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The lower 125 mi (201 km) of the river form the border between Wisconsin and Minnesota. The river is a National Scenic Riverway under the protection of the National Park Service . A hydroelectric plant at the Saint Croix Falls Dam supplies power to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.
WIS 35 is a major north–south route through westernmost Wisconsin, often following close to the state border. Because of the lower population of counties along the state's western border with Iowa and Minnesota, it is a mostly rural routing with lower traffic counts than in other parts of the state. [2]
The Upper Midwest is a northern subregion of the U.S. Census Bureau's Midwestern United States.Although the exact boundaries are not uniformly agreed upon, the region is usually defined to include the states of Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin; some definitions include North Dakota, South Dakota, and parts of Nebraska and Illinois.
Wisconsin (/ w ɪ ˈ s k ɒ n s ɪ n / ⓘ wiss-KON-sin) [13] is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest of the United States.It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north.
The speed limit on I-94 from the Minnesota border to the Waukesha–Milwaukee county border is 70 mph (110 km/h). Entering Milwaukee County, the limit decreases to 55 mph (89 km/h). The limit is 55 mph (89 km/h) until just west of the Marquette Interchange, where it decreases to 50 mph (80 km/h). This 50-mile-per-hour (80 km/h) limit continues ...
Minnesota, showing major roads, railroads, and bodies of water. The U.S. State of Minnesota is the northernmost state outside Alaska; its isolated Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods is the only part of the 48 contiguous states lying north of the 49th parallel north.
The Falls-to-Falls Corridor (officially The Falls-to-Falls Corridor—United States Route 53 from International Falls on the Minnesota/Canada border to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) is, by the United States federal government, a recognized trade corridor. In the 1990s, the federal government listed the corridor as a priority for development.
The Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway is a federally protected system of riverways located in eastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. [1] It protects 252 miles (406 km) of river, including the St. Croix River (on the Wisconsin/Minnesota border), and the Namekagon River (in Wisconsin), as well as adjacent land along the rivers. [2]