Interstate 39

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Interstate 39 (abbreviated I-39) is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. It runs from Normal, Illinois at Interstate 55 to Wisconsin State Highway 29 in Rothschild, Wisconsin, approximately six miles south of Wausau, Wisconsin.

Interstate 39 is primarily used as a long-distance bypass for commericial vehicles around Chicago, Illinois. Industries in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Eau Claire, Wisconsin and other northern-tier cities may exchange goods with more southerly cities such as Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky and Indianapolis, Indiana (via Interstate 74) without routing traffic through congestion-plagued Chicago.

Contents 1 Length 2 Primary cities along the route 3 Intersections with other interstates 4 Spur routes 5 Interchanges from north to south 5.1 Wisconsin 5.2 Illinois 6 Notes

Length

Miles	km	state
139	224	Illinois
210	338	Wisconsin
349	562	Total

Primary cities along the route

• Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
• La Salle-Peru, Illinois
• Rockford, Illinois
• Beloit, Wisconsin
• Janesville, Wisconsin
• Madison, Wisconsin
• Portage, Wisconsin
• Stevens Point, Wisconsin
• Wausau, Wisconsin

Intersections with other interstates

• Interstate 55 in Normal, Illinois
• Interstate 80 in La Salle, Illinois
• Interstate 88 in Rochelle, Illinois
• Interstate 90 in Rockford, Illinois. They stay joined until Portage, Wisconsin
• Interstate 43 in Beloit, Wisconsin
• Interstate 94 in Madison, Wisconsin. They stay joined for 30 miles.

Spur routes

• None

Interchanges from north to south

Wisconsin

County	Municipality	Exit
Marathon	Wausau	187	WI 29
Marathon	Rothschild	185	Business US 51
Marathon	Mosinee	181	Maple Ridge Rd.
Marathon	Mosinee	179	WI 153
Marathon	Knowlton	175	WI 34
Portage	Stevens Point	171	County DB
Portage	Stevens Point	165	County X
Portage	Stevens Point	161	Business US 51
Portage	Stevens Point	159	WI 66
Portage	Stevens Point	158	US 10
Portage	Stevens Point	156	County HH
Portage	Plover	153	County B
Portage	Plover	151	WI 54
Portage	Bancroft	143	County W
Portage	Almond	138	County D
Waushara	Plainfield	136	WI 73
Waushara	Hancock	131	County V
Waushara	Coloma	124	WI 21
Marquette	Westfield	113	County E/County J
Marquette	Oxford	106	WI 23/WI 82
Marquette	Packwaukee	104	County D (northbound only)
Marquette	Endeavor	100	WI 23/County P
Columbia	Portage	92	US 51
Columbia	Portage	89	WI 16
Columbia	Portage	87	WI 33
Columbia	Portage	85	Cascade Mountain Rd.
Columbia	Portage		Interstate 90/Interstate 94/WI 78

• NOTE: During the section of Interstate 39 that run together with I-90 and I-90/I-94, the mile markers (and therefore, exit numbers as well) used are those for I-90.

Illinois

County	Municipality	Exit
Winnebago	Rockford	115	Baxter Rd.
Ogle	Monroe Center	111	Image:Illinois 72.svg IL 72
	Rochelle	104	Image:Illinois 64.svg IL 64
	Rochelle	99	Image:Illinois 38.svg IL 38
	Rochelle	97	Image:Interstate 88.svg Interstate 88
Lee	Steward	93	County 2
	Paw Paw	87	Image:US 30.svg US 30
	Paw Paw	82	County 10
La Salle	Mendota	72	Image:US 34.svg US 34
	Troy Grove	66	Image:US 52.svg US 52
	La Salle	59	Image:Interstate 80.svg Interstate 80
		57	Image:US 6.svg US 6
	Oglesby	54	County 23
	Oglesby	52	Image:Illinois 251.svg IL 251
	Oglesby	51	Image:Illinois 71.svg IL 71
	Tonica	48
	Lostant	41	Image:Illinois 18.svg IL 18
Marshall	Wenona	35	Image:Illinois 17.svg IL 17
Woodford	Minonk	27	County 2
	Woodford	22	Image:Illinois 116.svg IL 116
	El Paso	14	Image:US 24.svg US 24
McLean	Hudson	8	County 8
	Hudson	5	County 12
	Normal	2	Image:Business plate.svg Image:US 51.svg (Bus. US 51)

Notes

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• Future plans call for Interstate 39 to be extended north from Wausau to Merrill, Wisconsin along the U.S. Route 51 freeway, which is Interstate standard, but it was not signed as Interstate as of May 2005. This is most likely due to a long-term improvement project on US-51 which will not be completed until 2010.

• Despite its Interstate status many residents of central Wisconsin still refer to I-39 as U.S. Route 51 and in Stevens Point and Wausau one can find numerous "TO 51" road signs but very few "TO 39" signs.

• I-39 in Plover, Wisconsin separates the Good and Evil Watertowers.

• The southern terminus of I-39 in Normal, Illinois is less than a mile from Interstate 74.

• I-39 is the owner of the Illinois version of the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge, which spans the Illinois River in north central Illinois.

• For all but one of the 139 miles (224 km) that Interstate 39 is in Illinois, it is multiplexed with U.S. Route 51.

• Interstate 39 is multiplexed with at least one other highway for its entire length, except for a 4 mile stretch from I-90/94 to US 51 near Portage, Wisconsin.

• The stretch from Portage, Wisconsin to Madison, Wisconsin, where I-39 runs concurrently with I-90 and I-94, is the longest such stretch of three interstates in the country.

• At one point, Interstate 39 was a studied alternative for the unbuilt Peoria-to-Chicago Highway.

• As of right now, there are no plans to extend Interstate 39 south of Bloomington-Normal IL. The IDOT also has no plans to upgrade U.S. Route 51 to a freeway south of Bloomington-Normal. If Interstate 39 ever does get extended south, it will problebly go to Interstate 72 in Decator IL, after that it will go to Interstate 70, and then all they way down to Interstate 57. It has been reported that there are Ghost Ramps at the U.S. Route 51 interchange on Interstate 57 because orignily I-39 was supposed to go all the way down the middle of the state, but (as of yet) nothing has been done.

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