Project Will Reinforce Ephraim Highway

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation placed rip rap on the south end of the village shoreline to protect the newly paved highway from being undermined by high water. Photo by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

Gov. Tony Evers has signed a contract for $225,418 in improvements to 400 feet of shoreline along Highway 42 in Ephraim. Work by Michels Corporation will begin April 1 and last approximately two weeks. The highway will remain open with flagging operations during the project.

The project will stabilize the shoreline adjacent to the highway by installing buried concrete-block wall and reinforcing the riprap adjacent to Ephraim Creek.