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Zoo Interchange - Traffic information

General

Note - Construction is not scheduled until 2012 and later.

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Traffic information and crash facts

The Zoo Interchange is Wisconsin's busiest freeway interchange:

• Averages 349,500 vehicles every weekday (2004 data)
• Heaviest traffic - North leg (US 45), averaging 178,200 vehicles each weekday
• Most heavily used ramp - Westbound I-94 to northbound US 45, carrying about 30,500 vehicles each weekday
• Total traffic in the Zoo Interchange increased about 12 percent between 1995 and 2004
• 2001-2005
  • 3,637 crashes in the Zoo Interchange, including crashes on ramps and at connecting streets
  • Six crashes resulted in a fatality
  • 1,092 crashes resulted in injuries
• Select local roads will be improved to accommodate traffic during and after reconstruction of the interchange

Questions about the content of this page, contact:
Emlynn Grisar, dotdtsdsezoo@dot.wi.gov
Last modified: October 13, 2011