
Type: | Bridge Rehabilitation |
Client: | WisDOT Northwest Region (Eau Claire) |
KL’s Role: | Prime Consultant |
Location: | Taylor County, Wisconsin |
Limits: | Thorp to IngramNorth Fork Eau Claire River (B-60-33) |
Length: | 0.063 miles |
Design Complete: | February 2018 |
Construction Complete: | November 2018 |
Construction Cost: | $600,000 |
- Accelerated Design Schedule
- Traffic & Crash Analysis
- Field Survey
- Intersection & Roadway Design
- Temporary Traffic Signals
- Traffic Control Construction Staging Plans
- Work Zone Analysis
- Transportation Management Plan
- Environmental Coordination & Permits
- Environmental Document (PEC)
- Design Study Report
- Utility Coordination
- Safety Enhancements
- Structure Plans – Redeck
- Plans, Specifications & Estimate Submittal (PS&E)

Bridge Deck Improvements
The existing deck, built in 1983, had suffered through many northern winters and was starting to show its age. The advanced deterioration of the edge of deck was a safety concern with crumbling concrete and rusting reinforcing steel.The new deck design included a closed parapet which meets current crash testing requirements, improves safety, and keeps roadway runoff from corroding the edge of the deck. Additional structural improvements included extending the parapets and the use of asphaltic flumes to prevent erosion around the wing walls. Wing strapping was also added to prevent further tipping of the wing walls.
Staged Construction
Viable detour routes for this portion of STH 73 were over 50 miles long. To reduce impacts to this long truck route, the bridge was redecked in stages. After careful analysis of the geometry of the structure, we were able to maintain a single 12-foot lane on the structure during construction. A single lane of bi-directional traffic was controlled through the work zone by temporary signals.
