Interstate 39

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Interstate 39
Basic data
Length: 323 mi / 520 km
States: Illinois
Wisconsin
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Route of Interstate 39
course
cross Normal I-55I-55 road sign
cross La Salle I-80I-80 street sign
cross Rochelle I-88I-88 road sign
cross Rockford I-90I-90 street sign
cross Beloit I-43I-43 road sign
cross Madison I-94I-94 street sign
cross Portage I-90 I-94I-90 street sign I-94 street sign

The Interstate 39 (abbreviated I-39 ) is an interstate highway in the Midwest of the United States . It begins near Normal in the state of Illinois on Interstate 55 and ends at Rothschild , Wisconsin on Wisconsin State Route 29 six miles south of Wausau .

I-39 is largely a large bypass route around Chicago , which was built in the 1980s and 1990s. For large parts of Wisconsin, the interstate also serves as an important connection to the more southern cities such as Cincinnati , Louisville and Indianapolis without having to cross the greater Chicago area.

Lengths

miles km Country
141 227 Illinois
182 293 Wisconsin
323 520 Total

Important cities

course

I-35 in Wisconsin.

Illinois

In Illinois, Interstate 39 begins on Interstate 55 north of Normal and then runs north along Illinois State Route 251 . In the Cherry Valley metropolitan area near Rockford , the road meets Interstate 90 and then leads to the Wisconsin border on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway .

Wisconsin

After two miles down the I-39 meets east of Beloit on Interstate 43 . Between Madison and Portage , Interstate 39 shares the route with Interstate 94 . After about 100 more miles, I-39 ends on US Highway 51 and Wisconsin State Route 29 near Rothschild .

Web links

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