Weekly Northwest Region Construction Update

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is providing a weekly update on construction projects in the northwest region, which includes the counties of Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Jackson, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau and Washburn counties.

Construction related traffic impacts are subject to change and dependent on favorable weather patterns.

Barron County

Highway: South Main Street

Location: City of Rice Lake, Red Cedar River Bridge
Schedule: September 17, 2018 to September 2019
Cost: $3.1 million
Description: Crews will replace the Red Cedar River Bridge.
Traffic Impacts: Main Street will be open to traffic under stage 2 traffic control.

Highway: WIS 25

Location: North of Barron, WI
Schedule: April 30 to June 2019
Cost: $279,000
Description: Crews will remove and replace aging culvert pipes and construct a new bridge over the Barker Creek Tributary.
Traffic Impacts: WIS 25 will be closed within the project limits. A detour route will be posted, utilizing US 8, US 53, and WIS 48.

Bayfield County

Highway: County Highway F
Location: Benoit to US 2
Schedule: April 1 to May 2019
Cost: $430,000
Description: The bridge over South Fish Creek will be rehabilitated.
Traffic Impacts: A section of County Highway F will be closed for the duration of the project. The detour route posted for this closure will utilize County Highway F, US 63 and Olson Lane.

Buffalo County

Highway: WIS 121

Location: Gilmanton to Independence, Elk Creek Bridge
Schedule: April 4 to June 2019
Cost: $420,000
Description: The Elk Creek Bridge will be removed and replaced with a new structure. Construction will be completed in two separate stages.
Traffic Impacts: Traffic on WIS 121 will be reduced to one lane while work on the bridge is occurring. Signals are in place at the project site to control the flow of traffic.

Chippewa County

Local Road: 195th Street

Location: Town of Lafayette, near the Paint Creek Bridge
Schedule: March 25 to July 2019
Cost: $1.1 million
Description: This project consists of retaining wall, grading, concrete sidewalk, concrete curb and gutter, base course, storm sewer, pipe railing, bridge construction, and incidental work.
Traffic Impacts: 195th Street will be closed throughout the duration of the project. No detour will be signed.

Highway: County Highway S

Location: US 53 to Jim Falls; near Chippewa Falls, WI
Schedule: May 14 to late July 2019
Cost: $875,000
Description: This project consists of a 0.3 mile concrete pavement reconstruction of County Highway S between US 53 and County Highway Q.
Traffic Impacts: County Highway S is open to traffic and will remain open to traffic throughout construction. Westbound County Highway S will maintain a shoulder closure for stage 1 operations. Stage 2 traffic will begin next week and will involve bidirectional traffic on the westbound side of the median using crossovers.

Clark County

Local Road: Owen Avenue

Location: Town of Beaver
Schedule: May 20, 2019 to August 30, 2019
Cost: $720,000
Description: Crews will realign the intersection of Rock Creek Road and Owen Avenue, resurface the roads with asphalt overlay and replace a bridge within the project limits. Grading will be performed as necessary.
Traffic Impacts: No traffic impacts will occur until June 10. On June 10, Rock Creek Road and Owen Avenue will be closed to motorists. No detour will be posted.

Douglas County

Highway: US 2

Location: Belknap Street, City of Superior; Banks Avenue to Hill Avenue
Schedule: 2017 to June 2019
Cost: $23.4 million
Description: Belknap Street has been reconstructed from Banks to Hill Avenue over the last two seasons. Work scheduled for 2019 involves fence railing, pavement marking, and general clean-up.
Traffic impacts: Motorists can expect occasional lane closures during working hours.

Dunn County

Highway: US 12

Location: City of Menomonie, Broadway Street (Red Cedar River Bridge)
Schedule: April 30, 2018 to September 2019
Cost: $2.9 million
Description: Crews will make repairs and improvements to the Red Cedar River Bridge.
Traffic impacts: Motorists can expect traffic shifts and lane closures for the duration of the project.

Highway: I-94

Location: Between Hudson and Menomonie, from WIS 128 to 250th Street, near Knapp, WI
Schedule: March 25, 2019 to November 2020
Cost: $57.5 million
Description: A variety of work will be performed on the roadway, including milling, paving, temporary bridge construction, and utility relocation.
Traffic impacts: Currently, eastbound and westbound lane closures are in effect on I-94 from WIS 128 to 160th Street.

Highway: I-94

Location: Knapp Hill; between Hudson and Menomonie, from 250th Street to Wilson Creek
Schedule: November 2019 completion date
Cost: $30.3 million
Description: Work under this contract consists of grading, base aggregate, concrete pavement, hot mix asphalt pavement, new structures, pavement marking, signing, right of way fence, median cable barrier, beam guard, traffic control, and incidentals.
Traffic impacts: Currently, eastbound and westbound single lane closures are set during off peak traffic hours. Expect closures in each direction Monday from 6 AM to Thursday at 2 PM, from Thursday at 5 PM to Friday at 9 AM, and from Friday at 8 PM to Sunday at 9 AM. These closures may not occur when severe weather warnings are in effect. Closures will be set and removed each day. Expect delays caused by intermittent flagging operations on surrounding side roads, including 390th, 650th, 250th Street, and County Highway K.
The tentative switch date to push WB 94 on the temporary roadway is Friday May 31st.

Jackson County

Highway: WIS 54

Location: Black River Falls to City Point
Schedule: April 29 to July 2019
Cost: $10 million
Description: This project will consist of 26 miles of cold-in-place recycling, milling and hot asphalt mix overlay along WIS 54.
Traffic Impacts: Motorists can expect minor delays caused by temporary flagging operations. WIS 54 will be open to traffic throughout the project.

