Editorial cartoon: WisDOT interchange plans cause uncertainty

Published: November 2, 2012
Tags: Benedict Konop, Brown County, cartoon, farm equipment, heavy equipment, Highway 29, Hobart, interchange, Jeff Bruce, Joe Brusky, Kim Rudat, KroppKropp (Amt), M&A, machinery, Mark Ratty, Mary Jo Brusky, Pat Sorenson, Sandy Kropp, Shawano County, Stuart Sorenson Trucking LLC, the southbound, United States, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

WisDOT interchange plans cause uncertainty 

Published: October 30, 2012
Tags: Barron County, Benedict Konop, Brown County, farm equipment, heavy equipment, Highway 29, Hobart, interchange, Jeff Bruce, Joe Brusky, Kim Rudat, M&A, machinery, Mark Ratty, Mary Jo Brusky, Pat Sorenson, Sandy Kropp, Shawano County, Stuart Sorenson Trucking, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

Sandy Kropp and her long-term ability to farm land at County VV and Highway 29 in Hobart are at the mercy of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

I-39/90 project attracts interchange proposal

By Paul Snyder Convenience might not be a strong enough reason to persuade lawmakers to add a Milton interchange to the estimated $1.02 billion Interstate 39/90 expansion. Still, state Rep. Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, said he is lobbying for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation to study a possible interchange at I-39/90 and County Road M near [...]

State to build half of key PGA Championship interchange in Kohler

Published: May 11, 2010
Tags: Buteyn-Peterson Construction, interchange, Interstate 43, Kleist, Kohler, Kummer, Lambert & Fox LLP, Michael Berg, PGA Championship golf tournament, Schnell, Terence P. Fox, Van Stelle, Whistling Straits Golf Course, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By Sean Ryan An eminent domain lawsuit challenging a proposed Interstate 43 interchange near Kohler has delayed half of the project. But the other half, an on-ramp on the west side of I-43, is likely to go to Buteyn-Peterson Construction Co. Inc., Sheboygan. The contractor on Tuesday was the only bidder for the Wisconsin Department [...]

Drexel interchange project hinges on new deal

Published: April 27, 2010
Tags: Delphi Automotive Systems, Drexel Avenue, Franklin, interchange, Interstate 94, Northwestern Mutual, Oak Creek

Sean Ryan sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com An Oak Creek strategy to spur development with a new Drexel Avenue highway interchange hinges on a deal to get money from Franklin. Oak Creek has agreed to contribute $4.4 million to a new $12.9 million interchange at Interstate 94 and Drexel Avenue. The interchange would be built next to an 85-acre [...]

Lawsuit slices interchange job into the rough (UPDATE)

Published: April 22, 2010
Tags: Alan Marcuvitz, eminent domain, golf, interchange, Interstate 43, Kohler, lawsuit, Michael Berg, Michael Best and Friedrich, PGA, Schnell, Van Stelle, Whistling Straights, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By Sean Ryan Construction bids are due May 11 for an Interstate 43 interchange project likely to be tied up in an eminent domain lawsuit until at least fall. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is collecting bids for an estimated $1.5 million project to build the interchange in Mosel. The interchange, which has a July [...]

A Diamond in the rough — for drivers

By Tom Fetters

copy editor

Safer and cheaper – so what’s not to like about Double Crossover Diamond Interchanges?

Interchange design blurs center line

Published: December 31, 2009
Tags: Daves, Double Crossover Diamond Interchange, Federal Highway Administration, highway, Horowitz, interchange, on ramp, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Comments: 4

By Sean Ryan Instinct has nothing to do with engineering diagrams. That’s the rub for engineers who have struck upon a potentially cheaper, safer and more efficient highway interchange design that would force Americans to drive on the “wrong” side of the road. The Federal Highway Administration is proposing a three-year study of driver reaction [...]