REMINDER: Beginning Monday morning, March 21st, the intersection at Hwy 42/57 and Michigan St will be closed off for vehicle crossing. The exact time of the closure is unknown, but it likely will occur before the morning commute hours. It is recommended that all morning commuters take an alternate route.
For further information, please refer to the WI DOT news release below:
Wisconsin Department of
Transportation
Northeast Regional Office, 944
Vanderperren Way, Green Bay, WI 54304 Phone: 920/492-5623 FAX: 920/492-5640 www.wisconsindot.gov
March 16, 2016
For more information, contact:
Mark Kantola, Regional
Communications Manager
Mark.Kantola@dot.wi.gov, (920)
492-4153
Governor Walker approves WIS 42/57
improvements in Door County
Work starting Monday, March 21, 2016.
(Sturgeon Bay) As part of his
efforts to create jobs and make sure Wisconsin is open for business, Governor
Scott Walker recently approved $4.6 million to improve nearly 1.6 miles of WIS
42/57 from Michigan Street to Egg Harbor Road in Sturgeon Bay, Door County.
Construction is scheduled to begin Monday, March 21, 2016 and be completed by
the end of July.
Michels Corporation of Brownsville,
Wis. is the prime contractor.
This project is needed to
reconstruct the existing deteriorated roadway, improve safety, and improve
operations. The project includes construction of roundabouts at the
intersections of WIS 42/57 with Michigan Street and Egg Harbor Road, access
modifications at the WIS 42/57 and Alabama Street intersection, and complete
reconstruction of the highway within the project limits. The project will
also resurface the existing roadway on each side of the Bayview Bridge.
There will be traffic impacts
associated with this project, including:
·
Both directions of WIS 42/57 will be
detoured through downtown Sturgeon Bay. This detour went into effect when
rehabilitation work on the Bayview Bridge began on March 1, 2016.
·
The detour will remain in place
until the end of June. The roadway is anticipated to open to through traffic
prior to the 4th of July holiday weekend.
·
WIS 42/57 cross traffic on side
roads will be maintained only at the Utah Street intersection and the Alabama
Street intersection.
·
Some minor construction activity
with minimal traffic impacts will likely remain until the end of July.
The WIS 42/57 reconstruction project
website can be found at http://projects.511wi.gov/wis57-42/.
It has construction details, traffic impacts, maps, displays, information for
businesses affected by the project, and roundabout educational material.
Motorists are reminded to use
caution and remain alert when driving through this or any work zone.
