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The mouth of the Root River, Racine, Wisconsin Root River, Racine in early 20th century. The Root River is a 43.7-mile-long (70.3 km) [1] river that flows to Lake Michigan at the city of Racine in southeastern Wisconsin in the United States. Racine and Racine County are named for the river, as racine is the French word for root.
The Main Street Bridge is a double-leafed bascule bridge in Racine, Wisconsin that carries Main Street over the Root River, connecting downtown Racine to the north side of the city, where it becomes North Main Street. The bridge is the last to cross the Root River before it enters Lake Michigan, and its two spans can be lifted to allow ships to ...
Racine (/ r ə ˈ s iː n, r eɪ-/ ⓘ rə-SEEN, ray-) [8] is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.It is located on the shore of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Root River, situated 22 miles (35 km) south of Milwaukee and 60 miles (97 km) north of Chicago. [9]
City County(ies) Population (2010 Census) Population (2020 Census) Class [2] Incorporation date [3]; Abbotsford: Clark Marathon: 2,310 2,275 4th 1965 Adams: Adams: 1,967
U.S. Highway 45 (US 45) runs north–south through the eastern and northern portions of the state of Wisconsin.Also called Highway 45, it runs from the state line with Illinois near the village of Bristol in Kenosha County to the Michigan state line at the town of Land O' Lakes in Vilas County, a total of about 305 miles (491 km).
Pigeon River (Wisconsin-Lake Michigan), tributary of Lake Michigan; Pike River (Lake Michigan) Pike River (Menominee River tributary) Pine River (Florence County), tributary of Menominee River; Pine River (Lincoln County), tributary of Wisconsin River; Pine River (Richland County), tributary of Wisconsin River
Wisconsin (/ w ɪ ˈ s k ɒ n s ɪ n / ⓘ wiss-KON-sin) [12] 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.
At first, most of the village's buildings (cabins and houses) were in a clearing south of the river at the foot of Main Street, and the area that became this business district was far out in the woods. But in 1838 Congress allocated money to build a military road from Racine to Janesville, and it ran through the area of Sixth and Seventh ...