U.S. Route 14 in Wisconsin
U.S. Highway 14 | ||||
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Map US 14 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by WisDOT | ||||
| Length | 198.49 mi[1] (319.44 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933[2][3]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |      US 14 / US 61 / MN 16 / I-90 Alt. in La Crosse | |||
| East end | US 14 in Walworth | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Wisconsin | |||
| Counties | La Crosse, Vernon, Richland, Sauk, Iowa, Dane, Rock, Walworth | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Highway 14 (US 14) in the state of Wisconsin runs northwest–southeast across the western to southwest portions of the state. It links La Crosse and the southwestern portion of the state with Madison and Janesville. US 14 is mostly two-lane surface road with the exception of a few multilane urban arterials and a freeway section around Madison that it mostly shares with US 12.
Route description
US 14 enters Wisconsin from La Crescent along with US 61 and State Trunk Highway 16 (WIS 16; linking to Minnesota State Highway 16, or MN 16). The three highways immediately junction with US 53 in the downtown area and WIS 16 continues east while US 14 along with US 61 turn southeast and out of La Crosse, linking up with WIS 35 south along the way for three miles (4.8 km), after a short concurrency, US 14 and US 61 turn east while WIS 35 continues south. The U.S. Highways then exit La Crosse County for Vernon County.[4] In Vernon County, the routes passes through Coon Valley and Westby, joining with WIS 27 and turning south and passing through Viroqua. WIS 27 splits off to the southwest as US 14 and US 61 head southeast to Readstown where US 61 turns south and US 14 heads east into Richland County.[5]
US 14 continues southeast into Richland County, bypassing Sylvan and Boaz before turning east. After a seven-mile (11 km) east trek, the highway enters Richland Center and immediately turns south. WIS 80 crosses the highway in the southern part of downtown before US 14 turns southeast and junctions with WIS 58. US 14 passes through Sextonville and turns south to collect WIS 60 at Gotham. The two highways then head east-southeast to Lone Rock where they cross WIS 130 and exit to Sauk County.[6] The routes then split at Spring Green while crossing WIS 23, with US 14 heading south into Iowa County while WIS 60 continues east.[7] US 14 bypasses Helena and passes through Arena and into Dane County.[8] US 14 turns southeast at Mazomanie and junctions with WIS 19, then passes through Black Earth and Cross Plains and turns east to meet US 12 east at the West Beltline Highway in Middleton, a suburb of Madison.[9]
US 14 and US 12 follow the beltline south and around the west side of Madison and join US 18 east and US 151 north. All four U.S. Highways head east for three miles (4.8 km) through urban Madison where US 151 splits north to head into downtown Madison and US 12 and US 18 continue east, while US 14 turns south toward Oregon on a seven-mile (11 km) stretch of freeway. The highway bypasses Oregon to the east and becomes a two-lane road and enters Rock County east of Brooklyn.[9] US 14 turns southeastward at Evansville and passes through Leyden and then takes a northeastern bypass around Janesville, crossing US 51 and meeting up with I-39, I-90, and WIS 26 at a triangle formed by the three distinct routes northeast of the city. US 14 then turns south and meets WIS 11. Both highways turn east and pass through Emerald Grove on the way into Walworth County.[10] US 14 turns southeast to Darien while WIS 11 continues east to Delavan. US 14 junctions with I-43 just before passing through Darien. At Walworth, the highway turns due south and heads into Illinois.[11]
History
