State Trunk Highway 119
STH-119 is a short route connecting I-41/94 with the passenger terminal at General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) in Milwaukee. The Airport Spur Freeway also links with STH-38 (Howell Avenue), which crosses the airport via a tunnel just south of STH-119. The route was unsigned until 2007.
East
Collector distributor lanes head south from I-43/894 along I-41 south / I-94 east to Exit 318 with Wis 119 (Airport Spur).
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Grange Avenue passes overhead as Exit 318 departs the I-41 south / I-94 east c/d roadway for Wis 119 east.
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Wis 119 forms a trumpet interchange with I-41/94.
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The I-41 north & 94 west ramp merges as the Wis 119 eastbound mainline begins.
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A pull through panel references General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) as STH-119 passes over South 13th Street.
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The lone exit along Wis 119 (Airport Spur) eastbound is with Wis 38 (Howell Avenue).
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A dynamic sign advises motorists of parking prices for General Mitchell International Airport (MKE).
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A freeway ends sign alerts drivers of the upcoming speed reduction as STH-119 passes over 6th Street.
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Eastbound at the unnumbered ramp for Wis 38 on Wis 119 east. Wis 38 (Howell Avenue) constitutes an arterial route north to the Holler Park and Town of Lake neighborhoods and south to New Coeln and College Heights.
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MKE letters that stand for the Milwaukee airport code greet traffic continuing into the passenger terminal.
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Milepost 2 appears as an arrow per lane sign directs drivers for parking, rental car return and the terminals.
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The Airport Spur partitions into single lane ramps for short and long term parking and the terminal.
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The terminal access road encircles a large parking structure while serving the domestic passenger terminal of General Mitchell International Airport (MKE).
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West
The terminal access road loops west from the main passenger terminal to a turnoff for the International Arrivals Terminal via Joseph M. Hutsteiner Drive.
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Continuing west, motorists approach the modified diamond interchange between Wis 119 and Wis 38 (Howell Avenue).
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Ramps separate for Wis 38 (Howell Avenue) and the terminal access road back east as Wis 119 (Airport Spur) westbound begins.
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Speed limits increase to 50 MPH as STH-119 west passes over STH-38 (Howell Avenue).
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The first shield for Wis 119 appears at this dynamic message sign. An on-ramp joins the Airport Spur from parallel Grange Avenue.
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A decorative barrier and landscaping give Wis 119 a parkway feel. The Airport Spur passes over 6th Street here.
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Wis 119 (Airport Spur) curves westward to span a Canadian Pacific Railroad on the approach to the trumpet interchange with I-41/94.
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The right hand lane takes motorists onto I-41 north & 94 west toward the Wilson Park and Mitchell West neighborhoods, where the two split at Interstates 43 & 894.
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Wis 119 west ends as traffic splits into I-94 west to Downtown and Interstates 41 south & 94 east through Oak Creek to Kenosha and Chicago, Illinois.
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Photo Credits:
- Peter Johnson: 02/29/16
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Page Updated Sunday April 10, 2016.