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Northeast Region Winter 2025/2026 Highway Construction Advisory
Northeast Region Winter 2025/2026 Highway Construction Advisory
Weekly construction advisory resumes in the spring of 2026
(Green Bay) The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region announces winter construction operations for multi-year projects or carryover projects taking place in WisDOT’s Northeast Region over the winter of 2025/26.
The Northeast Region Weekly Construction Update will resume in the spring of 2026.
The NE Region has 11 counties: Brown, Calumet, Door, Fond du Lac, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Oconto, Outagamie, Sheboygan, and Winnebago. Below is a list of public resources available for construction, work zones, and traffic impact information.
Northeast Region Highway Maintenance Traffic Impacts Advisory:
I-41 Expansion (Appleton to De Pere) Majors Project (2024 to 2030)
Individual Northeast Region project construction websites:
View this NE Region Weekly Update online:
All 2025 construction projects in the Northeast Region:
WisDOT Northeast Region Twitter account:
Statewide construction and traffic impacts:
- https://511wi.gov/ or call 511.
*All work and traffic impacts are weather-dependent and subject to change*
BROWN COUNTY
Southbridge Interchange – This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere.
Location/limits: Local streets/frontage roads near the future Southbridge Interchange.
Length: 0.59 miles
Cost: $17.4 million
Schedule: October 2025 to October 2026
Description of work: To build the new, I-41 overpass required for the Brown County South Bridge Connector, local frontage road realignment was completed as an initial phase of the project. Now that the realignment of the frontage roads is complete, the early fill material will sit in place to settle over the winter of 2025/2026. The contractor will also begin work on temporary widening and the median bridge pier fall of this year continuing until summer 2026. Other work on this contract includes 11 sign structures, box culvert extension, common excavation, roadway embankment, base aggregate, select crushed, concrete pavement, hot mix asphalt pavement, storm sewer, erosion control, signing, pavement marking, and all other incidental items necessary to complete the work.
Winter 2025/2026: Work will continue in the median for bridge construction. The median pier construction will continue with installing steel reinforcement and pouring concrete piers. Following the pier construction the abutments work will follow into the spring of 2026. Traffic control and erosion control devices will be installed and maintained as needed.
Winter 2025/2026 traffic impacts: Occasional nightly Lane closures will continue to complete median bridge work.
Local Roads: Please see project website for local road closures.
Project website: https://i41project.wisconsindot.gov/
Brown County South Bridge Connector information (Brown County Project): https://www.browncountywi.gov/departments/highway/general-information/south-bridge-connector/.
CALUMET COUNTY
WIS 55 and US 151 Culvert and Structure Replacements
Location/Limits: The projects will replace a bridge, box culverts, and pipe culverts along WIS 55 and US 151 from the south county line to Stockbridge. These are spot replacements.
- The existing box culvert between Enterprise Street and School Street on WIS 55 in Stockbridge will be replaced with a bridge (2025 construction).
- The existing box culvert between Indian Road and County HHH in Brothertown will be replaced (2025 construction).
- Additional box and pipe culverts on WIS 55 will be replaced between County E and US 151 in Stockbridge (2026 construction).
Length: 9.5 miles (Seven structure location)
Schedule: Multi-year project. August 18, 2025, to October 22, 2026. Winter shutdown period from November 15, 2025, to May 15, 2026.
Cost: $4.2 million
Description of work: The projects will replace a bridge, box culverts, and pipe culverts along WIS 55 and US 151. Other work includes guardrail and pavement replacement adjacent to the structures, sidewalk, storm sewer, and various other components.
Winter 2025/2026: Crews will be on site in the spring of 2026 to resume work on the additional structure replacements on WIS 55 between County E and US 151.
Traffic Impacts: There will be no traffic impacts during winter shutdown.
Project website: https://projects.511wi.gov/us151wis55/
MARINETTE COUNTY
US 141 village of Crivitz
Location/Limits: US 141 in the village of Crivitz from Owl Lane to the South Junction of Old Hwy 141, Marinette County, Wisconsin.
