It will be a while before locals and visitors to Door County can take the complete scenic route to Sturgeon Bay on County U this summer after the roadway suffered a catastrophic collapse near the Rosewood Road and South Shiloh Road intersection on Tuesday morning.  Door County Highway Department Deputy Commissioner Randy Dvorak reported that he doesn’t know how long the road will be closed given the size of the 200-foot culvert that was washout caused by over four inches of rainfall in three hours.  He says the new culvert must be ordered and will cost about $100,000 to repair and install the road.  

For the foreseeable future, drivers will have to take the detour using County roads J and S and Kennedy Drive. About two miles north of the collapse on County U, the dead-end Bear Creek Road suffered a partial washout on the northside lane.