US 14 was signed later than the other U.S. Highways in Wisconsin, being opened in 1933. The route replaced the old versions of WIS 11, from La Crosse to Madison, WIS 13 from Madison to Evansville, WIS 92 into Janesville, and WIS 20 and WIS 89 from Janesville to Illinois. The older WIS 14 was in existence when US 14 was opened, that was redesignated as WIS 81 and WIS 15 (the latter being the present-day I-43).[1]
La Crosse saw an additional bridge in the Mississippi River Bridge on its west side which carried US 14 along with US 61 and WIS 16. An additional bridge was added to the existing "Cass Street Bridge" in 2003–2004 in an effort to relieve traffic congestion. The old bridge, which served two-lane traffic before 2004, now serves two lanes of westbound traffic and the new bridge, dubbed the "Cameron Avenue Bridge", carries two lanes of eastbound traffic along with pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Additional lanes were added to the highway between the channels of the Mississippi River.[1]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| La Crosse | La Crosse | 0.00 | 0.00 |    US 14 west / US 61 north / MN 16 west / I-90 Alt. – La Crescent | Continuation into Minnesota | |
| La Crosse West Channel Bridge Wisconsin–Minnesota line | ||||||
| 1 | 1.6 | Mississippi River Bridge | ||||
| 1.4 | 2.3 |       US 53 / Great River Road south (3rd Street) / WIS 16 east (Cameron Avenue east) / Alt. I-90 east – Onalaska, Viroqua | 3rd St. and Cameron Ave. are one-way streets; eastern end of EB WIS 16 overlap; national southern terminus of SB US 53; I-90 Alt. follows WI 16 east (Cameron Ave.) | |||
 US 53 (4th Street north) / Great River Road north (Cass Street east) / WIS 16 east / Alt. I-90 west – Onalaska, West Salem | 4th St. is a one-way street, outbound access only; western end of WB WIS 16 east overlap; national southern terminus of NB US 53; I-90 Alt. follows US 53/GRR north (4th St.) | |||||
| WIS 16 (Cameron Avenue) / Alt. I-90 east | One-way street, inbound access only; eastern end of WB WIS 16 east overlap | |||||
| 1.8 | 2.9 |  WIS 33 east (Jackson Street) | ||||
| 2.8 | 4.5 |  WIS 35 north (West Avenue South) | Northern end of WIS 35 overlap | |||
| 6.1 | 9.8 |  WIS 35 south / Great River Road south | Southern end of WIS 35 overlap | |||
| Vernon | Town of Hamburg | 16.7 | 26.9 |  WIS 162 south – Chaseburg, Stoddard | Western end of WIS 162 overlap | |
| Coon Valley | 17.6 | 28.3 | WIS 162 north – Bangor | Eastern end of WIS 162 overlap | ||
| Westby | 27.4 | 44.1 |  WIS 27 north – Sparta | Northern end of WIS 27 overlap | ||
| Viroqua | 34.8 | 56.0 |   WIS 56 / WIS 82 east – La Farge, Hillsboro, Genoa | Northern end of WIS 82 overlap | ||
| Town of Franklin | 37.6 | 60.5 | WIS 27 south / WIS 82 west – De Soto, Prairie du Chien | Southern end of WIS 27 and WIS 82 overlaps | ||
| Readstown | 45.3 | 72.9 |  US 61 south / WIS 131 south – Soldiers Grove, Boscobel | Eastern end of US 61 overlap; western end of WIS 131 overlap | ||
| 45.6 | 73.4 | WIS 131 north – Viola, La Farge | Eastern end of WIS 131 overlap | |||
| Richland | Town of Dayton | 61.3 | 98.7 |  WIS 171 west – Rolling Ground | ||
| Richland Center | 69.4 | 111.7 |  WIS 80 – Hillsboro, Muscoda | |||
| Town of Richland | 73.3 | 118.0 |  WIS 58 north – La Valle | |||
| Gotham | 79.1 | 127.3 |  WIS 60 west – Prairie du Chien | West end of WIS 60 overlap | ||
| Lone Rock | 83.9 | 135.0 |  WIS 130 north | Western end of WIS 130 overlap | ||
| 84.6 | 136.2 |  WIS 130 south / WIS 133 south – Lone Rock | Eastern end of WIS 130 overlap | |||
| Sauk | Spring Green | 90.9 | 146.3 |  WIS 23 north – Reedsburg | Western end of WIS 23 overlap | |
| 91.1 | 146.6 | WIS 60 east – Sauk City | Eastern end of WIS 60 overlap | |||
| 91.5 | 147.3 | WIS 23 south – Dodgeville | Eastern end of WIS 23 overlap | |||
| Iowa | No major intersections | |||||
| Dane | Mazomanie | 106.9 | 172.0 |   WIS 19 east / WIS 78 north – Sauk City, Waunakee | Northern end of WIS 78 overlap | |
| Black Earth | 109.3 | 175.9 | WIS 78 south – Mount Horeb | Southern end of WIS 78 overlap | ||
