Frame Road bridge project reaches final WisDOT closeout in the Town of Arena

The Blue Mounds Creek Bridge replacement on Frame Road in the Town of Arena has moved through the final administrative milestones listed in a Wisconsin Department of Transportation report dated July 24, 2026.

WisDOT identifies the work as state project 5688-00-76 and Blue Mounds Creek Bridge B-25-0200 in Iowa County. The report records actual completion on October 13, 2025, followed by final acceptance, certification of materials and payroll clearance.

Four closeout milestones

WisDOT’s finals-status report lists these separate dates:

• Actual completion: October 13, 2025
• Final acceptance: February 25, 2026
• Certification of materials: June 2, 2026
• Payroll clearance: July 2, 2026

Together, the entries show that the project has moved through the construction and contract-administration steps tracked in WisDOT’s finals-status system. They are separate administrative milestones rather than a record of the bridge’s opening date or current traffic conditions.

Project and bid context

WisDOT’s February 11, 2025 summary of bids identifies the work as a structures project at the Town of Arena’s Frame Road crossing of Blue Mounds Creek. Concrete Structures Inc. submitted the low bid of $451,527.33.

The amount is the low bid shown in the February 11, 2025 bid record. It should not be treated as the project’s confirmed final cost because the records reviewed do not provide a final-cost accounting.

What the records establish locally

For residents, property owners and other people who use Frame Road, the WisDOT record provides a current public-records status update: the bridge replacement is listed as having reached actual completion, final acceptance, materials certification and payroll clearance.

The Town of Arena’s agendas and minutes page was also reviewed for a local bridge-specific update. No qualifying bridge-specific update was located in the accessible material.

What remains unconfirmed

The records reviewed do not establish the bridge’s exact opening date, the history of closures or detours, or current traffic-control and access conditions. They also do not support conclusions about travel times, emergency-response times or safety outcomes.

People traveling through the area should check current WisDOT or local traffic information for present conditions rather than infer them from the closeout report alone.

Sources

• WisDOT finals-status statewide report dated July 24, 2026