Nope. Lanes are too narrow & with no emergency lane any type of incident shuts the freeway down for hours. No one pays attention to the lines and closures which cause backups and people cause so many accidents because of lack of common sense I will go completely out of my way just to AVOID this mess. Milwaukee County saw 368 accidents over that period and Kenosha County 231 accidents. Refer back to points number two and number one as to why this poses a serious risk to drivers.
Although the dangers of traveling along I-94 in the work zone are apparent, the Racine County Sheriff's Office says motorists are still inclined to speed through the area. "Some days I can't even leave my house because the traffic is re-routed on the streets around me and are so backed up you can't get out.". Provides up to the minute traffic and transit information for All Regions region in Wisconsin. The semi careened over the east wall and down a hill onto the street below. As we've seen, this creates nightmares for emergency vehicles, first responders, etc when an accident occurs. For that reason, we are providing you with information on all corridor projects in this one location titled "West Central Freeway Projects". Having a modernized system will help connect people to jobs and will allow growth to continue in the area and across the region. Online Services. The cement medians have tons of trash lined against them for three weeks — I drove past a full size box spring, during that time the freeway would be shut down so no one thought to pick up pieces of wood, shredded tires or the box spring? Click here to subscribe for free. Agency Directory The I-94 North-South construction project began in 2009, and exists along an 35-mile stretch of freeway from the Mitchell Interchange in Milwaukee to the Illinois state line. This segment of roadway serves an ethnically and financially diverse population. I constantly see semis driving in all three lanes and when they hit an uneven surface their back end will sway into the next lane especially the FedEx Semis that have two trailers. Construction is expected to last until 2021 and have an overall cost of $1.65 billion. I drove on this for the first time last evening. I've seen it all trucks running in the right lane cars flying past me like I'm standing still other big trucks flying past me in the right lane. The dark plumes of smoke could be seen for miles. The tragic scene instantly magnified as a semi heading north collided with the dislodged barrier, but not before an evasive maneuver by the driver resulted in the semi swinging wildly to the east. I-94 Wisconsin Road Conditions Statewide (42 DOT Reports) DOT Accident and Construction Reports Road MN-95 Road is closed from County Hwy-18 exit [258] to Saint Croix Trl S / Saint Croix Trl N. Bill Mohr, WisDOT Southeast Freeways Supervisor, hank you for your interest in the I-94 East-West project in Milwaukee.
Lanes are uneven. On top of that the road it self is a patch job from Drexel to just after seven mile road. In a WUWM article earlier this year, Pyritz said switching from two lanes to three lanes in each direction led to a 15 percent reduction in accidents overall, but has come at the expense of seeing single-vehicle accidents increase by more than 66 percent. No room to escape. Construction on an 18-mile stretch of I-94 spanning three counties began in 2018. The chart below shows the accident volume prior to and during construction. The few minutes that you may save by speeding is not worth the risk,"Schmaling said of the speed wave enforcement. I drive a big truck up and down that part a few times a week. the reporter asked Wisconsin DOT spokesman Michael Pyritz.