Everything about Interstate 43 totally explained
Interstate 43 (abbreviated
I-43) is an
intrastate Interstate highway located entirely within the state of
Wisconsin. The highway connects
Milwaukee with
Green Bay,
Manitowoc, and
Sheboygan and points north. The route also connects
Elkhorn and
Beloit with Milwaukee.
Route description
I-43 begins in
Rock County as the eastern leg of a
cloverleaf interchange with
I-39/
I-90 just east of Beloit. The highway becomes
Wisconsin Highway 81 west of the interchange. I-43 passes
Clinton to the north at
WIS 140 and passes into
Walworth County five miles east of WIS 140. I-43 passes north of
Darien and crosses
US 14 at that point, then junctions with
WIS 50 south of
Delavan.
In Elkhorn, I-43 junctions with
WIS 67,
US 12, and
WIS 11. I-43 passes through
East Troy about ten miles northeast of Elkhorn and junctions with
WIS 20 and
Wisconsin Highway 120. I-43 then enters
Waukesha County at
Mukwonago. I-43 crosses
WIS 83 at an interchange just southeast of the village. After about eight miles, the highway junctions with
WIS 164 just north of
Big Bend, and then enters the city of
Muskego. I-43 crosses interchanges with South Racine Avenue (CTH Y) and South Moorland Road (CTH O) in Muskego.
Beginning in Muskego, I-43 is known as the Rock Freeway. I 43 then passes into
New Berlin and turns east to enter
Milwaukee County.
I-43 connects with
US 45 south and
WIS 100 at South 108th Street. US 45 joins I-43 for one mile, then turns northward onto
I-894 west at the Hale Interchange while I-43 follows I-894 east along the Airport Freeway into
Greenfield, Wisconsin, crossing interchanges with
WIS 24,
WIS 36 and
WIS 241 along the way. I-43 and I-894 junction with
I-94 and
US 41, known in Milwaukee as the North-South Freeway, at the Mitchell Interchange. I-43 follows the North-South Freeway (with I-94 and US 41) north into downtown Milwaukee, where it meets
I-794 at the
Marquette Interchange.
I-43 continues north from the Marquette, while I-94 and US 41 turn westward. I-43 crosses
WIS 145 at the McKinley Boulevard/Fond du Lac Avenue interchange. On the way north out of Milwaukee, I-43 passes through Glendale, junctioning with
WIS 190 (Capitol Drive) and
WIS 57 (Green Bay Ave). WIS 100 and
WIS 32 connect at Brown Deer Road and WIS 32 follow I-43 north into
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin.
I-43 is joined by WIS 57 three miles north of the county line in
Mequon at the junction of
Wisconsin Highway 167.
WIS 60 terminates in
Grafton at the interstate seven miles further north and WIS 32 turns off toward
Port Washington one mile north of WIS 60.
WIS 33 crosses the route in
Saukville. WIS 57 turns north off the freeway, which turns eastward to go around Port Washington to the north. WIS 32 rejoins the freeway on the north side and I-43 and WIS 32 follow the
Milwaukee
|9A-B
(I-894)
| – South 27th St
|One Exit Eastbound, Two Exits Westbound
|-
|10B
(I-894)
| –
Chicago,
Airport
|Mitchell Interchange
Northbound
|-
|316
(I-94)
|
|Southbound
|-
|314 A-B
(I-94)
|Holt Ave, Howard Ave
|Two Exits Eastbound, One Exit Westbound
|-
|312 A
(I-94)
|Lapham Blvd, Mitchell St
|Eastbound POV
|-
|312 B
(I-94)
|Becher St, Lincoln Ave
|Eastbound POV
|-
|312 A-B
(I-94)
|Becher St, Mitchell St, Lapham Blvd, Greenfield Ave
|Westbound POV
|-
|rowspan=2|311
(I-94)
| – National Ave, 6th St
|Eastbound POV
|-
| – National Ave
|Westbound POV
|-
|72A
| – Lakefront, Port of
Milw
|
Marquette Interchange
|-
|72B
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|72C
|Civic Center, Kilbourn Ave
|Northbound POV - no access directly from I-43 - access is from I-94 eastbound to I-43 northbound ramp
|-
|Civic Center, Highland Ave
|Southbound POV
|-
|73A
|4th St, Broadway
|
|-
|73B
| – Fond du Lac Ave, W McKinley Blvd
|
|-
|73C
|North Ave
|
|-
|74
|Locust St
|
|-
|75
|Keefe Ave, Atkinson Ave
|
|-
|76A
| – Capitol Dr
|Northbound
|-
|76B
| – Green Bay Ave, Capitol Dr
|Northbound
|-
|76A-B
| – Capitol Dr, Green Bay Ave
|Southbound
|-
|rowspan=4|
Glendale
|77A
|Hampton Ave east
|Northbound exit only
|-
|77B
|Hampton Ave west
|Northbound exit; Southbound entrance only (both directions)
|-
|78
|Silver Spring Dr
|
|-
|80
|Good Hope Rd
|
|-
|rowspan=3|
Fox Point
|rowspan=2|82A
|Brown Deer Rd east
|Northbound
|-
| – Brown Deer Rd
|Southbound
North follow North
|-
|82B
| – Brown Deer Rd
|
|-
|
Bayside
|83
| – Port Washington Rd
|Northbound exit only; southbound entrance at County Line Rd
|-
|rowspan=8|
Ozaukee
|rowspan=2|
Mequon
|85
| – Mequon Rd
| North follow North
Thiensville use Exit 85
|-
|89
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|
Grafton
|92
|
|
|-
|93
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|
Saukville
|96
|
|
|-
|97
|
|Southbound entrance; Northbound exit
|-
|
Port Washington
|100
|
|
|-
|
Belgium
|107
|
|
Harrington Beach State Park
|-
|rowspan=6|
Sheboygan
|
Cedar Grove
|113
|
|
|-
|
Oostburg
|116
|
|
|-
|
Weedens
|120
|
|
Kohler-Andrae State Park
|-
|rowspan=2|
Sheboygan
|123
|
|
|-
|126
|
|Full
cloverleaf interchange
|-
||
Erdman
|128
|
|
|-
|rowspan=9|
Manitowoc
|
Cleveland
|137
|,
Cleveland
|
|-
|
Duvenek
|144
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|
Manitowoc
|149
|
| North follow North
|-
|152
|
| follow North
South follow South
|-
|
Branch
|154
|
| follow South
Point Beach State Forest
|-
|
Francis Creek
|157
|
|
|-
|
Kellnersville
|160
|
|
|-
|rowspan=2|
Maribel
|rowspan=2|164
|
|Northbound
|-
|
|Southbound POV
Mishicot use Exit 164
|-
|rowspan=11|
Brown
|
Denmark
|171
|
|
|-
|
Bellevue
|178
|
|
|-
|rowspan=7|
Green Bay
|180
| –
A Straubel Airport
|
|-
|181
|
|
|-
|183
|
|
|-
|185
|
|
|-
|187
|Webster Ave, East Shore Dr
|
|-
|rowspan=2|189
|Hurlbut Dr, Port of
Green Bay
|Northbound
|-
|Atkinson Dr, Velp Ave
|Southbound
|-
|rowspan=2|
Howard
|192A
|,
Iron Mountain
|
|-
|192B
|
|Northern Terminus
|-
|}
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