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The '''Hale Interchange''' is the major interchange between Interstate 41 (I-41), I-43, I-894, US Highway 41 (US 41), and US 45 in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, southwest suburb of Greenfield, though it takes it name from the nearby community of Hales Corners.<ref>{{cite news |last = Bennett |first = Chris |date = August 3, 2004 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/46112563/glad-you-asked/ |title = Glad You Asked! |work = The Journal Times |location = Racine, Wisconsin |page = 1B |access-date = March 4, 2020 |via = Newspapers.com }} {{free access}}</ref>
==Description== The Hale Interchange is designed as a directional T interchange that serves I-41, I-43, I-894, US 41, and US 45. I-41 south/I-43 north/I-894 east/US 41 south (Airport Freeway) first heads eastward toward Downtown Milwaukee and Chicago. The freeway is also the direct route to get to Mitchell International Airport. I-43 south (Rock Freeway) heads west from the Hale to Beloit. I-41 north/I-894 west/US 41 north/US 45 north (Zoo Freeway) heads toward Madison and Fond du Lac although those control cities are not signed in the interchange on I-894 itself. US 45 south runs for a mile with I-43 south before exiting at exit 60 onto Wisconsin Highway 100 (108th Street) heading to Hales Corners. The interchange is I-894 exit number 4.
==History== The interchange was built in 1966.<ref name=critical>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CF5qAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10 |title=The Critical Role of the Milwaukee County Freeway System in the Urban Transportation System |publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation |date=July 1994 |access-date = March 4, 2020 |via = Google Books }}</ref> At first, it served I-894 and US 45.<ref>{{Cite WisDOT map|year=1966}}</ref><ref>{{Cite WisDOT map|year=1967}}</ref> In 1969, the interchange then served the WIS 15 freeway (now part of I-43 since 1988<ref>{{Cite WisDOT map|year=1988}}</ref><ref>{{Cite WisDOT map|year=1989}}</ref>).<ref>{{Cite WisDOT map|year=1969}}</ref><ref>{{Cite WisDOT map|year=1970}}</ref> As of 1994, the interchange handled 151,800 cars per day, and two of the bridges within the interchange were expected to be redecked and widened in 1995 and 1998.<ref name=critical/>
In 1996 the seven towers supporting the interchange were evaluated, by ultrasonic nondestructive testing, and found to be in acceptable condition.<ref>{{cite book |type = Report|title=Nondestructive Evaluation of Bridges and Highways |page=81 |first = Steve B. |last = Chase |chapter=Infrastructure anchor bolt inspection program with NDE applications |volume=2946 |date=1996|doi=10.1117/12.259126 |editor1-last=Chase |editor1-first=Steven B }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor1-first = Ronald D. |editor1-last = Medlock |editor2-first = David C. |editor2-last = Laffrey |year = 1998|title = Structural Materials Technology III: An NDT Conference |series = Proceedings of SPIE—the International Society for Optical Engineering |location = Bellingham, Washington |publisher = SPIE—the International Society for Optical Engineering |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wUdSAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Hale+Interchange%22+-wikipedia |page = 155 |isbn = 9780819428493 |oclc = 39063646 |access-date = March 4, 2020 |via = Google Books }}</ref>
The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC)'s 30-year plan, of 2005, anticipated replacement of the interchange in the 2016-2020 period, as part of a "Phase 2" in which the Zoo Interchange would also be replaced; a 2011 study recommended postponing the Hale interchange reconstruction to a "Phase 3" instead to avoid unacceptable congestion during construction periods.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rebuilding and Modernizing Wisconsin's Interstates with Toll Financing |first = Robert W. Jr. |last = Poole |page=12 |journal=WPRI Report|publisher=Wisconsin Policy Research Institute |date=September 2011|volume=24|number=7|s2cid=107298292 }}</ref>
In 2015, US 41 was rerouted onto I-894 and US 45 freeway. This was done in response to the establishment of Interstate 41 which travels along the new US 41 alignment.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Srubas |first1=Paul |title=It's officially Interstate 41 now in Wisconsin |url=https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/2015/04/09/us-named-officially-interstate-highway-system/25529965/ |access-date=February 28, 2021 |work=Green Bay Press-Gazette}}</ref>
==See also== *List of road interchanges in the United States
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Category:Transportation in Milwaukee Category:Road interchanges in Wisconsin Category:U.S. Route 41 Category:U.S. Route 45