State Trunk Highway 145
Wis 145 overlays the old alignment of U.S. 45 from Milwaukee north to Germantown. The trunk highway forms a local route through Germantown to Menomonee Falls. The remainder of the route southeast varies from a six lane freeway to urban boulevard through Milwaukee.
The easternmost portion of Wis 145 formerly traveled along the Park Freeway. Built in 1969, the Park Freeway east of Interstate 43 was demolished in 2002 as part of a new urbanist movement to reclaim land north of Downtown. The removed freeway was replaced with McKinley Avenue, a surface boulevard extending east from the redirected Wis 145 to the Milwaukee River and Lower East Side.
North
The beginning of the Fond du Lac Freeway approaches as Fond du Lac Avenue splits from Wis 145 to the left.
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An eternal green light guides Wis 145 traffic straight ahead as Fond du Lac Avenue branches to the left. The freeway begins here and separates the Hampton Heights and Long View neighborhoods.
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Exit 7B departs from the Wis 145 freeway to form a collector distributor roadway from Grantosa Drive to Wis 181 (76th Street) at the Silver Spring neighborhood. Wis 181 passes through the north side of Milwaukee to Mequon.
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Exit 7A departs from Wis 145 south for Fond du Lac Avenue south of the Grantosa Drive overpass. There is no Exit 7A on north. Exit 7B otherwise directs motorists onto Wis 181 (76th Street) north. 76th Street constitutes a four lane boulevard north to Menomonee River Hills East, Land Bank and Northridge.
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Continuing north, Wis 145 meets Silver Spring Drive in a half mile. Silver Spring Drive is an east west roadway through the near north side of Milwaukee and Glendale with interchanges at select cross streets.
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An auxiliary lane forms for the Silver Spring Drive exit from Wis 181. A six-ramp parclo interchange (Exit 8) joins STH-145 with the boulevard at the corner of the Silver Swan and Valhalla neighborhoods.
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A loop ramp (Exit 8) takes traffic onto Silver Spring Drive (CTH-E) west. Drivers headed for Silver Spring Drive east should have taken Exit 7B to the adjacent diamond interchange with Wis 181.
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Exit 9 lies a half mile ahead with 91st Street at the Parkway Hills neighborhood. 91st street is a north south road that runs through the west side of Milwaukee to Ridgeview and County Line Road.
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Exit 9 to 91st Street north and leads to Mill Road (CTH-S), a minor east west arterial through Menomonee River Hills and between the Maple Tree and Little Menominee Parkway communities. CTH-S connects I-41 at STH-175 with STH-57 at Glendale.
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Wis 145 (Fond du Lac Freeway) north crosses the Little Menomonee River ahead of the off-ramp (Exit 10A) to adjacent Leon Terrace. Leon Terrace forms a service road to the freeway north from Mill Road to 102nd Street.
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Exit 10A provides local access from Wis 145 north to 102nd Street and Green Tree Road in the Golden Gate neighborhood.
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Exit 10B quickly follows for 107th Street at the Mack Acres neighborhood.
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The first reference to Interstate 41 appears on this interchange sequence sign, 1.25 miles ahead the Fond du Lac Freeway end.
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107th Street connects Wis 145 via Exit 10B with Good Hope Road. Good Hope Road is a busy east west road that stretches across Milwaukee from Park Place to Brynwood. The boulevard east from Wis 145 doubles as CTH-PP to I-43 at River Hills.
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Back to back ramps join the Fond du Lac Freeway with Park Place (Exit 10C) and I-41/U.S. 45 north to Fond du Lack and Appleton. Park Place comprises an east side frontage road to I-41 north of Good Hope Road.
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A wye interchange joins the two parallel freeways as Wis 145 passes under Interstate 41 toward 124th Street.
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The freeway stretch of Wis 145 ends a half mile beyond the I-41/U.S. 45 overpasses.
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Intersection warning signs advise motorists of the first crossroad after the freeway as Wis 145 north passes over the southbound ramp to the Fond du Lac Freeway from I-41/U.S. 45 south.
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Entering the intersection with Fond Du Lac Avenue on Wis 145 north. This short stretch dead ends at I-41 just to the west. A spur road to the right spans I-41 to link with Park Place.
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Photo Credits:
- Peter Johnson: 02/29/16
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Page Updated Monday April 25, 2016.