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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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
Construction on Highway 29 from Prescott to River Falls started May 10.
The project includes replacing the pavement, rehabilitating Greenwood Valley Creek Bridge, improving various intersections and installing rumble strips.
During construction, Highway 29 will remain open between U.S. Highway 10 and County Road F until mid-July, but starting Monday, Highway 29 will be closed to throughtraffic from County F to Cemetery Road.
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. 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 nonpeak 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