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Interstate 94 (abbreviated I-94) is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. Its western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90; its eastern terminus is the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada border.

Lowry Hill Tunnel in Minneapolis.

Length

Miles km state
249.15 400.97 Montana
352.39 567.12 North Dakota
259.49 417.61 Minnesota
341.02 548.82 Wisconsin
61.53 99.02 Illinois
46.13 74.24 Indiana
275.49 443.36 Michigan
1,585.20 2551.13 Total [1]

Major cities along the route

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Location of Interstate 94

Montana

North Dakota

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Illinois
Also known as the Tri-State Tollway, Edens Expressway, Kennedy Expressway, Dan Ryan Expressway, Bishop Ford Freeway and Kingery Expressway

Indiana
Also known as the Borman Expressway

Michigan
Also known as the Willow Run Freeway, Detroit Industrial Freeway and Edsel Ford Freeway 

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Intersections with other Interstates

Spur routes

Interchanges from west to east

Montana

County Municipality Exit
Yellowstone Huntley Pryor Creek Rd.
Yellowstone Ballantine 14 Arrow Creek Rd.
Yellowstone Pompeys Pillar 23
Yellowstone Pompeys Pillar 36 Reed Creek Rd.
Yellowstone Custer 47 Musselshell Trail Rd.
Yellowstone Custer 49 MT 47
Treasure Bighorn 53
Treasure Hysham 67
Treasure Sanders 72 County 384
Rosebud Forsyth 82 Reservation Creek Rd.
Rosebud Forsyth 87 MT 39
Rosebud Forsyth 93 US 12
Rosebud Forsyth 95 18th Ave./Slaugther House Rd.
Rosebud Rosebud 102
Rosebud Rosebud 105 Butte Creek Rd.
Rosebud Hathaway 117 Graveyard Creek Rd.
Custer Volborg 126 Moon Creek Rd.
Custer Fort Keogh 128
Custer Miles City 135 Business Interstate 94
Custer Miles City 138 Haynes Ave. (MT 59)
Custer Miles City 141 Business Interstate 94/US 12
Custer Ismay 159
Prairie Terry 169
Prairie Terry 176 Terry-Locate Rd.
Prairie Fallon 185
Dawson Glendive 192 Bad Route Rd.
Dawson Glendive 198 Old US 10
Dawson Glendive 204 Whoopup Rd.
Dawson Glendive 206 Pleasant View Rd.
Dawson Glendive 210 Business Interstate 94
Dawson Glendive 211 MT 200
Dawson Glendive 213 Lewis and Clark Trail (MT 16)
Dawson Glendive 215 Merrill Ave. (Business Interstate 94)
Dawson Glendive 224
Dawson Glendive 231 Hodges Rd.
Wibaux Wibaux 236
Wibaux Wibaux 241 MT 7
Wibaux Wibaux 248 Carlyle Rd.

