Buy Tires on Sale in Wisconsin: But Not Until You've Read This Guide!

• 511WI Traffic - official website
• Department of Transportation Traveler Information - official website
• WISN Channel 12 Traffic - official website
• TMJ 4 Traffic - official website

April to October

November to March

1. Seat belts, are a must for the driver and all passengers in front and back. And children and infants should all be in a suitable car seat for their age and size.
2. School buses with red lights flashing mean you have to stop at least 20 feet away from them.
3. Bicycle lanes are no-go areas for cars and driving in them is illegal. You can of course cross them to make a turning, but you first have to yield to any bicycles.
4. Turning right on red is only allowed after you’ve come to a complete stop and checked there are no signs prohibiting it, and there are no other vehicles coming.
5. Highway ramp signals are used for highway on-ramps at busy times to make merging more smooth. The green light means the first vehicle in the lane is allowed to go forward and merge.

• Railroad crossings: No stopping within 25 feet of a railroad crossing.
• Fire hydrants: You need to be at least 10 feet away from a fire hydrant to park.
• Lowered curbs: There’s no parking allowed if it blocks a lowered or removed curb.
• Opposite side of the street: It’s illegal to park against the flow of traffic - you have to park in the same direction as the flow of traffic.

• Windshield tint is only allowed above the AS-1 line.
• Front side window tints must allow at least 50% of light to pass through.
• Rear window tints must let in at least 35% of light.
• Reflective tints are not allowed on any windows.

Interstate highways

• I-39 Runs from the Illinois border north to Wausau, then becomes the US-51, which continues north to the Michigan border. In the south of the state, from Beloit to just north of Madison, the I-39 runs with the I-90.
• I-41 runs north-south, from just over the Illinois border, past Milwaukee to Green Bay where it terminates.
• I-43 is entirely in the state of Wisconsin, beginning in Beloit before heading northeast to Milwaukee, then due north along the shores of Lake Michigan, ending just north of Green Bay in Howard.
• I-90 passes through the state going first north from Beloit and passing Janesville and Maidson, before turning west at Wisconsin Dells. From here it heads to La Crosse where it crosses the border into Minnesota. Outside of the state, the I-90 is a major cross-country highway going east to west from Boston, MA all the way to Seattle, WA.
• I-94 runs from east to west through the northern United States, beginning in Port Huron, MI, and ending in Billings, MT. Through the Badger State, it enters from Minnesota, at Hudson near the Twin Cities, and then goes southeast, leaving the state south of Milwaukee and heading into Illinois. It passes by cities including Menomonie, Eau Claire, Tomah, and Madison, before going through Milwaukee.
• I-535 is a short 3-mile spur that crosses between Wisconsin and Minnesota, crossing the Blatnik Bridge from Superior.
• I-794 is a 3.5-mile spur in downtown Milwaukee and is also called the East-West Freeway, Lake Parkway, and Lake Freeway. It provides access to the General Mitchell International Airport.
• I-894 circles around the southwest side of Milwaukee connecting to the I-94.

US Routes

• The state’s Beloit Autorama is one of the Midwest’s largest car shows, with well over 1,000 vehicles on display, including classic cars, hot rods, and antiques.
• Highway 13 was once nicknamed Lucky 13 and was promoted as a fun tourist route with endless attractions along the way.
• Since 1900 over 80 different makes of cars and trucks were made in the state.
• Despite being in Wisconsin, Kenosha, the heart of car making in the state, is actually also part of the Chicago metropolitan area.
• The state is the first in the country to create a statewide route numbering system, back in 1917, and the first set of numbered routes was given numbers 10 - 75.