You will have to get used to the sight of construction cones in Door County this year. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced its 2024 road construction projects earlier this week. Of the over 20 projects slated for the DOT’s Northeast Region, three are set for Door County. Two of the projects are centered around the resurfacing of State Highway 42, covering approximately 19 miles of road from just north of its junction with STH 57 to Bluff Lane in the Town of Gibraltar. Both of the projects are scheduled to take place this spring, with the southern portion beginning in April and the northern portion starting in May. DOT Project Manager Paul Brauer says the success of the Village of Egg Harbor’s STH 42 project will allow the state’s portion to take place smoothly.
A separate structure replacement project for portions of STH 57 is also in the works for 2024, though that will take place over the next year. The first phase will be focused on the Lily Bay and Geisel Creek locations this September. Logan Creek will be addressed in April 2025, and Hibbard Creek will receive attention in September 2025. You can read and hear more about the projects below.
HEAR FROM PROJECT MANAGER PAUL BRAUER
DOOR COUNTY
Location: WIS 42 from approximately 0.1 miles north of the mid-junction with WIS 57 in the town of Sevastopol to Rainbow Ridge Road in the town of Egg Harbor.
Length of project work zone: 12.1 miles
Expected construction schedule: The contract is 50 working days, which equates to approximately three months of work that is anticipated to occur from April through June of 2024, but some work could extend until after Labor Day weekend 2024.
Description of work: Milling and resurfacing of existing asphaltic lanes and shoulders, replacing various culvert pipes, adding right turn lanes at the Monument Point Road intersection and associated excavation, installing centerline and shoulder rumble strips, adding gravel to existing shoulders, and pavement marking.
Traffic impacts: WIS 42 will be constructed under single-lane closures via flagging operations for both local and through traffic. However, at the start of construction for this project, most of this project length (north of County I) will already be detoured under the village of Egg Harbor’s local project. That closure/detour will be extended further south to the mid-junction with WIS 57 as part of this project. The overall combined WIS 42 detour will then follow WIS 57, County V, County A, and County EE.
Detour: As noted above, in cooperation with the village of Egg Harbor’s project, the overall combined WIS 42 detour will then follow WIS 57, County V, County A, and County EE.
NOTE: A public meeting to discuss the project has been scheduled for March 19th at 1:30 p.m. at Sevastopol Town Hall
WIS 42 Resurfacing
Location: WIS 42 from Rainbow Ridge Road in the town of Egg Harbor to Bluff Lane in the town of Gibraltar.
Length of project work zone: 7.0 miles
Construction schedule: The contract time is 25 working days, which equates to approximately 1.5 months of work that is anticipated to occur in May and June of 2024, but some work could extend until after Labor Day weekend of 2024.
Description of work: Milling and resurfacing of existing asphaltic lanes and shoulders; installing centerline and shoulder rumble strips; upgrading guardrail and associated excavation; adding gravel to existing shoulders; and pavement marking.
Traffic impacts: WIS 42 will be constructed under single-lane closures via flagging operations for both local and through traffic.
NOTE: WIS 42 south of County EE in the project work zone is closed for a village of Egg Harbor Local Program project.
The construction for this project will utilize the local closure.
Detour: A WIS 42 detour is being provided by other projects. The detour will follow WIS 57, County V, County A, and County EE.
WIS 57 Structure Replacement
Location: WIS 57 from approximately the mid-junction with WIS 42 in the town of Sevastopol to approximately County E in the town of Baileys Harbor.
Length of project work zone: 17.0 miles
Schedule: A construction contract is a carry-over contract that will begin in September 2024 and is anticipated to be completed in December 2025. Each structure replacement location will have its own interim anticipated start and completion date:
Lily Bay and Geisel Creek locations – September 2024 start and December 2024 completion
Logan Creek location - April 2025 start and July 2025 completion
Hibbard Creek location – September 2025 start to December 2025 completion.
Description of work: Work will include replacing the existing deteriorated drainage structures at four locations. The existing box culvert at Lily Bay Creek will be replaced with a new concrete box culvert, the existing box culvert at Geisel Creek will be replaced with a new box girder bridge, the existing culvert pipes at Logan Creek will be replaced with a new at-grade slab span bridge, and the existing culvert pipes at Hibbard Creek will be replaced with a new at-grade slab span bridge.
Traffic impacts: WIS 57 will be closed and detoured for the construction of these structures.
Detour: During the construction of both the Lily Bay and Geisel Creek structures, the WIS 57 detour will follow WIS 42 and County I. During the construction of the Logan Creek structure, the WIS 57 detour will follow County T and County V. During the construction of the Hibbard Creek structure, the WIS 57 detour will follow County V, County A, and County E.
