These different roads were short lived but were located throughout the state of Wisconsin in the Milwaukee area, Manitowoc and Green Bay.

Until 2007, WIS 119 was not signed but was commissioned and appeared on highway maps as a de facto unsigned route.

[2] It progresses through a mainly residential area for most of its length, though noise barrier walls obscure most of this housing from view.

There are multiple official signs directing Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport traffic along the route towards parking (with current capacity noted by electronic signage), cargo and terminals.

[2][3][4] The terminus also features lit signage reading "MKE" eastbound resembling that of Los Angeles International Airport's larger "LAX" sign within the median.

[5][self-published source][6] The project received multiple criticisms, such as the relocation of a historic B-25 bomber and the resignation of a highway official.

According to Wisconsin DOT official Tom Heydel (quoted in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Road Warrior column), the signs were changed after local and out-of-town drivers asked why the exit and ramps leading to the road did not have the Highway 119 notation.