Over the next year, you will have to find a different route around Sevastopol and Jacksonport. On Wednesday, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation and Governor Tony Evers announced a contract worth $3,257,378 to improve four State Highway 57 drainage structures between Sturgeon Bay and Baileys Harbor. Beginning September 3rd, crews will work at Lily Bay Creek to replace a concrete box culvert and at Geisel Creek to install a new box girder bridge. The work is expected to last until November. DOT Spokesperson Mark Kantola says the area around the closures will be open to local traffic but adds that you cannot cross where the work is being done.

STH 57 will close two other times next year. From April to July 2025, the highway will close at Logan Creek to replace existing culvert pipes with a new at-grade slab span bridge. The same improvements will be done to the highway at Hibbard Creek, forcing its closure from September 2025 to November 2025. You can find the detour information below.

Traffic impacts

WIS 57 will be CLOSED AND DETOURED during the replacement of these drainage structures. No vehicles will be allowed to cross the structures during construction. There will be no access across the streams. Local, business, and emergency access will be maintained at all times.

Upcoming closure

WIS 57 will be CLOSED at both the Lily Bay and Geisel Creek structures beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2024. The bridge is expected to open by November 2024. 

Detour: The WIS 57 detour will follow WIS 42 and County I. 

WIS 57 will remain open to businesses and properties in the closed portion of WIS 57.

Please use the detour or other local routes to get around the construction zone if you do not have a destination within the closed portion of WIS 57.

Future closures

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.