How does Wisconsin’s interstate length, traffic and roughness fare against the other states (and the District of Columbia)? Not too shabby. Wisconsin – and most of its interstates – fall solidly in the lower middle of states.
Wisconsin ranked 31 in annual vehicle miles traveled in urban areas and 36 in mean annual average daily traffic in urban areas. Wisconsinites traveled a total of 10,408,000,000 miles in 2011 over 742 miles of interstate – putting the state at 29th.
The highest maximum daily traffic was on 94 in urban areas with 158,030 vehicles. That same section of interstate averaged 82,068 vehicles throughout the year.
The average pavement roughness was 99, which the department deems acceptable but not good. Interstate 535 (all one mile of it) had the worst roughness score with 152 rough inches in that mile. In comparison, 94 has 98 inches per mile and 494 has 110 inches per mile over its four miles of length.
|
Route Number |
Length |
Annual Vehicle Miles Traveled (in millions) |
Mean Annual Average Daily Traffic |
Maximum Annual Average Daily Traffic |
Mean Pavement Roughness (in/mi) |
|||||
|
(miles) |
||||||||||
|
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
Rural |
Urban |
|
|
39 |
122 |
60 |
1,234 |
896 |
27,724 |
39,561 |
52,832 |
90,067 |
84 |
102 |
|
43 |
97 |
95 |
771 |
1,794 |
22,437 |
57,761 |
39,783 |
147,223 |
91 |
99 |
|
90 |
88 |
21 |
916 |
174 |
28,955 |
24,868 |
36,421 |
40,739 |
113 |
96 |
|
94 |
171 |
79 |
2,280 |
2,071 |
42,512 |
82,068 |
111,506 |
158,030 |
83 |
98 |
|
535 |
|
1 |
|
12 |
|
29,642 |
|
29,642 |
|
152 |
|
794 |
|
4 |
|
57 |
|
45,026 |
|
55,000 |
|
110 |
|
894 |
|
5 |
|
202 |
|
112,344 |
|
156,651 |
|
101 |
|
Total |
478 |
265 |
5,202 |
5,206 |
31,918 |
60,854 |
111,506 |
158,030 |
90 |
99 |
