Project Note
This isn't the current project impacting traffic on the bridges in 2024. That work is being done by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Location
The bridges that carry I-94 over the St. Croix River between Hudson, WI, and Lakeland, Minn.
Overview
Both structures are in need of maintenance to extend their service lives. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is proposing to:
- Repair the modular and end joints on both bridges.
- Make concrete surface repairs.
- Place a new polymer overlay on the bridge decks.
- Complete spot painting of bridge pins and hangers.
- Replace the sidewalk railing.
- Replace the block wall crossing under and adjacent to I-94 and parallel to the pedestrian path on the Wisconsin approach.
Schedule
Construction currently is scheduled for 2025.
Traffic Impacts
During construction, I-94 will remain open to traffic, but multiple stages will be used to shift traffic to allow work on both bridges to be performed.
- During stages one and two:
- Westbound I-94 traffic will be reduced from three down to two through lanes, with one lane of westbound traffic remaining on the WB bridge and one lane of westbound traffic shifted onto the eastbound structure.
- Three lanes of eastbound traffic will remain on the eastbound bridge.
- During stages three and four:
- Westbound I-94 traffic will be reduced from three down to two through lanes, with two lanes of westbound traffic remaining on the westbound structure.
- One lane of eastbound I-94 traffic will remain on the eastbound bridge, and two lanes of eastbound traffic will be shifted to the westbound bridge.
- The on-ramp from WIS 35 in Hudson to westbound I-94 will be closed. Motorists will have to take WIS 35 to eastbound I-94 to the Carmichael interchange and turn around to head westbound on the interstate.
Project Document
For more information on the proposed project, please review the following:
Contacts
Zach VanOstrand
WisDOT Northwest Region Consultant Project Manager
(952) 456-6707
zach.vanostrand@peservicesmn.com
Nicole Passuello
WisDOT Northwest Region Project Supervisor
(715) 833-5572
nicole.passuello@dot.wi.gov
Christena T. O'Brien
WisDOT Northwest Region Communications Manager
(715) 833-9814, (715) 828-9471
christena.obrien@dot.wi.gov
Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT)
Northwest Region, Eau Claire Office
718 W. Clairemont Ave.
Eau Claire, WI 54701
(715) 836-2891, (800) 991-5285
WI Telecommunications Relay System (TTY): 711
nwr.dtsd@dot.wi.gov