Northwest WI Regional Construction Update - Jul. 29, 2023

Road construction project updates for Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties.

Northwest WI Regional Construction Update - Jul. 29, 2023

This week’s updates from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) on road construction projects for Barron, Burnett, Polk, Rusk, Sawyer, and Washburn counties.

Barron County

Highway: County P

  • Location: County A North to 7th Avenue between Prairie Farm and Almena
  • Schedule: June 12 to September
  • Cost: $2.54 million
  • Description: Pulverizing and relaying the existing pavement, placing asphalt pavement, completing culvert work and placing pavement markings.
  • Traffic impacts: County P is closed to through traffic.

Highway: WIS 48

  • Location: Between 22 ½ Avenue in the town of Rice Lake and County SS in the city of Rice Lake
  • Schedule: July 17 to September
  • Cost: $1.08 million
  • Description: Replacing three culverts and the pavement above each.
  • Traffic impacts: WIS 48 is closed to through traffic, with motorists detoured via 22 ½ Avenue and County SS.

Burnett County

Highway: WIS 70

  • Location: St. Croix River Bridge west of Grantsburg
  • Schedule: June 21 to October
  • Cost: $1.25 million
  • Description: Overlaying the bridge deck with concrete, making concrete structure repairs, repairing bridge joints, placing a polymer overlay on the sidewalk and replacing missing riprap, guardrail and approach pavement.
  • Traffic impacts: The bridge is reduced to a single lane of traffic controlled by temporary signals.

Polk County

Highway: US 63

  • Location: St. Croix/Polk County line to County J south of the village of Clayton
  • Schedule: April 12 to late September
  • Cost: $5.71 million
  • Description: Replacing the pedestrian underpass east of 7th Street in the village of Clear Lake; milling off 2 inches of asphalt pavement and placing 3.25 inches of new asphalt; adding shoulder gravel to accommodate the highway profile increase; realigning the approach of County A/F at US 63 to achieve better sight distance at the intersection; realigning the approach of 60th Avenue at US 63; expanding the intersection tapers to meet current design standards; replacing guardrail; and cleaning, lining or repairing culverts and installing new end walls on some structures.
  • Traffic impacts: Motorists will encounter lane closures controlled by flagging in work areas.

Highway: WIS 65

  • Location: North junction of Jewell Street in the St. Croix County village of Star Prairie to US 8 in the Polk County town of Balsam Lake
  • Schedule: May 15 to September
  • Cost: $8.85 million
  • Description: Removing a portion of the existing asphalt pavement, overlaying the roadway with new asphalt pavement, creating a narrow, paved shoulder and reconstructing three areas of substandard vertical curves – one between the St. Croix/Polk County line and the curve just to the north and two stretches between 28th and 38th avenues in the Polk County town of Alden.
  • Traffic impacts: WIS 65 is closed to through traffic, with traffic being detoured via WIS 64, WIS 46 and US 8.

Rusk County

Highway: Horseshoe Lake Road

  • Location: McDermott Creek Bridge south of Weyerhaeuser
  • Schedule: July 18 to early September
  • Cost: $354,406
  • Description: Replacing the bridge.
  • Traffic impacts: The road is closed at the bridge.

Highway: County B

  • Location: Main Creek Bridge south of Glen Flora
  • Schedule: May 30 to September
  • Cost: $737,856
  • Description: Replacing the bridge.
  • Traffic impacts: County B is closed at the bridge.

Highway: US 8

  • Location: Cedar Swamp Road southwest of Weyerhaeuser to the Chippewa River in Bruce
  • Schedule: July 10 to October
  • Cost: $6.17 million
  • Description: Removing a portion of the existing asphalt pavement; overlaying the roadway with new asphalt pavement; replacing culvert pipes; completing shoulder work;, replacing curb, gutter and guardrail, along with sidewalk curb ramps in Bruce; and placing new pavement markings.
  • Traffic impacts: Motorists will encounter lane closures controlled by flagging.

Sawyer County
  • No current projects

Washburn County

Highway: Northbound US 53

  • Location: Business 53 on the south side of Minong to Lakeside Road
  • Schedule: July 17 to late September
  • Cost: $2.32 million
  • Description: Repairing or replacing concrete pavement, resurfacing the existing asphalt shoulders, refreshing the existing gravel shoulders, cleaning or repairing culverts, placing shoulder rumble strips and updating pavement markings.
  • Traffic: Northbound US 53 is reduced to a single lane.

Highway: US 53

  • Location: Pine Grove Road southeast of Shell Lake to Wildcat Road southeast of Spooner
  • Schedule: Aug. 15, 2022, to October 2023
  • Cost: $16.8 million
  • Description: Removing the existing pavement and a portion of the existing base course; placing a new base aggregate layer for drainage and new concrete pavement; replacing storm sewer, culverts, curb and gutter; reconstructing the approaches to US 53 from existing intersections; replacing shoulder rumble strips; and placing pavement markings.
  • Traffic impacts: One lane of traffic in each direction is being maintained on the northbound lanes.

Last Update: Jul 29, 2023 11:31 am CDT

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