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So why is it called
 a State “Trunk” Highway?

"The Old Main Road Between Madison & Milwaukee"

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Eastern former terminus: Milwaukee County, on Michigan Street at Lincoln Memorial Drive in Milwaukee

Eastern current terminus: Dane County, at the junction with I-39/I-90/I-94 (aka the Badger interchange)

Western terminus: Dane County, at Washington Avenue in Madison

Mileage: currently about 3.5 miles; previously, about 75 miles

Counties along the way: Dane, Jefferson, Waukesha, Milwaukee

Sample towns along the way: Madison, Cottage Grove, Lake Mills, Johnson Creek, Delafield, Brookfield, Milwaukee

Bypass alternates at: entire route, I-94

Quickie Summary: State “Trunk” Highway 30 is a shell of its former self. Now a short freeway spur from I-39/90/94 to U.S. Highway 151 (East Washington Avenue), and continuing west as Aberg Avenue to the sprawling Kraft/Oscar Meyer plant at Highway 113, Highway 30 was THE main road between Madison and Milwaukee until I-94 was built in the 1960s. We'll look at the former highway and follow as much of it as possible so we can experience what getting between the two cities was like back in the '50s.

The Drive (West to East, a la 1955): Some of Highway 30's original routing is in service still; some of it is the actual path of today I-94. So, we'll follow it as closely as we can, using the original routing from the 1950s (the "Golden Era" of the road trip.)

Start in Madison's downtown along East Washington Avenue (U.S. Highway 151).

Looking west toward the Willow Glen Rd. exit (Exit 277) on I-94, this is where former Highway 30 (now County DR) joined the freeway when that stretch opened in 1963. The original road is on the left; no doubt, the "Madison" sign is an original...

 

West Terminus:
Can connect immediately to: U.S. Highway 151
Can connect nearby to: Highway 113, about 1 miles west, U.S. Highway 51, about 2 miles east

East Current Terminus:
Can connect immediately to: Interstates 39/90/94
Can connect nearby to: U.S. Highway 51, about one west

East Former Terminus in Milwaukee:
Can connect immediately to: U.S. Highway 18, Interstate 794, Highway 32
Can connect nearby to: Interstates 94 & 43, about one west; Highway 145, about one mile northwest; Highway 59, about two miles southwest

Upcoming events in places along Highway 30:
Madison, Isthmus Beer & Cheese Fest, January 21, 2012
Madison, Lake Home & Cabin Show, January 27-29, 2012
Madison, Monster Truck Thrill Show, January 27-29, 2012
Madison, World's Largest Brat Fest, May 25-28, 2012

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