| Middleton | 122.3 | 196.8 |  US 12 west – Baraboo | Western end of US 12 overlap | ||
| 251B | Parmenter Street | Exit numbers follow US 12; westbound exit only | ||||
| Madison | 252 | Greenway Boulevard | ||||
| 253 | Old Sauk Road | |||||
| 254 |   CTH-M / CTH-S (Mineral Point Road) | |||||
| 255 | Gammon Road | |||||
| 257 | Whitney Way | |||||
| 129.1 | 207.8 | 258 |   US 18 west / US 151 south (Verona Road) / Midvale Boulevard – Dodgeville | Western end of US 18/US 151 overlap | ||
| 258A | Seminole Highway | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| 259 | Todd Drive | |||||
| 260 |  CTH-D (Fish Hatchery Road) | Eastbound exits signed separately as 260A (south) and 260B (north) | ||||
| 132 | 212 | 132A |  US 12 east / US 18 east (Beltline Highway) / US 151 north (Park Street) / Alt. US 18 west / Alt. US 151 south | Exit numbers follow US 14; no exit number westbound; exit number is for US 12/US 18; eastern end of US 12/US 18/US 151 overlap; western end of US 18 Alt/US 151 Alt overlap; US 12 exit 261 | ||
| Fitchburg | 133 | McCoy Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance only | |||
| 134 | Lacy Road | Opened October 18, 2012 | ||||
| 139 |  CTH-MM / Alt. US 18 east / Alt. US 151 south – Oregon, Fitchburg | East end of US 18 Alt/US 151 Alt overlap | ||||
| Oregon | 140.8 | 226.6 | 140 |  WIS 138 south – Stoughton | ||
| Town of Rutland | 145.8 | 234.6 |  WIS 92 north – Brooklyn | |||
| Rock | Town of Union | 148.5 | 239.0 |  WIS 59 east – Edgerton | Northern end of WIS 59 overlap | |
| Evansville | 151.4 | 243.7 |  WIS 59 west / WIS 213 south – Beloit, Monroe | Southern end of WIS 59 overlap | ||
| Janesville | 165.9 | 267.0 |    US 51 / Alt. I-39 north – Edgerton, Janesville | I-39 Alt follows US 51 north | ||
| 167.9 | 270.2 |  WIS 26 (Milton Avenue) | ||||
| 168.5 | 271.2 | I-39 / I-90 – Madison, Beloit, Chicago | I-90 exit 171B-C | |||
| 172.8 | 278.1 |   WIS 11 west (Racine Street) / Alt. I-43 | Western end of WIS 11 overlap; I-43 Alt follows WIS 11. | |||
| Town of Bradford | 177.6 | 285.8 |   WIS 140 south / Alt. I-39 south – Clinton | I-39 Alt follows WI 140 | ||
| Walworth | Town of Darien | 184.1 | 296.3 |  WIS 11 east / WIS 89 north – Whitewater, Delavan | Eastern end of WIS 11 overlap | |
| Darien | 187.4 | 301.6 | I-43 – Milwaukee, Beloit | I-43 exit 15; north end of I-43 Alt | ||
| Walworth | 195.8 | 315.1 |  WIS 67 north – Williams Bay, Elkhorn | Northern end of WIS 67 overlap | ||
| Town of Walworth | 197.4 | 317.7 | WIS 67 south – South Beloit | Southern end of WIS 67 overlap | ||
| 198.49 | 319.44 | US 14 east – Harvard, Woodstock | Continuation into Illinois | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Special routes
References
- ^ a b c Bessert, Chris. "Wisconsin Highways: Highways 10-19 (U.S. Highway 14)". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved December 27, 2007.
- ^ Wisconsin Highway Commission (1934). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). 1:887,040. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ Wisconsin Highway Commission (1934). Official Highway Map of Wisconsin (PDF) (Map). 1:887,040. Madison: Wisconsin Highway Commission. Retrieved February 5, 2023 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ La Crosse Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 13, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Vernon Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Richland Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Sauk Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Iowa Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ a b Dane Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2011. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Rock Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
- ^ Walworth Co (PDF) (Map). Wisconsin Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2007. Retrieved December 28, 2007.
External links
Media related to U.S. Route 14 in Wisconsin at Wikimedia Commons
