Marquette Interchange to be rehabbed

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The Wisconsin Department of Transportation will complete a planned rehabilitation of the 29 bridge decks on the Marquette Interchange beginning in spring 2018.

The department has put out a bid to find a designer for the project, which is estimated to cost at least $15 million.

The Marquette Interchange reconstruction was completed in 2008. Inspectors have found deck transverse cracking over the bridges during routine evaluations that could result in quicker deterioration of the decksโ€™ concrete and steel reinforcement. A thin polymer overlay will be added to the bridges on I-43, I-94 and I-794.

โ€œThis is a planned project that we have to essentially put a thin overlay over the decks as a preventative maintenance measure for the bridges,โ€ said Joe Gallamore, DOT project supervisor. โ€œThe department has a preventative maintenance and bridge rehabilitation program that we go through on all our infrastructure. Essentially weโ€™re trying to maximize the life of all our infrastructure.โ€

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The DOT expects the project will be completed in one season, with only nighttime closures. But it will simultaneously be working on a Menomonee Valley bridge rehabilitation, which could result in daytime closures and detours, Gallamore said.

Once a designer is chosen, it will take two to four years to design the project. In 2017, the department plans to put the project out to bid for contractors.

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