WisDOT road construction update

Posted 6/1/21

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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WisDOT road construction update

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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 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: Highway 29 from Cleveland Street to the Eau Galle River Bridge in Spring Valley is gravel, and the speed limit is 25 mph.

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: Following Memorial Day weekend, there will be lane closures on east- and westbound I-94 from WIS 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 uses I-94, Minnesota Trunk Highways 95 and 36 and Wisconsin State Road 64.

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

•Highway 35 from just south of Monroe Street North to Michaelson Street North in North Hudson is closed to all through traffic.

•Following Memorial Day weekend, Highway 35 between Front Street and Coulee Road/Buckeye Street in Hudson will be reduced to one lane in each direction.

•Highway 35 between Coulee Road/Buckeye Street and Vine Street in Hudson has various on-street parking spaces closed off.

Submitted by WisDOT Northwest Region