Focus on Southwest Wisconsin: I-39/90 project backers turn up the heat

Published: September 7, 2010
Tags: Federal Highway Administration, Focus on Southwest Wisconsin, Forward Janesville I-39/90 Coalition, Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, Interstate 39/90, Traas, Transportation Projects Commission, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Wisconsin Supreme Court, Wisconsin Transportation Builders Association

By Susan Lampert Smith Special to The Daily Reporter On bad days, Interstate 39/90 from the Illinois border north to Madison can resemble a snake that swallowed a watermelon. To the south, in Illinois, the highway is a smooth-flowing six lanes wide. Then, from the state line north to Madison, I-39/90 narrows to four lanes [...]