^Interstate 94 just after crossing the Illinois state line toward the north, July 2022.
In Wisconsin, Interstate 94 heads easterly and southerly to join the Twin Cities to Milwaukee and Chicago. Interstate 94 wears a lot of highly important hats in Wisconsin, metaphorically speaking, of course. The highway enters Wisconsin just east of the Twin Cities, crossing the state line near Hudson, Wisconsin. The first target for the eastward freeway is Eau Claire, where Interstate 94 begins to bend toward the southeast. At Tomah, Interstate 90 comes from the west to join Interstate 94 toward the southeast. Interstates 90 and 94 serve the Wisconsin Dells area together, and that is where they bend eastward. Near Portage, Interstate 90 and Interstate 94 both join a third Interstate, with the number 39, toward the south. This triple-concurrency heads southward to the eastern reaches of the Madison area. On the east side of Madison, Interstate 94 ditches Interstates 39 and 90 so it can turn straight toward the east, bound for Milwaukee. In downtown Milwaukee, within a mile of Lake Michigan's shoreline, Interstate 94 turns straight southward on a freeway that's shared with Interstate 43. That turn to the south is the Marquette Interchange, which is also home to the western beginning of Interstate 794. Interstates 43 and 94 head southward out of downtown Milwaukee together, and on the south side of the city, Interstate 94 splits away to continue south, while Interstate 43 turns independently toward the west. Interstate 94 continues southward and passes by the entrance to the Mitchell International Airport (that entrance is Wisconsin Highway 119). US Route 41 is following Interstate 94 southward here, as the two routes joined together where Interstate 43 left. Interstate 94 and US Route 41 continue southward on a wide, eight-lane freeway to the Illinois state line, passing the Racine and Kenosha areas along the way. Interstate 94 enters the Illinois state line near Zion, Illinois, bound for Chicago. The Lake Michigan shoreline lies less than eight miles east of this foray into Illinois.
Exits from I-94 in Wisconsin:
Exit 1 is a trumpet interchange to Wisconsin Highway 35 northward into Hudson...
Exits from I-94 in Wisconsin:
Exit 1 is a trumpet interchange to Wisconsin Highway 35 northward into Hudson...
Exit 2, also in Hudson, leads to Carmichael Road, which is labeled as County Road F...
Exit 3 is another trumpet interchange and it's another exit to Wisconsin Highway 35; this ramp leads to Highway 35 south toward River Falls...
Exit 4 leads to an eastern continuation for US Route 12, and to County Road U, but no control city is found anywhere on the signage. Keep in mind that US Route 12 crossed the St. Croix River out of Minnesota conjoined with Interstate 94...
Exit 10 is a barbell interchange leading to Highway 65, signed as a gateway to Roberts and River Falls...
Exit 16 connects with County Road T at another barbell interchange, and Hammond is accessed here, too...
Exit 19 provides a connection to US Route 63, Ellsworth, and Baldwin...
Exit 24 brings travelers to County Road B and Woodville...
Exit 28 is another newly-reconstructed barbell interchange, and this one leads to Highway 128, Elmwood, and Glenwood City...
Exit 32 brings people to Knapp and County Road Q...
Exit 41, in Menomonie, is an interchange leading to Wisconsin Highway 25 and to Barron...
Exit 45 leads to County Road B on the east side of Menomonie...
Exit 52 marks one of the many points in Wisconsin where Interstate 94 crosses paths with US Route 12; this time, the exit also leads to Highway 29, Highway 40, Elk Mound, and Colfax...
Exit 59 leads to the western end of Highway 312, a pathway to Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls; US Route 12 and County Road EE are also mentioned on signage for this exit...
Exit 65 is a link to Wisconsin Highway 37, a route leading people to Mondovi and Eau Claire...
Exit 68 is an interchange for Highway 93, helping people to reach Eau Claire and Eleva, Wisconsin...
Exit 70A is the first half of a cloverleaf interchange with US Route 53; this first ramp leads southward toward Brackett...
Exit 70B, the latter of the two ramps at the cloverleaf interchange, leads northward along US Route 53 toward Eau Claire...
Exit 81 is a gateway to County Road HH and County Road KK, signed as ways to reach Foster and Fall Creek, respectively...
Exit 88 is a connection to US Route 10 in Osseo, and Fairchild is also written as a control city...
Exit 98 leads to Highway 121, signed as the way to Alma Center and Pigeon Falls...
Exit 105 is an interchange leading to Wisconsin Highway 95, a route that reaches Hixton and Alma Center...
Exit 115 leads to a highway diving in from the north into Black River Falls: a highway carrying Wisconsin 27 and US Route 12 from Merrillan...
Exit 116 is an interchange linking with Wisconsin 54, a route leading to Black River Falls and to Wisconsin Rapids...
Exit 128 leads to County Road O and Millston...
