Wisconsin Highway 241

State Trunk Highway 241
Route information
	Maintained by WisDOT
Length	12.3 mi[1] (19.8 km)
Existed	1999[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	I-41 / I-94 at Town Of Raymond
	I-41 / I-43 / I-894 in Milwaukee
North end	WIS 24 in Milwaukee
Location
Counties	Racine, Milwaukee
Highway system

State Trunk Highway 241 (often called Highway 241, STH-241 or WIS 241) is a 12.3-mile (19.8 km) state highway in Racine and Milwaukee counties in Wisconsin, United States.

Route description

WIS 241 runs north–south in southeast Wisconsin from the town of Raymond into 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–Racine 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).[1]

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, where it turns onto for a quarter mile and terminates at the northbound on/off ramp with I-94.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Racine	Raymond–Caledonia line	0.00	0.00	I-41 / I-94 / US 41 – Chicago, Milwaukee	Southern terminus; exit 326 on I-94; road continues east as Seven Mile Road
Racine	Raymond–Caledonia line			I-41 south / I-94 east / US 41 south – Chicago	Closed; former southern terminus; exit 325 on I-94
Milwaukee	Oak Creek–Franklin line			WIS 100 (Ryan Road)
	Milwaukee–Greenfield line			CTH-Y (Layton Avenue) to I-41 / US 41 south / I-94 east – Chicago	Serves General Mitchell International Airport
	Milwaukee–Greenfield line			I-41 / US 41 / I-894 west / I-43 – Downtown Milwaukee, Beloit, Madison	Exit 9 on I-894
	Milwaukee			WIS 36 south (Loomis Road)
	Milwaukee	12.3	19.8	WIS 24 west (Forest Home Avenue)	Northern terminus of WIS 241; eastern terminus of WIS 24; road continues as 27th Street
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former

References

Bessert, Christopher J. (January 31, 2009). "Highways 200–399". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved December 9, 2011.

External links

WIS 241 at Wisconsin Highway Ends

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[WH1-1] Bessert, Christopher J. (January 31, 2009). "Highways 200–399". Wisconsin Highways. Retrieved December 9, 2011.