Wisconsin

County Municipality Exit
St. Croix Hudson 1 WI 35
St. Croix Hudson 2 Carmichael Rd. (CTH F)
St. Croix Hudson 3 WI 35
St. Croix Hudson 4 US 12
St. Croix Roberts 10 WI 65
St. Croix Hammond 16 County T
St. Croix Baldwin 19 US 63
St. Croix Woodville 24 County B
St. Croix Wilson 28 WI 128
Dunn Knapp 32 County Q
Dunn Menomonie 41 WI 25
Dunn Menomonie 45 County B
Dunn Elk Mound 52 US 12/WI 29
Eau Claire Eau Claire 59 County EE/WI 124 (will be renumbered WI 312 in summer of 2006. This interchange is signed as a junction with US 12 as well, which actually intersects WI 124 approximately 3 blocks from the Interstate interchange)
Eau Claire Eau Claire 65 WI 37/WI 85 (signed as an interchange with WI 85, although WI 85 is actually 4 miles away, SW along WI 37)
Eau Claire Eau Claire 68 WI 93
Eau Claire Eau Claire 70 US 53
Eau Claire Foster 81 County HH
Trempealeau Osseo 88 US 10
Jackson Northfield 98 WI 121/County FF
Jackson Hixton 105 WI 95
Jackson Black River Falls 115 WI 27
Jackson Black River Falls 116 WI 54
Jackson Millston 128 County O
Monroe Warrens 135 County E
Monroe Tomah 143 US 12/WI 21
Monroe Tomah Interstate 90
Dane Cottage Grove 244 County N
Dane Deerfield 250 WI 73
Jefferson Lake Mills 259 WI 89
Jefferson Johnson Creek 267 WI 26
Jefferson Concord 275 County F
Jefferson Corcord 277 (EB only) Willow Glen Rd.
Waukesha Oconomowoc 282 WI 67
Waukesha Delafield 283 (WB only) Sawyer Rd. (County P)
Waukesha Delafield 285 County C
Waukesha Delafield 287 WI 83
Waukesha Pewaukee 290 County SS
Waukesha Pewaukee 291 County G
Waukesha Pewaukee 293 County T
Waukesha Pewaukee 293 (WB Only) WI 16
Waukesha Pewaukee 294 WI 164/County J
Waukesha Pewaukee 295 County F
Waukesha Brookfield 297 Barker Rd. (US 18/WI 164/County Y/County JJ)
Waukesha Brookfield 301 Moorland Rd. (County O)
Milwaukee Milwaukee 304 108th St. (WI 100)
Milwaukee Milwaukee Interstate 894/US 45
Milwaukee Milwaukee 318 WI 119
Milwaukee Milwaukee 319 College Ave. (County ZZ)
Milwaukee Oak Creek 320 Rawson Ave. (County BB)
Milwaukee Oak Creek 322 Ryan Rd. (WI 100)
Racine Caledonia 325 (WB only) 27th St. (WI 241)
Racine Caledonia 326 Seven Mile Rd.
Racine Caledonia 327 County G
Racine Franksville 329 Northwestern Ave. (County K)
Racine Sturtevant 333 WI 20
Racine Sturtevant 335 WI 11
Racine Sturtevant 337 County KR
Kenosha Sturtevant 339 County E
Kenosha Kenosha 340 WI 142/ County S
Kenosha Kenosha 342 52nd St. (WI 158)
Kenosha Kenosha 344 75th St. (WI 50)
Kenosha Pleasant Prairie 345 County C
Kenosha Pleasant Prairie 347 WI 165

Lane configurations

Michigan

  • Between Port Huron, MI and Chesterfield Township, MI (2 lanes on each side)
  • Between Chesterfield Township and US 23 (3+ lanes on each side)
  • Between US 23 and Michigan State Highway 14 (2 lanes on each side)
  • Between Michigan State Highway 14 and c. milepost 166 (3 lanes on each side)
  • Between milepost 166 and Interstate 196 (2+ lanes on each side)
  • Between Interstate 196 and Indiana state line (3 lanes on each side)

Indiana

Interstate 94 in Indiana is a shorter stretch of highway that still maintains at least 6 through lanes from Illinois to Michigan.

  • As part of the Borman Expressway -- 6 lanes as of 2005 (3x3). Construction is currently underway to expand this section to 8 lanes (4x4).
  • East of the Interstate 80/Interstate 90 intersection to the Michigan state line -- 6 lanes (3x3)

Illinois

Interstate 94 runs through downtown Chicago, resulting in some odd lane configurations:

From north to south:

The following sections are being expanded as of 2005 to make ramps safer and to have consistent amounts of lanes:

  • From the Stevenson Expressway to the 47th Avenue Slip -- 14 lanes (4x4 express, 3x3 local)
  • Between the 47th Avenue and 51st Avenue Slip Ramps -- 14 lanes (3x3 express, 4x4 local)
  • 51st Avenue to the Chicago Skyway (Interstate 90) -- 12 lanes (4x4 express, 2x2 local), expanding to 14 by 2007.
  • Chicago Skyway to Interstate 57 -- 8 lanes (4x4)

The following sections have no expansion plans:

  • Ramps to/from Bishop Ford Expressway -- 4 lanes (2x2), with 6 lanes (3x3) between Michigan Avenue and Cottage Grove Avenue
  • Cottage Grove Avenue to Tri-State Tollway and Interstate 80 -- 6 lanes (3x3)

The following sections are being expanded as of 2005 to widen ramps and through lanes, primarily for the Tri-State Tollway:

Wisconsin

  • Three lanes each way from Minnesota border to Exit 4 (US 12)
  • Two lanes each way from exit #4 to junction with Interstate 90
  • Together with I-90, two lanes each way until junction with Interstate 39 (I-90/94 unified exit #108)
  • Together with I-39/90, three lanes each way until suburban Madison
  • 3+ lanes each way through suburban Madison
  • Departs from I-39/90 at unified I-39/90 exit #138A as I-94 exit #240, thence two lanes each way east to exit #290 near Pewaukee
  • 3 lanes each way from exit #290 to exit #294 near Pewaukee.
  • 3+ lanes each way through suburbs and city of Milwaukee.
  • South from suburban Milwaukee, 3 lanes each way to Illinois border

