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US 51/WIS 29 project

US 51 is the primary north-south corridor serving interstate travel through central Wisconsin. A portion of US 51 also carries intrastate traffic for WIS 29 and serves as a local commuter route for the Wausau metropolitan area.

The combination of interstate and local traffic on this roadway creates heavy congestion that is expected to increase in the future.

WisDOT is reconstructing seven miles of US 51/WIS 29, between Foxglove Road and Bridge Street in Marathon County. The freeway will be expanded from the current four-lane divided highway to a six-lane divided highway between the WIS 29 east and WIS 29 west interchanges. Additional lanes will also be added between WIS 29 east and Marathon County N, and between Marathon County NN and WIS 29 west. 

Construction began in 2004 and is scheduled for completion in 2010.

The project represents an estimated $289 million investment in central Wisconsin's transportation system. US 51 and WIS 29 are on the National Highway System and are key routes in Wisconsin's Corridors 2020 program. 

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North Central Transportation Region, ncr.dtsd@dot.state.wi.us
Last modified: February 6, 2008