Interstate 794

Infobox road
state=WI
type=I
route=794
alternate_name=East-West Freeway, Lake Freeway
maint=WisDOT

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length_mi=3.75
length_round=2
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/reports/routefinder/table2.cfm|title=Route Log and Finder List - Table 2|accessdate=2007-12-12|date=2002-10-31|publisher=Federal Highway Administration]
established=Early 1980s
direction_a=West
terminus_a=jct|state=WI|I|43|I|94|US|41 in Milwaukee
junction=
direction_b=East
terminus_b=jct|state=WI|WI|794 at the South Carferry Drive interchange in Milwaukee
previous_type=I
previous_route=535
next_type=WI
next_route=794

Interstate 794 (abbreviated I-794 and also known as the East-West Freeway and Lake Freeway) is an east-west interstate highway spur route in Milwaukee County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is one of two auxiliary Interstates in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and serves the lakefront, the Port of Milwaukee and connects downtown with the southeastern suburbs of St. Francis, Cudahy and South Milwaukee.

Route description

I-794 begins at the Marquette Interchange in downtown Milwaukee, where Interstate 94 and Interstate 43 meet. It continues eastward just south of the central business district and takes a tight right turn southward at Lincoln Memorial Drive. The route crosses the Milwaukee River and the Port of Milwaukee via the Hoan Bridge. The entire route is elevated on a viaduct on both approaches to the bridge. The interstate designation ends at Exit 3 (Carferry Drive), the highway continues south as WIS 794, also known as the Lake Parkway to the intersection of Pennsylvania and Edgerton Avenues on Cudahy's west side, paralleling the east side of General Mitchell International Airport.cite web | title =Milwaukee Co. | work =Wisconsin Department of Transportation | url =http://www.dot.wisconsin.gov/travel/maps/docs/counties/milwaukee.pdf | format=pdf | accessdate = 2007-12-12]

History

The original plans for I-794 were for it to continue from the Downtown Milwaukee area to Mitchell Airport, however, they were not realized at its original construction, leaving it unfinished for many years. This has led the Hoan Bridge to be called "The Bridge to Nowhere." This unfinished construction was used as the site of the car chase scene in the movie "The Blues Brothers".

Exit list

The whole route is in Milwaukee County, Milwaukee

References

External links

* [http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/milwaukee/eastwest.html East-West Freeway] at [http://www.wisconsinhighways.org Wisconsin Highways]
* [http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/milwaukee/lake.html Lake Freeway] at [http://www.wisconsinhighways.org Wisconsin Highways]
* [http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/indepth/hoan_bridge.html Hoan Bridge: 2000] from Wisconsin Highways