The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) provides weekly road construction updates for counties in north central Wisconsin: Adams, Green Lake, Florence, Forest, Iron, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marquette, Menominee, Oneida, Portage, Price, Shawano, Vilas, Waupaca, Waushara, and Wood.

Construction schedules are dependent on favorable weather conditions and construction progress.

Iron County

Highway: US 2 (*added*)

Location: Between WIS 122 and County B, town of Saxon

Schedule: April 16 to late July 2018

Cost: $925,000

Description: Crews will replace the bridge deck and make improvements to the approaches. Traffic impacts: Motorists can expect to encounter single lane closures and temporary traffic signals.

Lincoln County

Highway: US 51 (*updated*)

Location: WIS 64 interchange (Merrill)

Schedule: November 6, 2017 to June 14, 2018

Cost: $423,000

Description: Crews are repairing the US 51 bridge abutments.

Traffic impacts: Motorists on northbound US 51 can expect single lane closures, speed reductions and a 13-foot width restriction. Motorists on WIS 64 can expect lane closures and stop signs at US 51.

Portage County

Highway: I-39 and WIS 54 (*added*)

Locations:

• I-39 (WIS 54 to North 2^nd Street)
• WIS 54 (Hoover Avenue to Harding Avenue)

Schedule: April 16 to late June 2018

Cost: $7.4 million

Description: Crews will resurface the highways. Improvements include applying a high-friction surface to the I-39 bridges over the Plover River, and to northbound I-39 between Business 51 and the North 2^nd Street overpass.

Traffic impacts:

• I-39: Single lane closures, speed reductions, and some nighttime ramp closures at WIS 54, County HH, US 10 east, WIS 66 east, and Business 51

• WIS 54: Lane closures and flagging operations

Highway: WIS 54

Location: I-39 interchange (Plover)

Schedule: April 2 to early June 2018

Cost: $414,000

Description: Crews will place a concrete deck overlay on the bridge and make improvements to the bridge approaches.

Traffic impacts: WIS 54 will be reduced to one lane on the bridge using temporary traffic signals. Some short-term ramp closures will be required.

Price County

Highway: WIS 182

Location: WIS 13 to Saunders Avenue and the Flambeau River bridge, in Park Falls

Schedule: May 22, 2017 to late May 2018

Cost: $2.8 million

Description: Crews replaced the bridge over the North Fork of the Flambeau River. Remaining work includes staining and sealing the new bridge, resurfacing WIS 182 between WIS 13 and Saunders Avenue, curb and gutter, and new sidewalks.

Website: https://projects.511wi.gov/wis182/

Traffic impacts: The bridge is open. Work is currently scheduled to resume on Monday, May 7. Motorists can expect to encounter lane closures, temporary traffic signals, and flagging operations.

Vilas County

Highway: US 51

Location: 3^rd Avenue (Woodruff) to Tuckaway Road (Arbor Vitae)

Schedule: April 2 to mid-October 2019

Cost: $9.3 million

Description: Crews will reconstruct the highway to a five-lane configuration between 3rd Avenue and Tuckaway Road, replace storm sewer and culverts, replace water mains and sanitary sewer, replace traffic signals at the US 51/3rd Avenue and US 51/WIS 47 intersections, add right-turn lanes from US 51 to WIS 47, and replace street lighting.

Website: https://projects.511wi.gov/us51minocqua/

Traffic impacts: Motorists can expect to encounter lane closures, flagging operations, and some delays during peak travel hours. Access to adjacent properties will be maintained.

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