With more orange barrels and barricades popping up in and around Sturgeon Bay this week, you may have to be more patient and drive accordingly.  The only state highway project planned for Door County was to start Monday night and improve a 1.2-mile stretch on Highway 42-57 north from Egg Harbor Road to the junction of the state highways.  The Wisconsin DOT announced late Monday that the start of the project has been delayed until next Monday. 

When the construction does start, traffic will remain open during the day from 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. with overnight work being done.  From 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., traffic will be detoured utilizing Egg Harbor Road, Old Highway Road, County BB, and County HH.  Wisconsin Department of Transportation Regional Communication Manager Mark Kantola explains the details of the milling and resurfacing project should be completed by the middle of June.

In Sturgeon Bay, City Engineer Chad Shefchik said that starting Monday work will begin on Michigan Street from west of 12th Avenue to 4th Avenue with rolling “soft” closures of the roadway. Soft closures mean barricades will be staggered across the roadway to close the roadway to general traffic and allow only local traffic through.  You can find the complete list of construction projects beginning this spring in Sturgeon Bay below.

Construction Update - Sturgeon Bay Roadway Projects

Sturgeon Bay’s 2023 roadway projects have just begun and you may have started to see barricades and construction vehicles starting to show up around the City.

Starting on Monday, April 24^th rolling “soft” closures of the roadway will begin on Michigan Street from just west of 12^th Ave to 4^th Ave.  A “soft” closure means that barricades will be staggered across the roadway to close the roadway to general through traffic.  The barricades are staggered so that access remains open for residences, businesses, and emergency services vehicles within the closed areas.  For all others, please go around the block and stay out of the closed areas if at all possible.  The contractors will only be “soft” closing sections that they are actively working on, and the barricades will be moved back to the side of the road when they complete work for the day.

S 16^th Place (from 460’ south of Michigan to Utah Street):  Concrete curbing and sidewalk sections to be replaced have been marked, cut, and are currently being removed.  The contractor should have crews in on Monday April 24^th to start repouring the removed sections.

The Michigan Street project also involves work on multiple side roads that intersect with Michigan Street.  Currently concrete curbing and sidewalk sections to be replaced are being marked out and cut.  Starting on Monday, April 24^th or Tuesday, April 25^th removal of these sections will begin and this work will require the roadway closures described above.  This work described will be taking place on the following roadways:

• Michigan Street (from just west of 12^th Ave to 4^th Ave).
• S 8^th Ave (from Michigan Street to Oregon Street)
• S 7^th Ave (from Michigan Street to Oregon Street)
• N 6^th Ave (from Michigan Street to Louisiana Street) – NOTE:  this segment only includes sidewalk repairs from last year’s gas line replacements.

N 12^th Ave (from Michigan Street to Louisiana Street) is also part of this project but work will be pushed back until the rest of the project is completed to minimize the impact to school traffic for now.

After these 2 project complete work will eventually begin on:

• W Juniper Street (from N Duluth Ave to N Fulton Ave)
• N Elgin Ave (from W Juniper Street to W Hickory Street)