Where’s the road construction happening?

Posted 5/18/21

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) provides weekly updates on road construction projects in the following counties in northwest Wisconsin. Here is what you can expect as you travel …

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Where’s the road construction happening?

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) provides weekly updates on road construction projects in the following counties in northwest Wisconsin. Here is what you can expect as you travel in the area this week and going forward.

Pierce County Highway: Highway 29 Location: Between US Highway 10 in Prescott and Cemetery Road in the city of River Falls

Schedule: May 10 to October Cost: $12.11 million Description: Removing and replacing the existing pavement, replacing culverts and guardrail, rehabilitating the bridge over Greenwood Valley Creek, installing centerline and edge line rumble strips between the south junction of County Road QQ and Cemetery Road and modifying intersections at County E, County FF and Cemetery Road.

Traffic impacts:

•Highway 29 will remain open between US Highway 10 and County Road F until mid-July.

•Highway 29 is closed to through traffic from County Road F to Cemetery Road.

-Detour: US Highway 10 and Highway 65.

Pierce and St. Croix counties Highway: Highway 29 Location: Between County Road CC South west of Spring Valley and Highway 128 in St. Croix County

Schedule: April 5 to July Cost: $3.88 million Description: Milling the existing asphalt, patching the road base and overlaying it with new asphalt; repairing and overlaying the Eau Galle River Bridge; repairing four box culverts in St. Croix County; replacing one culvert in Pierce County; and replacing a retaining wall in Spring Valley.

Traffic impacts: Starting Monday, May 3, Highway 29 between County Road CC and Highway 128 will be detoured for approximately 24 days due to culvert replacement and village utility work. The detour route will take motorists on County Road CC, County Road G, Highway 72 and Highway 128.

Dunn and St. Croix counties Highway: I-94 Location: Between Hudson and Menomonie near Knapp

Schedule: March 25, 2019 to May 2021

Cost: $57.5 million Description: Removing and replacing concrete pavement and six structures, grading, marking pavement and installing beam guard, cable barrier, right-of-way fencing and signing.

Traffic impacts: There will be lane closures on east- and westbound I-94 from Highway 128 to 250th Street during non-peak travel hours.

St. Croix County

Highway: WIS 35 Location: Between Front Street in Hudson and North End Road in North Hudson

Schedule: April 26 to late November

Cost: $11.17 million Description: Repairing concrete, resurfacing or reconstructing Highway 35, rehabilitating the Lake Mallalieu Bridge, replacing storm sewer systems, completing sanitary sewer and water main work, making improvements at the Highway 35 intersection at Coulee Road/Buckeye Street and adding a two-way left-turn lane between Sommers Street North and North End Road.

Traffic impacts: This project will use a combination of staging, lane closures controlled by flaggers and a detour to move WIS 35 traffic during construction.

•The detour will use I-94, Minnesota Trunk Highways 95 and 36 and Wisconsin Highway 64.

•Highway 35 between Front Street and Coulee Road/Buckeye Street in Hudson is reduced to one lane in each direction.

•Various on-street parking on Highway 35 between Coulee Road/Buckeye Street and Vine Street in Hudson is closed.

•Highway 35 between Myrtle and Division streets in Hudson is closed to all through traffic.

•Starting Monday, May 3, Highway 35 from just south of Monroe Street North to Michaelson Street North will be closed to all through traffic.

Submitted by WisDOT Northwest Region