Starting next week, you will need to take an alternate highway route when driving up the bayside of the Door Peninsula. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) announced this week that the construction work on a 12-mile stretch of State Highway 42 just north of Sturgeon Bay to Egg Harbor will begin next Wednesday, April 3.  Governor Tony Evers signed off on the contracted project for over $6.7 million. DOT Northeast Region Communication Manager Mark Kantola describes what the road improvements will mean for driver safety after completion.

Northeast Asphalt is the prime contractor that will begin milling and resurfacing work on the lanes and roadway shoulders while adding right-turn lanes at the Monument Point Road intersection and installing new rumble strips for enhanced safety.

State Highway 42, at the mid-junction with Highway 57 in the town of Sevastopol, will be closed to through traffic and detoured onto Highway 57 north to County V, County A, and County EE.  Local traffic will be open with flagging operations for those needing to access businesses or residential properties located on the closed route on Highway 42. 

The highway project is expected to be completed by mid-June. A 511 Wisconsin Construction website with WIS 42 Project graphics, maps, and displays is available here. You can also watch a video of the WIS 42 Public Construction Information Meeting on the website.