnesota is also being rebuilt. A new, wider bridge will replace the two-lane bridge there, which was demolished in July, 2006.

References

  1. ^ a b http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table1.htm
  2. ^ http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-140620--,00.html
  3. ^ "Preliminary List of Nationally and Exceptionally Significant Features of the Interstate Highway System". Retrieved 2006-07-06.
  4. ^ http://dse.webonastick.com/maps/1971-detroit-suburbs-aaa
Browse numbered routes
← WIS 93WI→ WIS 94
← Error: Invalid type: StateIL→ Error: Invalid type: State
← M-93MI→ M-94
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