Interstate 39

Infobox road
type=I
route=39

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length_mi=323
length_round=2
length_ref=Fact|date=July 2008
established=
direction_a=South
terminus_a=Jct|state=IL|I|55|US|51 in Normal, IL
junction=Jct|state=IL|I|80 near La Salle, IL
Jct|state=IL|I|88 near Rochelle, IL
Jct|state=IL|I|90 near Rockford, IL
Jct|state=WI|I|43 near Beloit, WI
Jct|state=WI|I|94 near Madison, WI
Jct|state=WI|I|90|I|94 near Portage, WI
direction_b=North
terminus_b=Jct|state=WI|US|51|WI|29 in Rothschild, WI
commons=category

Interstate 39 (I-39) is an interstate highway in the midwestern United States. I-39 runs from Normal, Illinois at Interstate 55 to Highway 29 in Rothschild, Wisconsin, approximately six miles south of Wausau, Wisconsin.cite web|publisher=Google Maps|url=http://www.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=189581027214663335,40.543091,-89.002832%3B6774789599481304502,44.888289,-89.639920&saddr=I-39+N+%4040.543091,+-89.002832&daddr=44.888776,-89.63994&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=15&sll=44.892576,-89.638009&sspn=0.013742,0.028839&ie=UTF8&ll=43.34116,-89.165039&spn=7.222549,14.765625&z=6|title=Overview Map of I-39|accessdate=2008-02-15]

Interstate 39 is primarily used as a long-distance bypass for commercial vehicles around Chicago and was built in the 1980s and 1990s. Industries in Minneapolis, Eau Claire and other northern-tier cities may exchange goods with more southerly cities such as Cincinnati, Louisville and Indianapolis (via Interstate 74) without routing traffic through congestion-plagued Chicago.

As of 2008, Interstate 39 has no spur routes, nor are any planned.

Route description

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IL
141
227
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WI
182
293
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Total
323
520

Illinois

In the state of Illinois, Interstate 39 runs from Interstate 55 north of the Bloomington-Normal, Illinois area alongside of Illinois 251. Interstate 39 joins I-90 near Rockford in the town of Cherry Valley and continues north to the Wisconsin state line as part of the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. The only toll booth is located at South Beloit where $1.00 is collected from every automobile. ($.50 for those with I-Pass transponders).

Wisconsin

and ends just south of Wausau, with the U.S. 51 freeway continuing north.

Major intersections

*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 convert|30|mi|km.

References

External links

* [http://illi-indi.com/il_EndsPage.php?id=3039&section=1 Illinois Highway Ends: Interstate 39]

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