Editing Interstate 894 (section)

==History==
[[File:Interstate Highways 41, 43, and 894.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.795|Markers for I-41, I-43, and I-894 on the Airport Freeway, the southern bypass of Milwaukee]]
The freeways that exist today are only a part of what the Milwaukee County Expressway Commission had hoped would be built by 1972.<ref name="WISDOT_BB2">{{cite book |last = Bechtel |first = George |year = 1999 |title = A History of Wisconsin Highway Development 1945–1985 |location = Madison |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Transportation |oclc = 20574213 }}{{page needed|date=May 2022}}</ref> The Zoo Freeway between Beloit Road and North Avenue was completed in 1963. At that time, the portion between Beloit Road and the Zoo Interchange was signed as I-894. The remainder of the Zoo Freeway to the Hale Interchange was completed in 1966 when the Airport Freeway was constructed. US&nbsp;45 was rerouted to the freeway, as was WIS&nbsp;15 south of National Avenue.<ref name="WH_ZooFrwy"/> (The Rock Freeway had also been constructed west to 108th Street at the time.<ref name="WH_RockFrwy">{{cite web |last = Bessert |first = Chris |date = January 31, 2009 |title = Milwaukee Freeways: Rock Freeway |work = Wisconsin Highways |url = http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/milwaukee/rock.html |access-date = March 7, 2009 }}{{sps|certain=y|date=March 2014}}</ref>) The Airport Freeway was proposed to be routed to the also-proposed Stadium Freeway South along Howard Avenue which is about {{convert|0.75|mi|km}} north of the current alignment and named the Howard Avenue Expressway. The Airport Freeway construction was completed in 1966 to fully open I-894. Both freeways were slated to become part of the [[Interstate Highway System]] in 1957, prior to their construction.<ref name="WH_AirportFrwy"/> I-43 was signed along the Airport Freeway concurrently with I-894 in 1988 after being officially designated in 1987,<ref name="WH_894">{{cite web |last = Bessert |first = Chris |date = January 31, 2009 |title = Highways 400-894 |work = Wisconsin Highways |url = http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/listings/WiscHwys400-894.html#I-894 |access-date = March 7, 2009 }}{{sps|certain=y|date=March 2014}}</ref> while I-41 was added to the route on April 7, 2015.<ref name="WisDOT2015-04-19">{{cite web |author=US 41 Interstate Conversion Team |date=April 9, 2015 |title=US 41 Interstate Conversion: Wisconsin State Line–Green Bay, in Kenosha, Racine, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Washington, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Winnebago, Outagamie, and Brown Counties |url=http://www.dot.wi.gov/projects/neregion/41/index.htm |publisher=[[Wisconsin Department of Transportation]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412025724/http://www.dot.wi.gov/projects/neregion/41/index.htm |archive-date=April 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> A remnant of the proposed Stadium Freeway remains connected to I-894 near WIS&nbsp;36 as an unbuilt interchange. Its three completed ramps are closed to all traffic, and previously had allowed busses access to a [[park and ride]];<ref name="googlemaps_gfeld_interchange">{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=43.026267,-88.037653&daddr=I-94+E+to:I-94+E&hl=en&geocode=%3BFRymkAIdCGPC-g%3BFRSIjwId8TbC-g&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=15&via=1&sll=43.022533,-88.041172&sspn=0.012864,0.038624&ie=UTF8&ll=42.963348,-87.962251&spn=0.006438,0.019312&t=h&z=16 |title = Greenfield Interchange |access-date = January 15, 2009 |link = no}}</ref> the fourth ramp was demolished.<ref name="WH_StadiumFrwy">{{cite web |last = Bessert |first = Chris |date = January 31, 2009 |title = Milwaukee Freeways: Stadium Freeway |work = Wisconsin Highways |url = http://www.wisconsinhighways.org/milwaukee/stadium.html |access-date = March 7, 2009 }}{{sps|certain=y|date=March 2014}}</ref>
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