Future
WisDOT is studying options for Highway 29 conversions to Interstate standards in three sections.
The section between I-94 and County Highway X's eastern exit is already designated as a freeway by WisDOT - despite the existence of several at-grade intersections between U.S. Highway 53 and I-94. WisDOT is studying options for upgrade of these intersections as part of the study. In addition, upgrades to the I-94 interchange with Highway 29 are also being considered. WisDOT is also studying options for upgrades to the highway to a freeway further east to Bruce Mound Ave. in Clark County.
The second section - between Wittenberg (U.S. Highway 45) and Green Bay (U.S. Highway 41) is also undergoing a study for planned upgrades of the highway to freeway standards. As it stands now, the Shawano bypass is the only section that is a freeway. The study is geared toward upgrading the rest of the section to Interstate standards.
The third section - between Ringle (County Highway Q) and Wittenberg (U.S. Highway 45) is at the preliminary stages for freeway upgrades. WisDOT is currently focusing on preserving right of way access for future upgrades.
Through various public input meetings held in the Wausau area, improvements to the segment of WIS 29 from WIS 107 at Marathon City easterly to 72nd Ave at Wausau are scheduled to begin in 2012. Improvements over the course of the project will include the construction of frontage roads, as well as the placement of a concrete barrier median down the currently paved median of WIS 29. Other improvements include construction of a diamond interchange just east of 120th Ave, with County Road O relocated on new alignment to this interchange. At the time of construction, all local road and private access to WIS 29 will be removed between WIS 107 and 72nd Ave. Future improvements to this stretch include an overpass at 152nd Ave.
As of December 2011, the DOT has proposed plans for eventual freeway conversion on their website for the segment of WIS 29 from WIS 13 easterly to WIS 107.
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