Pierce County

Highway: US 10
Location: Hastings to Prescott
Schedule: September 4, 2018 to June 2019
Cost: $1 million
Description: Bridge rehabilitation, concrete surface repair, joint replacement, floor repair, polymer overlay.
Traffic Impacts: Motorists can expect to encounter occasional westbound single-lane closures during working hours.

Rusk County

Highway: County Highway B

Location: County Highway P to Glen Flora, Main Creek Bridge
Schedule: May 15, 2019 to May 31, 2019
Cost: $390,000
Description: Crews will remove and replace the Main Creek Bridge.
Traffic Impacts: County Highway B was closed on May 15 between County Highway P and Circle Road and will remain closed for the project’s duration. The intersection of County Highway B and County Highway P will remain open during construction.

Sawyer County

Highway: WIS 27

Location: City of Hayward, South Dakota Avenue; West Carol Drive to US 63
Schedule: March 25 to June 2019 & September 3, 2019 to November 2019
Cost: $4 million
Description: In the first phase of the project, crews will convert the 4-lane roadway between the Namekagon River Bridge and US 63 to a 5-lane roadway with a two-way left turn lane. Additionally, the existing 4-lane roadway from West Carol Drive to Michigan Avenue will be converted to a 3-lane roadway with a two-way left turn lane. Auxiliary work such as pavement resurfacing and traffic signal installation will be performed as needed.
Traffic Impacts: One lane of traffic will be open in each direction throughout the duration of the project. Motorists should expect to encounter travel delay due to lane closures and flagging operations. No traffic impacts will occur on holidays such as Fourth of July and Labor Day.

Highway: US 63

Location: Between WIS 27 and Larsen Road, near Hayward, WI
Schedule: April 1 to July 2019
Cost: $4.7 million
Description: The project involves removing existing concrete roadway surface, crushing that concrete, and reusing it as base. The new surface will be asphalt. The Hospital Road intersection will be reconstructed on a new alignment. 12 mainline culvert pipes will be replaced. New signs, pavement marking, and beam guard will be installed.
Traffic Impacts: US 63 will be closed beginning on April 8, with two detours in place. Heavy truck traffic will be routed from Hayward north on WIS 27 to US 2 and then east to the US 63 intersection (near Ashland/Ino). The car detour will be from Hayward east on WIS 77 to County Highway OO, continuing north on County Highway OO to the US 63 intersection (near Seeley). Local traffic will maintain access.

St. Croix County

Highway: I-94

Location: 130th Street and Kinnickinnic River Bridges, between Hudson and Baldwin
Schedule: April 1, 2019 to July 2020
Cost: $17 million
Description: Proposed improvements include replacing four structures (two over 130TH street and two over Kinnickinnic River), concrete placement, and sign and sign structures.
Traffic Impacts: During construction, I-94 will remain open to traffic. Motorists can expect to encounter lane shifts and single lane closures on I-94. Motorists can expect 130th Street to be open to traffic with periodic short-term full closures and/or flagging operations. Closures will also occur on the westbound and eastbound shoulders of I-94.

Highway: I-94

Location: WIS 35 North to US 12, City of Hudson
Schedule: March 28, 2019 to May 2019
Cost: $28 Million
Description: This rehabilitation project will be updating a segment of I-94 by upgrading and replacing deteriorating sections of roadway and shoulders, two bridge decks over Front Street, concrete barrier walls, signs and sign structures, widening a bridge deck over Northern WIS 35, and adding two noise walls and three retaining walls.
Traffic impacts: The southbound on-ramp leading from WIS 35 to eastbound I-94 is closed. Motorists can expect nightly lane closures along eastbound I-94 and northbound WIS 35. Double lane closures will be maintained from May 20 to May 24 on eastbound I-94 (east of 11th St). Speeds are reduced when lane closures are installed on I-94.

Highway: Loop Trail Facilities (Nearest highway WIS 64)

Location: From Stillwater to Somerset, near Houlton, WI
Schedule: April 22, 2019 to May 2019
Cost: $3.7 million
Description: The Loop Trail facilities will be completed, involving pedestrian railing installation, signage installation, pavement marking, painting the pedestrian tunnel, landscape surveillance and installing a “Welcome to WI” sign nearby the facilities.
Traffic Impacts: No major traffic impacts are expected, but motorists should be aware that not all the Loop Trail facilities are open. The multi-use path and pedestrian tunnel are not accessible to the public until further work has been completed.

Trempealeau County

Highway: I-94

Location: Eau Claire to Osseo
Schedule: April 9, 2019 to October 2020
Cost: $10 million
Description: This is a comprehensive road improvement project. Work performed on the project will include excavation and placement of base, concrete paving, hot-mix asphalt paving, standard paving, beam guard installation, pavement marking, signing, fencing, mechanically stabilized earth wall installation, and bridge replacements.
Traffic Impacts: An eastbound shoulder closure will be maintained along I-94 for the duration of the project. Eastbound and westbound passing lane closures will be in place Tuesday, May 21 until Thursday, May 30.

Highway: US 53

Location: Beaches Corner
Schedule: April 8, 2019 to July 2019
Cost: $800,000
Description: Bridge replacement project over Beaver Creek.
Traffic Impacts: Motorists can expect single lane closures with temporary traffic signals.

Highway: County Highway D

Location: Ettrick, WI to WIS 95
Schedule: May 6 to late June 2019
Cost: $265,000
Description: Crews will remove and replace the Big French Creek Bridge.
Traffic Impacts: County Highway D is closed at the bridge and will remain closed for the duration of the project. No detour will be posted.

Last Update: May 24, 2019 1:00 pm CDT