Northwest Region Construction Update

Chippewa County
Highway: 240^th Street
Location: Paint Creek Bridge between 30^th and 40^th Avenues southwest of Cadott
Schedule: Sept. 3 to early November
Cost: $516,115
Description: Replacing the bridge, approach pavement on either side and pavement markings.
Traffic impacts: The road is closed at the bridge.

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Highway: WIS 27
Location: Eau Claire County line north to just south of WIS 29
Schedule: May 20 to late September
Cost: $3.85 million
Description: Performing a cold-in-place recycling of the top 3 inches of pavement on much of the project corridor; resurfacing approximately 1,000 feet of asphalt pavement just south of WIS 29; repairing the Paint Creek Bridge and substructure; milling the bridge deck and applying a concrete overlay; and adding approach pavement on both sides of the structure; cleaning, repairing, removing or replacing culverts as needed; adding centerline rumble strips; and upgrading guardrail.
Traffic impacts: Motorists will encounter daytime single-lane closures controlled by flagging operations.

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Highway: WIS 64
Location: WIS 27 North east of Cornell east to County H
Schedule: Aug. 5 to mid-September
Cost: $2.41 million
Description: Milling a portion of the existing pavement, mixing the millings with emulsion, rejuvenating agents and additives, relaying it and then seal coating the roadway; patching base asphalt; repairing a washout; reshouldering at guardrail; and adding centerline rumble strips and pavement marking.
Traffic impacts: None; project complete.

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Highway: US 53
Location: 40th Avenue in Lake Hallie to County B in the town of Tilden
Schedule: April 1 to late June 2026
Cost: $36.6 million
Description: Replacing the pavement on north- and southbound US 53, the ramps at the Business 29/County X, County S and County B interchanges and the crossroads between ramp terminals along County S and County B; completing polymer overlays on the four bridges over the Chippewa River and Business 29/County X; replacing guardrail and right-of-way fence; maintaining culverts through cleaning and making end repairs and replacing one cross culvert; repairing erosion on the east side of a box culvert that carries Tilden Creek south of County B; and installing a high-friction surface treatment on the pavement near the Business 29/County X interchange on US 53 to reduce run-off-the-road and out-of-control crashes, plantings for snow fence to minimize snow drifting at four locations, new pavement markings and shoulder rumble strips.
Traffic impacts: Traffic on US 53 is limited to a single lane in each direction from County N to County Q, with north- and southbound traffic operating on the southbound lanes.

• Traffic is expected to remain in this configuration through late October.
• One lane of traffic in each direction on County S is operating on the eastbound side of the highway underneath the US 53 overpass.
  • There is a lane width restriction of 10.5 feet on both lanes of County S.
  • Traffic is expected to be in this configuration until the week of Sept. 23.
• The ramp from County B to northbound US 53 is anticipated to be closed from Thursday, Sept. 19 to Thursday, Oct. 10.