Wisconsin Highway 100

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State Trunk Highway 100

Wisconsin Highway 100
WIS 100 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length39.69 mi [1]  (63.87 km)
Major junctions
South endWIS 32.svg WIS 32 in Oak Creek
Major intersectionsI-41.svgI-94.svgUS 41 (WI).svg I-41  / I-94  / US 41 in Oak Creek
US 45 (WI).svgWIS 36.svg US 45  / WIS 36 in Franklin
I-43.svgUS 45 (WI).svg I-43  / US 45 in Greenfield
I-94.svg I-94 in West Allis
US 18 (WI).svg US 18 in Wauwatosa
US 45 (WI).svg US 45 in Wauwatosa
US 45 (WI).svg US 45 in Milwaukee
I-41.svgUS 41 (WI).svgWIS 175.svg I-41  / US 41  / WIS 175 in Milwaukee
I-41.svgUS 41 (WI).svgUS 45 (WI).svg I-41  / US 41  / US 45 in Menomonee Falls
North endI-43.svgWIS 32.svg I-43  / WIS 32 in Bayside
Location
Country United States
State Wisconsin
Counties Milwaukee, Waukesha
Highway system
WIS 99.svg WIS 99 WIS 101.svg WIS 101

State Trunk Highway 100 (STH-100, commonly known as Highway 100 or WIS 100) is a road which encircles the outer edges of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Route description

The road is designed as a bypass around the city of Milwaukee, but with residential and commercial development along WIS 100 on almost all portions of the road, this purpose has been negated, and it serves as one of the Milwaukee area's major commercial corridors. WIS 100 roughly parallels the freight railroad beltway around Milwaukee constructed in 1912 by the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, approximately one mile inside the north, west and south county lines.

In Milwaukee's immediate western suburb Wauwatosa, WIS 100's north–south segment was once known as Lovers Lane; parts of the road still have this designation. In the vicinity of Mayfair Shopping Center, it is known as Mayfair Road; this corresponds to 108th street in Milwaukee's numbered roadways scheme.

The roadway served the Muirdale Tuberculosis Sanatorium and County Airfield and Limestone Quarry at what is now Currie Park. In the late 1950s, due to the combination of ready roadway and rail access, the area experienced an employment boom as several large cold storage warehouses and food-related truck terminals were constructed nearby. With the development of Mayfair in 1958 by malting scion Kurtis Froedtert, the name was changed to Mayfair Road.

One of the few vestiges of this earlier era is the roadway's popularity as a cruising strip for mainly young motorists showing off their vehicles. West Allis and Milwaukee eventually cooperated to attempt to outlaw cruising on the road as a violation of unlawful assembly statutes, which result in the fining of drivers and impoundment of their vehicles. [2] Signs are posted along the road to remind motorists of the law, including in West Allis, where the threshold is the passing of a controlled point more than three times in a certain period.

History

Between 1920 and 1923, WIS 100 was designated via parts of modern-day WIS 138 and US 51. [3] [4] The entirety was replaced by a new alignment of WIS 10. [5] [6]

The current alignment of WIS 100 was initially a county-constructed concrete loop highway known as County Trunk Highway L. [7] WIS 100 was then assigned in 1923 along part of the county highway as well as WIS 15 (now superseded by US 41) and WIS 74. [5] [6]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmExitDestinationsNotes
Milwaukee Oak Creek WIS 32.svgLake Michigan Circle Tour.svg WIS 32 (Chicago Rd) / LMCT  Milwaukee, Racine
WIS 38.svg WIS 38 (Howell Avenue)
I-41.svgI-94.svgUS 41 (WI).svg I-41  / I-94  / US 41  Milwaukee, Chicago
Oak CreekFranklin lineWIS 241.svg WIS 241 (27th Street)
Franklin South plate.svg
US 45 (WI).svg
WIS 36.svg US 45 south / WIS 36 (Loomis Road) Burlington
Southern end of US 45 concurrency
WIS County BB.svg Rawson Avenue (CTH-BB)Interchange
Hales Corners WIS 24.svg WIS 24 (Janesville Road)
Greenfield North plate blue.svg
I-43.svg
North plate.svg
US 45 (WI).svg
To plate blue.svg
I-894.svg
I-43 north / US 45 north to I-894
Northern end of US 45 concurrency; no access to southbound I-43 or from northbound I-43
WIS County Y.svgTo plate blue.svg
South plate blue.svg
I-43.svg
Layton Avenue (CTH-Y) to I-43 south
Completes access to I-43
West Allis WIS 59.svg WIS 59 (Greenfield Avenue)
I-94.svg I-94  Milwaukee, Madison
Wauwatosa US 18 (WI).svg US 18 (Bluemound Road)
North plate blue.svg
I-41.svg
North plate.svg
US 45 (WI).svg
I-41 north / US 45 north
Northbound entrance only; no exit ramps
WIS 190.svg WIS 190 (Capitol Drive)
Milwaukee 46South plate blue.svg
I-41.svg
South plate.svg
US 41 (WI).svg
South plate.svg
US 45 (WI).svg
WIS County E.svg I-41 south / US 41 south / US 45 south / CTH-E (Silver Spring Drive)
Southern end of I-41/US 41/US 45 concurrency
47AWIS 175.svg WIS 175 (Appleton Avenue)No northbound access from southbound roadways; no southbound access from northbound roadways
47BGood Hope Road
MilwaukeeWaukesha
county line
MilwaukeeMenomonee Falls line48WIS 145.svg WIS 145
Waukesha Menomonee Falls 50ANorth plate blue.svg
I-41.svg
North plate.svg
US 41 (WI).svg
North plate.svg
US 45 (WI).svg
I-41 north / US 41 north / US 45 north Fond du Lac
Northern end of I-41/US 41/US 45 concurrency
WaukeshaMilwaukee
county line
Menomonee FallsMilwaukee lineSouth plate.svg
WIS 145.svg
WIS 145 south
Milwaukee Milwaukee WIS 181.svg WIS 181 (76th Street)Interchange
Brown Deer WIS 57.svg WIS 57 (Green Bay Road)Former interchange
River HillsBayside
Fox Point tripoint
I-43.svgWIS 32.svgLake Michigan Circle Tour.svg I-43  / WIS 32  / LMCT  Milwaukee, Green Bay Currently being rebuilt into a diverging diamond interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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  5. 1 2 Wisconsin Highway Commission (1923). Official Map of the State Trunk Highway System of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. Retrieved November 24, 2021 via Wikimedia Commons.
  6. 1 2 Wisconsin Highway Commission (1924). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin: 'The Playground of the Middle West' (PDF) (Map). c. 1:950,400. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. OCLC   560719947 . Retrieved November 24, 2021 via Wikimedia Commons.
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