Length: 1.45 miles
Schedule: July 21, 2025, to November 2025
Cost: $1.94 million
Description: This project will convert the existing four-lane roadway through Crivitz to a three-lane roadway with two-way left turn lane (TWLTL). This improvement is known as a Road Diet. A road diet consists of converting a four-lane roadway (two lanes each direction) to a three-lane roadway (one in each direction plus a center left-turn lane). Other work includes roadway resurfacing, intersection improvements at US 141/County W and at Old Hwy 141 and US 141, railroad crossing work to install raised medians and rehabilitate the track and replace existing inlets with flumes.
Winter 2025/26: Project complete. Crews will install new traffic signals at US 141/County W when materials arrive.
Project website: https://projects.511wi.gov/141crivitz/
OUTAGAMIE COUNTY
Ballard Road Interchange Reconstruction – This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere.
Location/limits: Ballard Road from Capital Drive to East Evergreen Drive including the I-41 ramp terminals.
Length: 0.52 miles
Cost: $19.3 million
Schedule: April 28, 2025, to May 01, 2026
Description of work: Work will include reconstructing the Ballard Road interchange as a diverging diamond interchange (DDI) to accommodate higher traffic volumes, increase safety, and include additional bike and pedestrian accommodations. In addition, improvements will be made to the Ballard Road Park and Ride.
Winter 2025/26: Project is currently in winter shutdown. The contractor will finish concrete staining, plantings, permanent pavement marking, and punchlist items in spring 2026. The temporary traffic signals at the intersection of WIS 47/Ridgeview Road will be removed mid-April 2026.
Traffic Impacts: Various lane closures in spring 2026.
Project website: https://i41project.wisconsindot.gov/
WIS 15/County OO/Northland Avenue Interchange – This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere.
Location/limits: WIS 15/County OO/Northland interchange with I-41
Length: 0.51 miles
Cost: $23.1 million
Schedule: Feb. 3 to November 2025
Description of work: This work is to replace the WIS 15/County OO/Northland Avenue structures over I-41, along with the approaches on both the west and east sides of the interchange. WIS 15 interchange will be updated to a Diverging Diamond configuration.
Winter 2025/26: Crews will be completing general clean-up and various touch-up work throughout the interchange. Project contract complete.
Project website: https://i41project.wisconsindot.gov/
I-41 Mainline Construction – This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Majors Project between Appleton and De Pere.
Location/limits: WIS 96 to Lynndale Drive
Length: 2.56 miles
Cost: $77.43 million
Schedule: February 2025 to November 2026
Description of work: This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere. This contract is to reconstruct I-41 expanding mainline to six lanes. This project includes the reconstruction of the I-41 mainline bridge structures over the Fox Valley and Lake Superior Railroad and construction of new box culverts under I-41 and Lynndale Drive.
Winter 2025/2026: Crews will be installing storm sewer in the median of I-41 between WIS 96 and Lynndale as weather allows. Construction of the west half of the Lynndale box culvert will continue for most of the winter. Grading operations for southbound I-41 median shoulder will continue as weather allows.
Winter 2024/2025 Traffic Impacts:
- Lynndale Drive reduced to one lane in either direction between Capitol Drive and Grand Chute Blvd. Both lanes of traffic utilizing the northbound lanes on Lynndale as crews work to complete the west portion of the box culvert under Lynndale.
- Long term closure of northbound I-41 median lane between College Ave. and WIS 96
- I-41 northbound traffic will continue to use existing pavement with 10’ median shoulder and 2’ outside shoulder.
- I-41 southbound traffic will utilize newly constructed lanes with 10’ median shoulder and varying outside shoulder widths.
I-41 Expansion Project website: https://i41project.wisconsindot.gov/
I-41 Mainline and County U Interchange – This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Majors Project between Appleton and De Pere. This update is a combination of two projects for the I-41 Expansion in the same project limits. Both project updates will be featured in one update.
