The Marquette Interchange is a gateway to Wisconsin and a vital connector that links almost one-third of the state’s freeway traffic to the rest of the country. The original interchange, completed in 1968 at a cost of around $33 million dollars, has paid back untold dividends as a transportation workhorse and as an engine for economic development statewide. Today, an urban renaissance is under way in Milwaukee’s downtown and southeast Wisconsin is poised for significant growth. The new Marquette Interchange, to be completed in 2008 at a cost of $810 million dollars, is an important re-investment in Wisconsin’s future.