State Trunk Highway 241 (often called Highway 241, STH-241 or WIS 241) is a
state highway in
Racine
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and
Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
counties in
Wisconsin
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, United States.
Route description
WIS 241 runs north–south in southeast Wisconsin from the town of
Raymond
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into
Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
, mostly along a previous routing of
US Highway 41 (US 41), for which it is named. The former US 41 routing north of the Milwaukee–Racine county line is locally known as 27th Street.
History
WIS 241 was created in 1999 when state highway officials decided to reroute US 41 off South 27th Street in Milwaukee. The change was done because residents on the section north of West Forest Home Avenue objected to a proposed widening project. In response, the entire section of US 41 from the
Milwaukee
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at the 2020 census, Milwaukee ...
–
Racine
Jean-Baptiste Racine ( , ) (; 22 December 163921 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western traditi ...
county line to the Stadium Freeway (also known as
WIS 341) was moved east to run on the North–South Freeway with
Interstate 94 (I-94).
This would eventually lead to the designation of the new US 41 routing along
Interstate 894
Interstate 894 (I-894) is a auxiliary Interstate Highway in Milwaukee County in the US state of Wisconsin. The route serves as a bypass of downtown Milwaukee, connecting with I-94 at the Zoo Interchange west of downtown and the Mitche ...
and onto I-94 south as
Interstate 41
Interstate 41 (I-41) is a north–south Interstate Highway connecting the interchange of I-94 and U.S. Route 41 (US 41), located south of the Wisconsin–Illinois border at the end of the Tri-State Tollway in metropolitan C ...
in 2015.
Until a reconstruction in 2018, the southern terminus of the highway was through a direct merger via north-south ramps with I-94 at the county line. The ramp was then removed, and its terminus was moved a mile south to Seven Mile Road along the western I-94, where it turns onto for a quarter mile from the west I-94 frontage road and terminates at the northbound on/off ramp with I-94.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
{{commons category, Wisconsin Highway 241
WIS 241 at Wisconsin Highway Ends
241
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Transportation in Racine County, Wisconsin
Transportation in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
U.S. Route 41