Exit 135 is a fountain interchange to County Road EW and Warrens...
Exit 143 leads to US Route 12 and Wisconsin Highway 21, which is described as the way to Tomah and to Necedah...
Exit 145 is an interchange connecting to Industrial Avenue in Tomah...
Exit 147 is an offramp to Interstate 90 westbound, toward Albert Lea and La Crosse, and it marks the point where Interstate 90 joins Interstate 94 eastward until Madison...
Interstate 94 starts using Interstate 90's exit numbers when the two Interstate routes join together on the same road. The next exit is Exit 48, to County Road PP and the village of Oakdale...
Exit 55 is for County Road C, Camp Douglas, and Volk Field...
Exit 61 is for Wisconsin Highway 80, signed as the way to Necedah and New Lisbon...
Exit 69 will bring you to Wisconsin Highway 82 at a dogbone interchange that helps people get to Mauston or Oxford, if they're nice...
Exit 79 brings people to Lyndon Station, County Road N, and County Road HH...
Exit 85 leads to US Route 12 and Wisconsin Highway 16, on the northwestern outskirts of Wisconsin Dells...
Exit 87 is a trumpet interchange to the southern end of Wisconsin Highway 13 in Wisconsin Dells...
Exit 89 is a ramp to Wisconsin Highway 23 in Lake Delton, providing access to Reedsburg as well...
Exit 92 is a partial cloverleaf interchange to US Route 12, leading to Lake Delton and Baraboo...
Exit 106 leads to Highway 33, Portage, and Baraboo...
Exit 108A leads to the northern start of Wisconsin Highway 78, a highway leading south toward Merrimac...
Exit 108B is the second half of the interchange, leading to Interstate 39's northward continuation, bound for Wausau...
Exit 115 connects with County Road CS, a road bringing travelers to Poynette and Lake Wisconsin...
Exit 119 leads to Wisconsin Highway 60, Lodi, and Arlington...
Exit 126 is for Dane and Deforest, via County Road V...
Exit 131 is a connection to Wisconsin Highway 19, signed as a pathway to Waunakee and Sun Prairie...
Exit 132 brings people to US Route 51, a route leading to DeForest and Madison...
Exit 135A is the first half of a cloverleaf interchange to US Route 151; this first southward ramp leads toward Madison...
Exit 135B, part two of the cloverleaf, leads to US Route 151 northward to Fond du Lac
Exit 135C, right next to the cloverleaf to US Route 151, is a northbound offramp to High Crossing Boulevard...
Exit 138A is the ramp carrying Interstate 94 away from Interstate 90, and Interstate 94 is shown as the way to Milwaukee...
At the same interchange, Exit 138B brings people to the westward part of the freeway, which is labeled as Wisconsin Highway 30...
Exit 244 is next, as Interstate 94 reverts to using its own mileage to label its exits, and this exit leads to County Road N, Cottage Grove, and Sun Prairie:
Exit 250 provides access to Wisconsin Highway 73, described as the way to Marshall and Deerfield:
Exit 259 is for Wisconsin 89, Lake Mills, and Waterloo:
Exit 267 is an interchange with Wisconsin Highway 26, signed as the way to Watertown and Johnson Creek:
Exit 275 allows travelers to reach Sullivan and Ixonia via County Road F:
Exit 277 provides access to Willow Glen Road:
Exit 282 leads to Wisconsin Highway 67, signed as a link to Dousman and Oconomowoc:
Exit 283 leads to Sawyer Road, also known as County Road P:
Exit 285 leads to Delafield via County Road C:
Exit 287 is an interchange leading to Wisconsin Highway 83, a road taking people to Hartland and Wales:
Exit 291 leads to one of Wisconsin's newest highway designations, Highway 318. Signage also points to County Road G, County Road TT, Pewaukee, and Waukesha:
Exit 293 is for County Road T, and it's one of many exits providing access to Pewaukee and Waukesha...
Exit 293C is a separate exit where Wisconsin Highway 16 starts off toward the west. Wisconsin Highway 16 is signed as a route to Pewaukee. The west leg of Interstate 94 cannot access this easternmost extent of Wisconsin Highway 16...
Exit 294 is where Wisconsin Highway 164 comes from the north. Waukesha and Pewaukee are accessed at this exit, as is County Road J...
Exit 295 provides a link to Waukesha and Sussex via County Road F...
