Patient & Visitor Resources

Revised March 17, 2023 - For Week of March 20, 2023:

AREA ROADWAYS CAMPUS IMPACTS:
 

Zoo Interchange Project  

NORTH LEG PROJECT:

OVERNIGHT CLOSURES:

LONG-TERM CLOSURES:

• Through fall 2023:  I-41 NB exit to North Ave Westbound is closed

North Avenue Construction 2023 - through November

In 2023, there will be significant construction on North Avenue between Met To Wee Lane and Mayfair Road.  Watch for lane reductions. 
You can subscribe to bi-weekly email updates about this project at Wauwatosa.net/NorthAve

CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION NEWS:

Pedestrian Safety:  

As winter continues, this is a reminder to follow safety rules:  

• Cross only at crosswalks using the pedestrian signals
• Do NOT cross against the signal
• Push the pedestrian signal button, wait for the walk signal, observe that traffic has come to a complete stop, and then cross the street
• Continue to look in both directions as you cross the street

MCW Basic Science Building (BSB) @ Connell Ave. (see graphic to right)  
April 3-13 from 6 am to 4:30 pm weekdays - closing Connell

• Work will not impede any dock operation for MCW or Children's
• Signage in place used for access to Children's emergency department for Children's buildout
• No concrete barriers will be used to block the street
• MCW Public Safety will notify appropriate emergency responders
• Space allowed for emergent situations for first responder vehicle passage
• Pedestrian walkways are available on Connell

MCW Cancer Research Building Construction:

Activities related to the construction of the Cancer Research Building continue.  Access to MCW private roads noted below:

Medical College of Wisconsin (as of 10/10/22) (see NEW graphic on right):

• North access to the MCW front circle is closed to vehicles for construction of the Cancer Research Building. This closure is likely to occur through 2024.
• All vehicle traffic looking to enter the MCW Front Circle should use Connell Ave.
• Sidewalks that cross the project site are closed. The only access through the site for pedestrians is emergency egress from occupied facilities via a signed and approved route.
• All pedestrians east of the Cancer Research Building site should use the 87^th Street sidewalks.
• Affected bike parking is being relocated throughout the Milwaukee Campus through 2024.

We Energies - Cancer Research Building Project  

• Watch for trucks/equipment movement for manhole work at the entrance.  See map below (manholes are black circles).
  

92nd St. Projects

• No further station construction work will be done on the BRT stops until April 2023. 

• The entrances to the Clinics Building and Craig Yabuki Tower are closed until construction of the new Emergency Department and Trauma Center is complete in late 2023.