I-39 North / I-90 West - Madison

U.S. 51 north, Wis 73 south and Wis 106 west come together at a diamond interchange (Exit 160) with I-39/90 in one mile. U.S. 51 returns to I-39 from Rockford, Illinois after traveling a local route to the west through Beloit, Janesville and Edgerton.

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Construction completed in 2015 rebuilt Exit 160 from a parclo into a diamond interchange. STH-73 commences a lengthy route to U.S. 8 at Ingram northward from Exit 160 to Deerfield. The trunk highway meets I-39 again at Plainfield. STH-106 travels east from old U.S. 51 (Albion Road) at nearby Albion to cross paths with STH-73 en route to Fort Atkinson.

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U.S. 51 overlaps with I-39/90 north to bypass Albion to Exit 156.

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The city of Stoughton is the next destination for the freeway north via U.S. 51 west in ten miles. Tomah, where Interstates 90 and 94 partition, takes the place of La Crosse and Wis Dells on distance signs at 117 miles away.

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I-39/90 run alongside Saunders Creek. U.S. 51 branches west from the freeway in one mile at a trumpet interchange (Exit 156). Work at the forthcoming exit in 2016/17 improved the ramp geometry.

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Exit 156 departs I-39/90 for U.S. 51 west to Stoughton and north to Lake Kegonsa and McFarland. County A intersects U.S. 51 just to the west as the former alignment.

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A nine mile exit less stretch takes I-39/90 northwest through rural areas within the towns of Christiana and Pleasant Springs.

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Madison lies 25 miles to the northwest via I-39/90. The two continue another 48 miles together before splitting south of Portage.

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Heavy southbound traffic appears in this scene east of Saunders Creek and south of Church Road.

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A long straight away takes I-39/90 across County W toward a series of hills, where the freeway turns west.

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Motorists pass by an abandoned rest area just ahead of Exit 147 with County N near Kegonsa.

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CTH-N leads five miles north from Exit 147 to the village of Cottage Grove and south four miles to Stoughton. Road work between spring and fall 2017 here reconfigures the exit into a dumbbell interchange.

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Williams Drive passes over the freeway behind this set of confirming shields. This bridge will be replaced between summer 2016 and spring 2017 to accommodate 2019-2020 widening of I-39/90.

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An interchange sequence sign appears for the ramps to U.S. 12/18 (Exits 142B/A) as I-39/90 enter the outer reaches of the Madison suburbs.

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I-39/90 have three citywide interchanges within Madison over the next 7.5 miles. U.S. 12/18 travel along a freeway west across the city to provide part of the shortest route to both Downtown and the State Capitol.

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A directional cloverleaf interchange (Exits 142A/B) with left side ramps joins I-39/90 with U.S. 12/18 in one mile. Long range construction will rebuild this exchange to eliminate left side ramps. Alternatives include shifting the northbound roadway of I-39/90 to run in tandem with southbound with designs ranging between a two-level interchange to a three-level junction with a high flyover from U.S. 12/18 east to I-39/90 north.

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U.S. 12/18 east transition into a divided highway from Exit 142B to rural areas ahead of Nora. U.S. 12/18 downgrade to a two lane road east from there to their split at Cambridge.

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Left Exit 142A links with the U.S. 12/18 freeway across Madison, Monona and Middleton. The commuter route also provides connections to U.S. 18/151 leading west to Verona, Dodgeville, Platteville and Dubuque, Iowa.

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I-39/90 continue north with six lanes ahead of a WSOR Railroad underpass.

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Northbound I-39/90 at the Buckeye Road (CTH-AB) overpass. The ensuing stretch runs along dense residential development to I-94.

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This interchange sequence sign omits route prefixes and is the first indication of the upcoming merge with Interstate 94 west.

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A system interchange (Exits 138B/A) with left side ramps, similar to the Zoo Interchange in Milwaukee, facilitates movement between Interstates 39-90-94 and the Wis 30 freeway spur into Madison.

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Wis 30 extends west from Interstate 94, 3.4 miles to U.S. 151 (Washington Avenue) and Aberg Avenue by the Eken Park and Carpenter-Ridgeway neighborhoods.

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Interstate 94 east quickly leaves the Madison area along a rural course to Cottage Grove. The busy freeway travels 70 miles to the Marquette Interchange (I-43/794) in Milwaukee.

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