Wisconsin Highway 181

State Trunk Highway 181
Route information
Maintained by WisDOT
Length:	21.44 mi[1] (34.50 km)
Major junctions
South end:	WIS 59 in West Allis
	I-94 in Milwaukee US 18 in Wauwatosa US 41 in Milwaukee
North end:	WIS 60 in Cedarburg
Location
Counties:	Milwaukee, Ozaukee
Highway system
Wisconsin State Trunk Highway System Interstate U.S. State Scenic Rustic ← WIS 180 WIS 182 →

State Trunk Highway 181 (often called Highway 181, STH 181 or WIS 181) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It runs north–south in southeast Wisconsin from West Allis to Cedarburg.

Route description

Highway 181 is called Wauwatosa Road from its northern terminus to the Milwaukee County line.

South of County Line Road in Milwaukee, it becomes 76th Street, a major commercial and industrial corridor on Milwaukee's northwest side.

At Center Street near Wauwatosa, the road becomes Wauwatosa Avenue. In downtown Wauwatosa, the highway is routed onto the local streets Harmonee Avenue and Harwood Avenue before resuming on Glenview Avenue south of downtown.

In West Allis, Glenview Avenue becomes 84th Street, and the highway continues south to its terminus at West Greenfield Avenue (State Highway 59).

The section of Highway 181 from Interstate 94 to Greenfield Avenue travels along the west side of Wisconsin State Fair Park.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Milwaukee	West Allis			WIS 59 (W. Greenfield Avenue)
	Milwaukee			I-94
	Wauwatosa			US 18 (Bluemound Road)
	Milwaukee			WIS 190 (W. Capitol Drive)
				WIS 175 (W. Appleton Avenue)
				WIS 145	Interchange
				CTH-E (W. Silver Springs Drive)	Interchange
				WIS 100 (W. Brown Deer Road) – Brown Deer, Menomonee Falls	Interchange
Ozaukee	Mequon			WIS 167 (Mequon Road)
	Town of Cedarburg			WIS 60 / CTH-NN north – Jackson (village), Grafton, West Bend
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Wisconsin portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References