Highway name changes scheduled in Portage and Wood counties

May 15, 2009

Changes scheduled to take effect after new US 10 alignment opens

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is planning to make several changes to some highway names in Portage and Wood counties following the opening of the new US 10 alignment between WIS 34 north and I-39. The new alignment is currently scheduled to open by July 2009.

After the opening of the new US 10 alignment, the following changes will go into effect:

• Existing US 10 - from I-39 to existing Portage County P - will become new WIS 66 within the city of Stevens Point and the village of Park Ridge. WIS 66 will also run concurrent with I-39/US 51 from the I-39/US 51/US 10 east interchange to the I-39/US 51/WIS 66 interchange.
• Existing US 10 - from existing Portage County P to WIS 34 north - will become Portage County HH within the city of Stevens Point and the town of Linwood.
• Existing Wood/Portage County P - from existing US 10 (West Clark Street) to WIS 34 - will become new WIS 66 within the city of Stevens Point and towns of Linwood and Rudolph.
• Existing WIS 66 - from I-39/US 51 to existing US 10 (Main Street) - will become a local street (Stanley and Michigan Streets) within the city of Stevens Point and the town of Hull.

Additional information regarding the scheduled highway changes is available on the US 10 expansion project Web site.

WisDOT is expanding 31 miles of US 10, between WIS 13 near Marshfield to I-39, north of Stevens Point. The new four-lane highway will bypass the communities of Auburndale, Blenker, Milladore and Junction City. The new US 10 will also bypass downtown Stevens Point, west of I-39. The project represents an estimated $244 million investment in central Wisconsin's transportation system. Construction began in 2006 and is scheduled for completion in 2012.

For more information, contact:
Kristin McHugh, Regional Communications Manager
(715) 421-8380, kristin.mchugh@dot.wi.gov