JANESVILLE — Motorists were urged by the Wisconsin State Patrol to avoid Interstate-39/90 between Janesville and Beloit Friday afternoon as emergency crews responded to a series of vehicle pileups on the interstate, stretching over several miles and closing both the north and south lanes for hours.

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All lanes of Interstate 90/39 between Janesville and Edgerton were reopened shortly before 7 p.m. Monday after being closed for most of the day after three semitrailer trucks crashed on the north side of the freeway Monday morning, according to a traffic alert from the state Department of Transportation.