The East Washington Avenue 
Reconstruction Project Website

The City of Madison, Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation are reconstructing East Washington Avenue (USH 151). The project employs context sensitive design in an urban corridor. The project involves the reconstruction of a 4.5 mile section of East Washington Avenue from Blair Street to Thierer Road. The plan is to transform East Washington Avenue into a gateway type street. The existing pavement is being replaced and bike lanes are being added. Many of the existing trees are being maintained. Additional landscaping is supplementing the existing landscaping and special light fixtures are designed to bring a consistent theme to the entire length of the project. Neighborhoods are benefiting by improved pedestrian crossings.

The project is being completed in phases and the construction work began in 2004.  All work on the corridor from Blair Street to Thierer Road is complete except for the 2009 construction at STH 30.

Work in 2009 will reconstruct the East Washington Ave and STH 30 Interchange.  The work includes reconstruction on East Washington  Avenue from Marquette Street to Melvin Court and on STH 30 from McCormick Ave to the RR track east of Fair Oaks Avenue.  The project will reconstruct all the ramps at the East Washington Ave and STH 30 interchange.  The project will also remove the McCormick Ave connection to Aberg Ave.

Currently, motorists are not able to travel from west bound STH 30 to east bound East Washington Ave or east bound Aberg Ave to west Bound East Washington Ave.  One of the major goals of the 2009 project is to reconfigure the East Washington Avenue and STH 30 interchange to provide for all turning movements.    The 2009 project involves the reconstruction of storm sewer, sanitary sewer, water main, some private utilities, concrete pavement, decorative street lighting, and landscaping.  In addition, the project includes a new bridge on East Washington Avenue over STH 30. 

In addition to the segments of East Washington Avenue contained in the original project as outlined above, planning will begin shortly on the replacement of the concrete pavement from Thierer Road to East Springs Drive.  This construction is planned for 2011 and will be developed with a separate environmental document. 

Construction:

• Segment Three

• Segment Four

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Yahara River Bridge

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STH 30/Aberg Ave Bridge
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