a collage of eight photos showing a stakeholder meeting, people boarding a bus, a changeable message sign displaying the message race traffic, cars traversing a roadway where barricades delineate travel lanes, a closed-circuit television camera, a crowd of people standing near a train and traversing a pedestrian overpass, two implementation plans, and three traffic management team personnel gathered around a laptop computer

Managing Travel for Planned Special Events

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Description of Screen Shot

A screen shot of the Maps and Directions page of the WisDOT Roads and Highways, Milwaukee-area special events website. The page lists construction projects affecting traffic. Users can click on a link to view a Milwaukee-area construction project map.

The page states:

Before departing for downtown festivities, be aware of projects affecting traffic.

WisDOT projects

  • I-43 from Lexington Boulevard to North Avenue: 3.5 miles, no closures scheduled between June 27 and July 10.
  • I-43 from National Avenue to Mitchell Interchange: 4.9 miles, one lane closed in both directions for about two miles between the Mitchell Interchange and Oklahoma Avenue. The northbound on-ramp at College Avenue and the two northbound on-ramps at Layton Avenue will also be closed.
  • 6th Street Viaduct: closed to traffic.
  • Park East freeway: restricted.

Local Projects

For more about local projects, visit the Milwaukee Department of Public Works at http://www.mpw.net.

  • North 16th Street: West Clybourn Street to West Wisconsin Avenue. Traffic shifting and periodic lane closures.
  • West Wisconsin Avenue: North 11th Street to North 20th Street. Traffic will be restricted to one lane for each direction in one-half of the roadway. North 12th St. will be converted to a northbound one-way during all phases of this paving.
  • North 12th Avenue: West Wisconsin to Highland Avenue. Traffic shifting and periodic lane closures.

A map is shown titled "Miller Park travel options map".