Exit 297 provides access to US Route 18, Wisconsin Highway 164, County Road JJ, Barker Road, and Bluemound Road:
Exit 301A is a ramp to Moorland Road (County Road O) southbound:
Exit 301B leads to northbound Moorland Road. I'm not sure why this sign mentions that Moorland Road is signed as County Road O, but the signage at Exit 301A doesn't mention that:
Exit 304 leads to Wisconsin Highway 100, also known as Mayfair Road:
Exit 305 is known as the Zoo Interchange, and it connects Interstate 94 to Interstate 41, Interstate 894, US Route 41, and US Route 45. Northbound is signed as the way to Fond du Lac, and southbound is signed as the way to Chicago. Reaching this interchange marks Interstate 94's entry into Milwaukee:
Exit 306 leads to 84th Street, a surface highway labeled as Wisconsin Highway 181:
Exit 307A connects with 68th Street and with 70th Street:
Exit 307A is a ramp to Hawley Road:
Exit 308A leads to Mitchell Boulevard and the VA Medical Center:
Exit 308B is the first ramp in a two-part interchange, and it leads to Miller Park Way, or the southbound side of Wisconsin Highway 175:
Exit 308C is the second part of the interchange, and it leads to Highway 175 northbound:
Exit 309A leads to 35th Street:
Exit 309B is the way to Clybourn Street and to 25th Street:
Exit 310A is only an eastbound offramp, leading to 13th Street just west of downtown Milwaukee...
Exit 310B forms the first piece of the Marquette Interchange, a huge towering network of ramps that hovers over part of the Marquette University campus. This marks the point where Interstate 94 turns southward, joining Interstate 43. To those coming from the south, seeing the scene in the photo below, Interstate 43 is splitting from Interstate 94 to continue north toward Green Bay:
Exit 310C is the second part of the Marquette Interchange, and it leads to the eastern leg, which carries Interstate 794, a freeway spur leading out to the lakefront:
Exit 311 leads to National Avenue, which carries State Highway 59:
Exit 312A leads to Lapham Blvd. and Mitchell Street:
Exit 312B is a ramp to Becher Street and Lincoln Avenue:
Exit 314A connects to Holt Avenue:
Exit 314B helps travelers to reach Howard Avenue:
Exit 316 leads to Layton Avenue, which can in turn take people to 27th Avenue:
Exit 317 is the third named interchange found in Metro Milwaukee, the Mitchell Interchange, named such because of its proximity to Mitchell International Airport. This is the interchange where Interstate 43 bends toward the west to begin running independently of Interstate 94, which continues southward toward Chicago. US Route 41 continues south with Interstate 94. Interstate 43 is signed as the way to Beloit, and it carries Interstate 894 along with it:
Exit 318 is the exit motorists will use to reach Mitchell International Airport; this exit is to Wisconsin 119, which is nothing more than a mile-long freeway serving as a driveway to that airport:
Exit 319 brings travelers to College Avenue:
Exit 320 is for Rawson Avenue, which carries the designation of County Road BB:
Exit 321 provides a link to Drexel Avenue:
Exit 322 takes people to Wisconsin Highway 100 (this is our second time crossing this route), which follows Ryan Road here on the south side of the Milwaukee metropolitan area:
Exit 324 is a new interchange with a road stemming west toward Wisconsin Highway 241, called Elm Road:
Exit 326 is an interchange with Seven Mile Road, and this is the new home of the southern end of Wisconsin Highway 241:
Exit 327 reaches County Road G, which can take people to Caledonia, Wisconsin:
Exit 329 is for County Road K, a route that connects people to Caledonia and Racine:
Exit 333 leads to Wisconsin Highway 20, which can bring people to Racine or Mount Pleasant:
Exit 335 provides access to Wisconsin Highway 11, signed as a useful tool for reaching Racine or Mount Pleasant:
Exit 337 brings travelers to a highway running along the Kenosha-Racine county line; east of here, that highway is the newly-conceived Wisconsin Highway 195, but it's still just County Road KR west of this point:
Exit 339 leads to County Road E and the town of Somers:
Exit 340 leads to Wisconsin Highway 142, which goes northwest to Burlington, and to County Road S, which goes east to Kenosha:
Exit 342 is for Wisconsin Highway 158, one of a couple numbered highways leading east to Kenosha:
Exit 344 is the exit for reaching Kenosha, as well as Lake Geneva, by way of Highway 50:
Exit 345 provides access to County Road C:
Exit 347 leads to Lakeview Parkway, which carries Highway 165 heading east, but it carries County Road Q going west from here:
Next, Interstate 94 crosses the state line into Illinois. Click here to see what Interstate 94 does next, in the Prairie State. By the way, here's where I got the Interstate 94 shield image, seen on the Wisconsin menu page:
My photo of a route marker for Interstate 94 in Wisconsin comes from this junction marker on Wisconsin Highway 78 northbound. This signage is found at an interchange involving Interstates 39, 90, and 94, near Portage. As Wisconsin Highway 78 ends, the pavement becomes the northward continuation of Interstate 39, which splits from Interstates 90 and 94 at this junction. The junction marker informs these northbound travelers on Wisconsin Highway 78 that their options are Interstate 39, or one of the directions along Interstate 90/94. This photo was taken on the way to western portions of Wisconsin in July 2025.
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