End of US highway 18 |
1926-1951
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1951-1967
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1967-present
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From its 1926 inception until 1967, the west end of US 18 was at its junction with US 85 in Wyoming. There has never been much of a settlement there, but like many highway intersections in Wyoming, this one has a name: Mule Creek Junction. The interesting thing about this junction is that it has moved:
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Today's US 85 south of Newcastle was opened to traffic in 1951. Because of this, it was necessary to extend US 18 west a few miles, so presumably that is also when the highway was changed to its current alignment. This photo was from westbound US 18, at the "new" Mule Creek Jct:
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US 18 now extends further west via US 85, but that sign is at what was once the west end of US 18.
Here is the historic west beginning as seen from northbound US 85... |
The east end of US 18 has always been in Milwaukee, but its exact location there has changed at least five times (maps and more info about historic endpoints can be found on the Milwaukee page). The current terminus is somewhat unusual in that it is not at a junction with another highway. US 18 winds up on Michigan Street in downtown Milwaukee, and the designation ends where it intersects Lincoln Memorial Drive along the shore of Lake Michigan. This interactive image shows the last eastbound sign:
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In 2005 there was no signage from either direction on Lincoln; the sign bridge shown here was installed between then and 2008:
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Traffic heading the opposite direction (north on Lincoln) formerly saw a reference to US 18, but this marker was removed when the signal masts were replaced sometime between 2012 and 2015:
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Research and/or photo credits: Chris Geelhart; Tom Grier; Jeff Morrison; Robert Mortell; Dale Sanderson; Michael Summa
Page originally created 1998;
last updated Oct. 28, 2020.
last updated Oct. 28, 2020.