Location/limits: I-41 between County J and County S, and County U under I-41.
Length: 5.15 miles
Cost: $101 million: $13 million for the ongoing project at County U. $88 million project began in September 2025 within the same limits as the original project.
Schedule: March 31, 2025, to late fall 2027
Description of work: This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere. This contract is to expand I-41 northbound and southbound to six lanes and reconstructs the County U interchange, ramps, and frontage roads. Major contract work includes concrete pavement, bridge construction, sign structure construction, noise wall construction, roundabout construction, roadway realignment, pond construction, Intelligent Traffic Systems, Freeway Traffic Mitigation Systems, and incidentals. Please see the project website for details of the five-year project.
Winter 2025/2026: Bridge crews will continue temporary structure widening on northbound over County JJ and Wrightstown Road. Crews will also continue construction of the northbound over County U structure in the median of I-41 northbound and southbound. Electrical crews will continue installation of the fiber optic communication line for the new SWEF building. Storm sewer crews will complete portions of median storm sewer installation between the SWEF site and County U in the median. If weather permits, northbound and southbound long-term lane shifts will be removed on southbound over County U and northbound over County JJ and Wrightstown Road when structure work is complete.
Winter 2025/2026 traffic impacts: November through March 2026
- Southbound left shoulder is CLOSED between Apple Creek and Wrightstown Road
- Intermittent, nightly mainline lane closures on northbound lanes and southbound lanes between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.
- Intermittent off-peak closures of County U, County JJ, and Wrightstown Road for bridge demolition and construction.
I-41 Expansion Project website: https://i41project.wisconsindot.gov/
New Wisconsin State Patrol headquarters and I-41 Safety and Weight Enforcement Facility – This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere.
Location/limits: Safety and Weight Enforcement Facility on northbound I-41 near County U (County Line Road) in Wrightstown.
Schedule: October 25, 2024, through December 2025 for Building Contract; July 18, 2025, through August 2026 for Site Grading and Paving Contract; Weigh-In-Motion portion of Site contract to finish December of 2027.
Cost: $16.2 million for Building Contract. $8 million for Site Contract.
Description of work: This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere. The contracts will create a new regional headquarters for the Wisconsin State Patrol and a replace the current Safety and Weight Enforcement Facility (SWEF) located along northbound I-41 in Wrightstown. The project is broken into two construction contracts with the current contract involving the demolition of the existing buildings and constructing a retention pond, communication towers, and a new building that will serve as both a modernized safety and weight enforcement facility and regional headquarters for the Wisconsin State Patrol. The second construction contract will include ramp connections to I-41, new loop ramps within the project site, a static scale, weigh-in-motion scaling, and a commercial parking lot to accommodate semi-truck parking on the facility grounds.
Winter 2025/26: Work continues at both the building and the site over winter.
Traffic impacts: No impacts to I-41 motorists currently. SWEF building is closed until winter 2025/2026. No public access to SWEF during construction. Site will remain closed to public access from northbound I-41 through August 2026.
Project website: https://i41project.wisconsindot.gov/
Salt Storage Facility – This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere.
Location/limits: Non-highway, Outagamie County
Length: N/A
Cost: $4.25 million
Schedule: Project began July 14, 2025. Winter shutdown September 29. Project resumes in spring 2026 and is expected to finish by October 15, 2026
Description of work: This is a construction contract for the I-41 Expansion Project between Appleton and De Pere. This work is to construct a new Salt Storage Facility in Outagamie County.
Winter 2025/26: No work. Work resumes in spring 2026.
Project website: https://i41project.wisconsindot.gov/
SHEBOYGAN COUNTY
WIS 32 Resurfacing and Box Culverts
Location/limits: County D to WIS 28 between Cedar Grove and Sheboygan Falls.
