Barron County
Highway: WIS 48
- Location: County P (1st Avenue) in Cumberland goes east to WIS 25 west of Rice Lake.
- Schedule: From June 10 to the middle of October
- Cost: $5.97 million price tag
- Description: We will be removing some of the existing pavement and putting down new asphalt, replacing worn-out parts of the curb and gutter, and doing maintenance work on the culverts, such as fixing broken joints, replacing detached or corroded apron end walls, lining pipes, placing riprap, digging ditches and grubbing near culvert ends, adding culvert markers, and replacing all four wing walls of the Hickey Creek box culvert. We will also be replacing the guardrail and adding centerline and shoulder rumble strips where needed, and widening the existing three-foot paved shoulders to five feet to prevent run-off-road accidents.
- Traffic impacts: During work hours, drivers will sometimes have to deal with closed lanes that are controlled by flags.
Highway: US 53
- Location: From Pine Grove Road south of Sarona to 26th Avenue north of Rice Lake
- Schedule: From September 5, 2023, to November 11, 2024
- Cost: $21.89 million
- Description: Taking out the old pavement and base course, putting down a new layer of aggregates for drainage, replacing the pavement, rebuilding the approaches to the intersections, and putting up a cable barrier in the median between 26th and 27th avenues. The pavement will also get a high-friction surface treatment in the same area to cut down on crossover and run-off-the-road accidents.
- Traffic impacts: US 53 only has one lane of traffic going in each way, and both northbound and southbound traffic use the northbound lanes.
- Traffic is expected to remain in this configuration until late October.
- The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph in the work zone
Burnett County
- No current projects
Polk County
- No current projects
Rusk County
Highway: US 8
- Location: From River Avenue in Ladysmith to the line in Price County
- Schedule: From May 6 to the end of August
- Cost: $3.74 million price tag
- Description: Milling and overlaying about 11 miles of US 8 with asphalt; replacing or removing deteriorated guardrail; replacing deteriorated sections of curb and gutter; rebuilding curb ramps to meet Americans With Disabilities Act standards, where possible; building a short segment of sidewalk in the village of Tony between Linden and Walnut streets to provide continuity; replacing two culverts in Glen Flora; putting down new pavement markings; putting down centerline rumble strips in rural areas; and paving the shoulders, including an extra two feet, and adding shoulder rumble strips to reduce run-off-the-road accidents. From Prentice Street to the Price County line: Removing 2.25 inches of asphalt from US 8 and replacing it with 3.25 inches of new asphalt from Prentice Street to German Street in the village of Hawkins and from Washington Street in Hawkins to the east Rusk County line; removing the full depth of asphalt pavement and up to 2 inches of the underlying concrete pavement from German to Washington streets in Hawkins, cleaning and patching that segment, replacing the curb and gutter and placing a minimum of 3.25 inches of new asphalt to match the new concrete gutter; replacing curb ramps in Hawkins with Americans With Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps at the crosswalks on US 8 at Main Street and at the west side of Washington Street; removing an existing parking lane that is no longer needed for the telecommunication business east of Main Street in Hawkins; replacing a culvert east of Hawkins; replacing curb and gutter where needed at rural side road intersections throughout the project limits; installing centerline rumble strips in rural areas to enhance safety; and adding shoulder gravel to match the resurfaced elevation of US 8 and at gravel side road intersections.
- Traffic impacts: No changes to traffic; the job is finished.
Sawyer County
Highway: County C
- Location: Couderay River Bridge west of the village of Couderay
- Schedule: Aug. 12 to November
- Cost: $874,296
- Description: Removing and replacing the bridge deck.
- Traffic impacts: County C is closed at the bridge.
Highway: WIS 70
- Location: Log Creek northwest of the unincorporated community of Oxbo
- Schedule: May 28 to mid-September
- Cost: $898,575
- Description: Removing the existing two steel culverts, constructing a bridge to replace them, replacing the asphalt pavement on both ends of the bridges and installing guardrail and signage.
- Traffic impacts: Motorists will encounter single-lane closures controlled by temporary stop signs.
Washburn County
Highway: US 53
- Location: Wildcat Road southeast of Spooner to County A
- Schedule: July 31, 2023, to November 2024
- Cost: $22.74 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 pavement on the interchange ramps at US 63 and WIS 70; replacing the pavement on WIS 70 between the ramp terminals; rebuilding existing intersection approaches; and rehabilitating the bridges on US 53 over the Yellow River and US 63 and WIS 70 bridge over US 53.
- Traffic impacts: Traffic on US 53 is limited to a single lane in each direction, with north- and southbound traffic operating in the northbound lanes.
- County A is closed at US 53, and traffic is detoured via County H.
- The southbound US 53 exit ramp to US 63 will reopen to traffic by the end of the day.
- The southbound US 53 exit ramp to WIS 70 and the entrance ramp to southbound US 53 from WIS 70 will close to traffic early Monday, Sept. 9 and are expected to be closed to Friday, Sept. 27.
- Traffic on the WIS 70 bridge over US 53 east of Spooner has been shifted to the south side of the structure, with one lane operating in each direction and an 11-foot lane width restriction.
Highway: US 53
- Location: From Pine Grove Road south of Sarona to 26th Avenue north of Rice Lake
- Schedule: From September 5, 2023, to November 11, 2024
- Cost; $21.89 million
- Description: Taking out the old pavement and base course, putting down a new layer of aggregates for drainage, replacing the pavement, rebuilding the approaches to the intersections, and putting up a cable barrier in the median between 26th and 27th avenues. The pavement will also get a high-friction surface treatment in the same area to cut down on crossover and run-off-the-road accidents.
- Traffic impacts: US 53 only has one lane of traffic going in each way, and both northbound and southbound traffic use the northbound lanes.
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- Traffic is expected to remain in this configuration until late October.
- The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph in the work zone.
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