WIS 23 Expansion
Location/limits: USH 151 to Seven Hills Road
Length: 5.59 miles
Cost: $35 million
Schedule: Contract Completion Date of November 15, 2022
Description of work: This portion of the WIS 23 improvement project will reconstruct and raise the profile of the existing four lane portion of WIS 23 from US 151 to Whispering Springs Boulevard and expand WIS 23 from 2 lanes to 4 lanes from Whispering Springs Boulevard to Seven Hills Road. Interchanges will be constructed at County K and County UU, intersection improvements will also be made throughout the corridor.
November 8 to November 12:
The contractor is working on the following items:
- Highway 23 eastbound (Wisconsin American Drive to County UU)
- Complete barrier wall construction
- Place guardrail
- Complete asphalt paving
- Continue topsoil, landscaping, and permanent signing
- Begin pavement marking
- Highway 23 westbound (County UU to Seven Hills)
- Continue concrete paving
- County K south of Highway 23/Maryhill Drive
- Complete gravel shoulders
- Complete permanent signing
- Complete pavement marking
- County UU interchange
- Placing fill on the interchange
- Begin topsoil placement
- County UU bridge over Highway 23
- Continue pier construction
November 15 to November 19:
The contractor is scheduled to work on the following items:
- Highway 23 eastbound (Wisconsin American Drive to County UU)
- Complete pavement markings
- Complete topsoil, landscaping, and permanent signing
- Install temporary concrete barrier
- Traffic switch
- Highway 23 westbound (USH 151 to Wisconsin American Drive)
- Install traffic signal poles and remaining light poles
- Complete pavement marking
- Remove temporary traffic signals
- Highway 23 westbound (County UU to Seven Hills)
- Complete concrete pavement placement
- County K south of Highway 23/Maryhill Drive
- Traffic switch
- County UU Interchange
- Placing fill on the interchange
- County UU bridge over Highway 23
- Continue bridge construction
- Whispering Springs
- New temporary pavement will be placed connecting existing Whispering Springs to new Highway 23 eastbound.
Traffic impacts:
The following items are anticipated for the week of November 15th:
- Highway 23 eastbound traffic will be moved to the new eastbound lanes from Wisconsin American Drive to County UU. Eastbound traffic east of County UU will use the existing eastbound lanes. The traffic switch is tentatively scheduled for the night of Monday November 15th.
- Highway 23 westbound traffic will be moved to the new eastbound lanes from County UU to Wisconsin American Drive. The traffic switch is tentatively scheduled for the night of Tuesday November 16th.
- Whispering Springs will have access to Highway 23 on the new temporary pavement connection.
- Access to Highway 23 from Hilltop Drive will use the existing westbound lanes of Highway 23 to the west to the Whispering Springs temporary connection.
- County K south of Highway 23 will be open when Highway 23 traffic is moved to the new eastbound lanes. County K will have access to Hillside Circle, Maryhill Drive, and Highway 23 eastbound. County K will remain closed under Highway 23 until late 2022. Access to Highway 23 westbound will remain closed until late 2022. Highway 23 eastbound will be able access County K south using the new ramp.
The following traffic impacts remain in place:
- CTH UU (South of STH 23) – Closed
- CTH UU (North of STH 23) – Closed
- CTH K North (Highway 23 Intersection) – Closed.
- WB shoulder closure Whispering Springs to 7 Hills Road – Closed
The following restrictions will remain in place.
- Southbound Whispering Springs to eastbound highway 23
- Eastbound highway 23 to northbound Whispering Springs
Please use alternate routes to access these locations.