Patient & Visitor Resources

Revised November 22, 2024 - For Week of November 25, 2024:

CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION NEWS:

  Close calls have been observed - Please stay off phones & cross safely.      

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

General Campus Projects:​
                                                

  West Side Development:

  West Side Development roadway work continues on campus.  Impacts to traffic will be felt for the remainder of 2024.      

87th Street
         
          Medical College of Wisconsin - Cancer Research Building (CRB) Construction
          Through 2024

              Activities related to the construction of the Cancer Research Building continue. 
              Click here to view project restricted areas >
              Access to MCW private roads noted below:

• 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.

92nd Street  

• ​Expect 6 weeks of permanent left turn lane closures off Wisconsin Ave. to 92^nd St (dated Sep 6)
• Watch for Posted Guidance Signs & TAKE ALTERNATE ROUTE: Use 87th Street  (click here for map)

      Doyne Avenue @ 92nd Street to Froedtert Parking-Blue entrance is closed long term

• The sidewalk along Doyne, east of 92nd Street, will be closed long term as teh northbound side of 92nd Street is built north of Doyne Avenue.
• The campus sidewalk on the east side of 92nd Street from Wisconsin Ave to Froedtert Door 6 is closed for the foreseeable future.
• The campus sidewalk along 92nd Street from Wisconsin Avenue has been moved to the west side of 92nd Street.  Pedestrians will cross back to the east side of 92nd Street at Connell.
• Expect traffic backups entering campus on 92^nd Street from eastbound Wisconsin Avenue as the left turn lane will be closed to accommodate larger turning movements of public transit buses.  Left turns will be allowed, but plan for potential traffic backups.
• Physician entrance to Froedtert Hospital is Parking-Blue accessed from Wisconsin Ave/ 87th St / Doyne Ave
• The 3-way stop at 92nd & Doyne has been relocated to the Parking-Blue structure driveway.
• Traffic will be switched to the newly constructed lanes of 92nd Street north and south of Doyne Avenue.  Only one lane is available in each direction.  Designated left and right turn lanes will be in place at Connell Avenue.
• Helpful Froedtert directions at this link

     ​​Froedtert Hospital Main Entrance Circle Drive is Closed

• ​All Froedtert traffic on 92nd Street now enters through the Parking-Blue structure located just north of Doyne Avenue                             
• Non-emergency and non-critical patient transports should continue to use Door #6 off N. 92nd St.
• Emergency and critical patients should continue to be transported to the Froedtert Hospital ambulance bay
• Patient drop-off and pick-up is relocated to Level 2 inside Froedtert Parking-Blue
• A flagger will be present at the project entrance at 900 N. 92nd St.  Potential for stopped/slow traffic including from 92nd St entrance going south to Wisconsin Ave.
• Ongoing: Lane Reductions Between W. Connell and Wisconsin Ave.
  • Reduction to one lane in each direction.  Off-peak closures of the eastbound Wisconsin Ave left turn lane to northbound 92nd Street will occur as the roadway median is removed.
  • This traffic pattern is in place for the foreseeable future to accommodate construction on Froedtert's parking structure, the extension of W. Doyne Ave., and construction on Froedtert's new patient tower.