Work in 2025 on westbound I-94 includes replacing pavement, bridges and a culvert
Release date: March 10, 2026
Construction on the final year of a multiyear improvement project on I-94 from just west of the US 53 interchange in the city of Eau Claire to Mallard Road in the Eau Claire County town of Clear Creek is set to resume Monday, March 16. The start is weather dependent.
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation project includes:
- Removing and replacing the pavement on I-94 from Otter Creek to Mallard Road
- Resurfacing the shoulders and completing concrete pavement repair on I-94 and collector roads from the western project limits to Otter Creek
- Resurfacing the I-94/US 53 interchange, the approaching pavement on US 53 and the interchange ramps
- Widening the eastbound I-94 bridge over Otter Creek
- Removing and replacing the east- and westbound bridges over County D and County J
- The bridge over County J will be replaced first. Once the new structure is complete, the bridge over County D will be replaced.
- Removing and replacing a box culvert near County D
- Repairing storm sewer
- Placing new pavement markings
Construction in 2026 includes replacing the pavement on eastbound I-94 from Otter Creek to Mallard Road, the eastbound bridges over County J and County D and the box culvert carrying Kluckman Valley Creek under eastbound I-94 near County D. In addition, crews will complete shoulders, remove temporary lanes and structures and restore the interstate’s median.
Motorists will encounter single-lane closures in both directions during nonpeak travel times once work resumes. In addition, County J is expected to close to traffic at I-94 Monday, March 23 for the demolition of the bridge and construction of a new structure.
Construction is scheduled for completion late November.
Hoffman Construction Co. of Black River Falls is the prime contractors on the $69.97 million contract.
For more information, visit the project’s 511
website.
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For more information regarding traffic impacts, transportation news and improvement project updates in Wisconsin’s Northwest Region:
For more information, contact:
Christena T. O'Brien, Northwest Region Communications Manager
(715) 833-9814, (715) 828-9471,
christena.obrien@dot.wi.gov