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Location and Transportation

Situated at the foot of Wisconsin's Lake Winnebago (a location that gives the city its French name), Fond du Lac is about 60 miles from metropolitan Milwaukee, Madison (the state capital) and Green Bay — Titletown USA. This puts the city at the center of the state's population concentration, an area with more than 3 million residents.

U.S. 41 (a four-lane limited access highway with a 65-mph speed limit) skirts along Fond du Lac's western edge, providing the city with a swift route to Milwaukee, the Fox Valley and to the nation's Interstate Highway System. U.S. Highway 151 links Fond du Lac with Madison on the south, and the newly-constructed 151 bypass allows visitors to skirt the city on their way east.

As reconstruction to a four-lane highway nears completion, Highway 151 is now a freeway between Madison and Fond du Lac. Highway 45 joins the city with West Bend to the south and several communities along the western shore of Lake Winnebago to the north. Other routes that intersect in Fond du Lac and link it with neighboring cities and towns include Highways 23 and 175. Wisconsin's fine system of county roads also provides valuable links with communities in the area.

More than 34 interstate and intrastate trucking firms (including five heavy haulers and two milk transporters) use this excellent highway network to serve the needs of Fond du Lac business and industry. In addition, the area is served by the Canadian National Railway — America's best railroad.

Fond du Lac residents are only 20 minutes from commercial air passenger service at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh and are 45 minutes from a more extensive choice of commuter airlines at Outagamie County Airport in Appleton. General Mitchell International Airport at Milwaukee is 60 minutes away, giving residents access to the world via 16 major airlines. Fond du Lac County Airport, on the city's west side, provides a base for private and small corporate aircraft and offers charter and freight services.

Area bus transportation is furnished by Fond du Lac Area Transit, operated by the city's Community Development Department. City busses operate five days per week and all busses are wheelchair lift equipped. Handi-vans offer ADA specialized transit service. Taxi and limousine services around town and to area airports are available.