Minnesota

  • 3 lanes in both directions from North Dakota border to US-75 (Moorhead).
  • 2 lanes in both directions from US-75 to MN-101 (Rogers).
  • 3 lanes in both directions from MN-101 to I-494 (Maple Grove).
  • 4 lanes eastbound between I-494 and US 169, 4 lanes westbound between Boone Avenue and Hemlock Lane (Brooklyn Park).
  • 3 lanes each direction from Boone Ave to Brooklyn Blvd.
  • 4 lanes each direction between Brooklyn Blvd to I-94 split from I-694.
  • 2 lanes each direction transitioning from I-694 mainline to I-94 mainline.
  • 4 lanes in both directions from I-694/MN-252 to Dowling Avenue (Minneapolis).
  • 5 lanes (with the exception of 4 under Broadway bridge) in both directions from Dowling Avenue to I-394/US-12/Lyndale/Hennepin Aves.
  • 3 lanes westbound, 2 lanes eastbound until Lowry Hill Tunnel.
  • 3 lanes each direction from Lowry Hill tunnel to MN-280 (Saint Paul).
  • 4 lanes (with the exception of 3 under Snelling Avenue bridge) each direction from MN-280 to I-35E.
  • 3 lanes each direction from I-35E to White Bear Avenue, with short segment of 5 lanes each direction between US 10/61 and Mounds Blvd.
  • 2 lanes each direction from White Bear Avenue to MN-120 (being expanded to 3 lanes in each direction).
  • 3 lanes each direction from MN-120 to Wisconsin border.

North Dakota

  • 2 lanes in each direction through most of the state, 3 lanes in each direction in some urban sections.

Montana

  • 2 lanes each direction from western terminus at I-90 to North Dakota border

Notes

  • Interstate 94 is the only east-west interstate to form a direct connection into a foreign country (Canada). No such interstate ends at the U.S.-Mexico border. At Port Huron, I-94 crosses the Blue Water Bridge into Sarnia, Ontario and becomes Highway 402, which can be used by motorists going to Toronto.
  • Through much of Michigan, Interstate 94 follows the route of Old U.S. Highway 12. In the 1990s Michigan set up an "emergency Interstate" system. This system is designed as a permanent set of detours for Interstates in case an impassable problem occurs on the Interstates (in the case of I-94 in this area, the problem is usually very heavy lake effect snow in the winter months and construction in the summer)
  • Through North Dakota, Interstate 94 follows the route once taken by U.S. Highway 10 west from Fargo.
  • Interstate 494 was originally planned to serve as a loop in Chicago, Illinois and follow Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan. After local opposition prevented I-494 from being completed, the number was completely dropped. Portions of the old I-494 exist as US 41/Lake Shore Drive.
  • The I-494/I-694 loop in the Twin Cities has a speed limit of 60 mph (95 km/h) in most places. All highways within the loop are 55 mph (90 km/h), and Minnesota highways outside the loop can go up to 65 mph (100 km/h); 70 mph (110 km/h) if they are Interstate highways.
  • 40 miles (64 km) north of the Twin Cities near Otsego, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) operates the Minnesota Road Research Facility, which studies the effect of traffic on various road surface types. Westbound traffic is redirected onto 3.5 miles (5.5 km) of pavement outfitted with thousands of sensors. There is a straight-through bypass (the original highway) that can be used when researchers are examining the road up close.
  • The stretch from Portage, Wisconsin to Madison, Wisconsin in which I-94 runs concurrently with I-39 and I-90 is the longest such stretch of three interstates in the country.
  • U.S. 52 follows I-94 from St. Paul, Minnesota to Bismarck, North Dakota. It is very poorly signed in Minnesota, but is signed very well on maps and in North Dakota.
  • Some parts of I-94 in Illinois are still signed North and South, especially along the Tri-State Tollway. This is because Interstate 94's alignment between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois is north-south. Most signs on the mainline have been replaced with East-West signage in recent years, as of 2005.

Recent news

  • As of 2005; I-94 is undergoing rehabilitation in and around the Detroit area according to MDOT.

References

  • 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005"
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