Length: 9.9 miles
Cost: $5.1 million
Schedule: March 31, 2025, to November 14, 2025 (minor work in December 2025)
Description of work: This is a construction contract to mill and overlay WIS 32. The contract also includes the construction of four new box culverts and the installation of eight culvert crossings. Curb ramps in the village of Cedar Grove are being replaced to meet current ADA requirements. Guardrail is also being updated to current standards.
Winter 2025/26: Project substantially complete November 14. Work remaining will be conducted in November/December 2025. Remaining work includes minor vegetation management, top mount for guardrail, and installation of railing on a small portion of sidewalk.
Project website: https://projects.511wi.gov/32scculverts/
WINNEBAGO COUNTY
US 45 / Main Street Bridge Rehabilitation – City of Oshkosh
Location/limits: W 6th Avenue to Ceape Avenue (bridge and approaches)
Length: 0.2 miles
Cost: $6.06 million
Schedule: September 2, 2025, to April 17, 2026.
Description of work: This is a rehabilitation-level project for work on the bridge’s structural, electrical, and mechanical components.
Winter 2025/2026: Project work will continue through the winter months. The roadway deck and paint system on the movable span will be replaced. The span mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical systems will be rehabilitated.
Traffic impacts: The bridge is closed until April 2026. The movable span is secured to masted navigation until April 2026.
Detour: Vehicle and pedestrian traffic will be detoured to the Jackson Street bridge.
Project website: https://projects.511wi.gov/45oshbridge/
Brooks Road and US 45 Overpass
Location/limits: Brooks Road at the US 45 Overpass
Length: 0.1 Miles (Brooks Road) 0.2 miles (US 45)
Schedule: September 15, 2025, to December 2025 (35 working day contract)
Cost: $952,434.49
Description of work: The project consists of the repair/replacement of the existing retaining wall on the overpass of US 45 and Brooks Road. The work included is the construction of a new retaining wall, beamguard installation, removing and replacing anchor slabs and parapets, and all incidental items necessary to complete the work shown on the plans.
Winter 2025/26: Crews will finish concrete masonry and guardrail on the overpass. Project will finish in December 2025.
Traffic Impacts: Brooks Road is closed to thru traffic at US 45 until December 12, 2025. No signed detour provided. US 45 shoulder closures until December 12.
In-construction weekly updates: https://projects.511wi.gov/weeklyupdates-ne/
WIS 441 Maintenance Improvement
Location/Limits: WIS 441 corridor and respective system interchange ramps between the I-41/US 10 interchange and South Oneida Street in the village of Fox Crossing, city of Menasha and city of Appleton.
Length: 4.00 miles
Schedule: April 28, 2025, through spring 2026
Cost: $7.422 million (initial contract)
Description of work: Since the 6-lane expansion of WIS 441, there has been settlement on the approach pavement to the structures along the corridor. This maintenance project will improve the riding surface by replacing bridge approaches at 13 structures within the I-41/US 10 interchange and along the WIS 441 corridor. Work includes removing concrete pavement, concrete pavement, concrete approach slabs, hot mix asphalt pavement, concrete barrier, concrete barrier temporary, traffic control, pavement marking, lighting, structural approach slabs and finishing items.
Winter 2025/26: Project currently in winter shutdown. Crews will complete the railing replacement installation within the I-41/US 10 interchange tentatively scheduled for December 2025. Crews will also complete the spot replacement polymer overlay on various structures on US 10/WIS 441 westbound in spring 2026.
Winter 2025/26 Traffic impacts:
- Eastbound US 10 system interchange connector ramp to northbound I-41 CLOSED for one night in December from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. with specific date yet to be determined.
- Westbound US 10/Oneida Street will have lane closures the week of December 1, 2025, within the US 10/WIS 441 interchange to complete bridge work.
Lane reductions
There will be continuous lane reductions in place from three lanes to one lane allowed on WIS 441 westbound protected by traffic control drums between South Oneida Street and Midway Road in spring 2026. The outside lane closures will be in place over one weekend and fully open to traffic in advance of the upcoming work week.
Project website: https://projects.511wi.gov/441bypass/
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