Southeastern Wisconsin’s first diverging diamond interchange will soon open at Interstate 43 and Brown Deer Road as part of the state’s reconstruction project to update a significant stretch of the 50-plus-year-old interstate.
The new interchange , including the ramps at Brown Deer Road, are scheduled to open by 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 23, although the pedestrian crossing will remain closed until late 2024 due to continued construction in the area, according to a Nov. 12 update from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
The diverging diamond interchange, or DDI, is part of WisDOT’s larger I-43 North-South reconstruction project on a 14-mile stretch of I-43 in Milwaukee and Ozaukee counties between Silver Spring Drive by Bayshore Mall and Washington Street (Highway 60) in Grafton…