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Getting In, Getting Around Green Bay
Green Bay is served by Austin Straubel International Airport. The city was the headquarters of the Green Bay and Western Railroad in historical times (1896-1993). Green Bay also has its own mass transit system known as Green Bay Metro (formerly known as Green Bay Transit).
Green Bay is connected to the rest of the state by four major highways. US Highway 41 connects Green Bay to the Fox Cities, Fond du Lac and Milwaukee to the south and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan via Oconto, Peshtigo, and Marinette. U.S. Route 141 starts in Green Bay and joins with US41 to the north for 18 miles before splitting off and providing access to the Upper Peninsula via Niagara. Interstate 43, which terminates at US 41/141, heads south along Lake Michigan to Milwaukee and on to Illinois via Beloit. Recently Wisconsin Highway 29 has been upgraded to four lanes to provide better access to western Wisconsin and Minnesota via Wausau and Eau Claire.
A few other highways of importance are:
Wisconsin Highway 172: Forms a southern bypass of Green Bay, and continuing to Austin Staubel Airport. Wisconsin Highway 32: Two lane highway which runs from Illinois to Michigan and provides alternative routes to the north and south and travels through many small communities. Wisconsin Highway 54: Two lane highway which runs through Green Bay from Algoma to New London and Waupaca. Wisconsin Highway 57: Heads to Green Bay from I-43 near Port Washington and continues through Sturgeon Bay to the Door Peninsula, terminating with WI-42 at Gills Rock with ferry access to Washington Island.
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