Almost everywhere you look, and everywhere you go, there seems to be an area where construction is taking place in Door County.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced its annual bridge maintenance schedule for Door County. The Bayview Bridge in Sturgeon Bay will be closed on Monday, April 22, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and the Maple/Oregon Bridge in Sturgeon Bay will be closed on Tuesday, April 23, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sturgeon Bay City Engineer Chad Shefchik provided an update on the various construction projects around the city. Contractors started pouring all of the curbing and sidewalks to reconstruct the N 2nd Ave parking lot (between Michigan Street and Louisiana Street), and the concrete work was completed early this week. Motorists are encouraged to use the parking lot along N 2nd Ave between Louisiana Street and Kentucky Street as an alternative until the restoration work is completed.

Shefchik’s update also included the concrete work schedule for the following efforts:

Concrete cutting started yesterday on:

• N 12th Place (from Bluebird Street to Eagle Street)
• Eagle Street (from N 12th Place to N 12th Place)

After these roadways are completed cutting will begin on:

• W Maple Street (from Bayfield Ave to Baraboo Ave)
• N Fulton Ave (from W Hickory Street to W Juniper Street)
• N 17th Drive (from Michigan Street to Jefferson Place
• Kentucky Place (from N 16th Place to N 17th Drive)
• Louisiana Place (from N 16th Place to N 17th Drive)
• N 16th Place (from Louisiana Place to Kentucky Place)
• N 16th Drive (from Louisiana Place to Kentucky Place)

The contractor is currently removing concrete on:

• Huron Street (from N 14th Place to N 15th Place)
• Huron Court (from Huron Street to N 15th Place)
• N 15th Place (from Huron Street to Georgia Street)

After they are done in these areas they will head to the roadways being cut listed above.

Concrete removals where completed this week on:

• N 18th Place (from Georgia Street to Jefferson Drive)
• Jefferson Drive (from N 18th Place to N 18th Ave)
• Iowa Street (from N 18th Place to N 18th Ave)

The pouring crews will be headed to these streets after they complete the concrete work on at the N 2nd Ave parking lot.

Shefchik asks motorists to avoid these areas if possible to keep the area clear for construction workers and to limit congestion.

Further north, work on Wisconsin 42 continues with more culvert pipe work and grading of the roadway near Monument Point. You will also see crews start to milling and asphalt paving as well. The highway is closed to through traffic between the WIS 42/57 Mid Junction and County T, but local traffic will be maintained using flagging operations. You are considered local traffic if you live, shop, or work inside the closed area, and it can only be accessed by Wisconsin 42. Highway improvements are expected to be done by the end of June, but it will be open to all traffic for the Memorial Day and Juneteenth holidays.