DOT: Travelers to Wild Card Game Should Expect Heavy Traffic
Left, today’s wild card game could be even colder than the 1967 Ice Bowl. (nfl.si.com)
Leo Frigo (I-43) Bridge will be open by 9:30 a.m. Sunday, January 5
From WisDOT
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Northeast Region Office is reminding motorists going to and from Lambeau Field on Sunday, January 5 for the Green Bay Packers / San Francisco 49ers football game will experience heavier than usual traffic. There is good news for Packer fans in that the Leo Frigo Bridge (I-43) is opening seven days sooner than originally scheduled. It will be open by 9:30 a.m. Sunday, January 5. This should help alleviate some of the traffic on WIS 172.
WisDOT strongly recommends motorists allow themselves additional time to reach their destinations. .
Here is a list of the major roads in northeast Wisconsin most Packers fans will be traveling as they head for the game and the road conditions they should anticipate:
Freeway Service Teams
- WisDOT has an extra Freeway Service Team dedicated to US 41 and WIS 172 to quickly remove any disabled vehicles. One truck will be operating from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and a second truck will be operating from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and again from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
- The Wisconsin State Patrol will have additional officers patrolling I-43, US 41 and WIS 172 to assist motorists.
US 41
All construction on US 41 will cease on Packer gameday, although barrier walls and orange barrels will be present in various locations
- Brown County –
- Drivers will encounter 11-foot travel lanes and reduced shoulders in multiple locations along a 10-mile segment of highway. The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph from just south of Grant Street to I-43. Temporary barrier walls at various locations will cause traffic to slow.
- Expect southbound US 41 to have heavy congestion after the game due to game day traffic leaving the game.
WIS 172
- Brown County –
- Eastbound WIS 172 to northbound US 41 ramp is closed due to a bridge demolition that began before the Leo Frigo Bridge incident. Eastbound WIS 172 traffic wanting to exit to northbound US 41 will continue east on WIS 172 and take the Oneida Street/Ashland Avenue exit which ends at Vanderperren Way; take Vanderperren Way west to Holmgren Way, follow Holmgren Way north to Pilgrim Way and take Pilgrim Way east to westbound WIS 172 on-ramp to northbound US 41.
I-43
- Brown County –
- The speed limit is reduced to 55 mph on I-43 between Atkinson Drive and US 41.
WIS 29
- Brown County –
- WIS 29 has narrower shoulders due to temporary barrier wall at various locations that will cause traffic to slow.
- Expect heavier traffic from west to east due to game day fans