{"id":159506,"date":"2026-09-03T08:25:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T13:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=159506"},"modified":"2026-09-04T09:52:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:52:27","slug":"hartford-avenue-will-close-for-resurfacing-sept-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/hartford-avenue-will-close-for-resurfacing-sept-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Hartford Avenue will close for resurfacing Sept. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-teams=\"true\">On Saturday, Sept. 12, Hartford Avenue will be closed from Oakland to Downer avenues, and parking lots located off Hartford Avenue will not be accessible. Prep work will take place on Friday, Sept. 11, but the street and parking lots will remain open.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The work by the City of Milwaukee will support the permanent conversion of Hartford Avenue to eastbound-only traffic through UWM&#8217;s campus.<\/p>\n<p>Per the city, all dates are subject to change based on weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, Sept. 11:<\/strong> The city will be milling (surface grinding) the affected portion of Hartford Avenue, but parking lots off Hartford Avenue will still be accessible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, Sept. 12:<\/strong> The city will be repaving Hartford Avenue, which will be closed from Oakland to Downer avenues. The following parking lots will not be accessible on Sept. 12:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lot 1 Library\/Garland<\/li>\n<li>Lot 7 SARUP\/Engelmann<\/li>\n<li>Lot 8 Chapman Enderis<\/li>\n<li>Lot 12 Merrill Circle<\/li>\n<li>Lot 20 Cunningham<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alternative Parking for Permit Holders<\/h2>\n<p>Permit holders for any of the above lots who need parking on Saturday can park in any other outdoor lot on main campus. Per 2.a.v. of our regulations, main campus permit holders can park at any outdoor lot between 4 p.m. and 2 a.m. on weekdays and from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m. on weekends. Lot 30 U-PARK Park &amp; Ride permit holders are not eligible.<\/p>\n<h2>Future Traffic Pattern<\/h2>\n<p>Once the project is complete, Hartford Avenue will carry eastbound-only traffic from just east of the NWQ Garage drive to Downer Avenue.<\/p>\n<p><span data-teams=\"true\">The section of Hartford Avenue between the NWQ Garage drive and Oakland Avenue will remain two-way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Drivers exiting Lot 20 Cunningham will continue to be able to turn either left or right. Once the Hartford Avenue drive aisle to NWQ Garage reopens, drivers exiting NWQ Garage onto Hartford Avenue will also be able to turn either left or right.<\/p>\n<h2>Project Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>The project is designed to enhance safety for all users of the roadway and improve connectivity within Milwaukee\u2019s protected bikeway and trail network. A two-way protected bicycle lane also will be installed along that stretch of roadway.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Milwaukee <a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/transportation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/223\/2026\/09\/Hartford_ConstructionOverview-1.pdf\">project overview is posted on this webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/1\/edit?mid=18A3-zT2w0lpo78yKqi9peKK1q2Rg1cY&amp;usp=sharing\">Access a Google Maps view of the project and its impacts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Resurfacing work on Hartford Avenue will close the street on Sept. 12. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40008,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[187,336],"tags":[],"section":[],"display_categories":[],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[],"class_list":["post-159506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faculty-staff-announcements","category-student-announcements"],"uwm_unpublish_requested":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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