UPDATE: The State DOT has issued a wind advisory for the Leo Frigo Bridge, recommending that motorist not use the bridge if they don’t have to.
Vehicles that do travel on the bridge should travel at 45 miles per hour, and drivers of high profile vehicles should avoid the bridge all together.
Wind gusts of 45 miles per hour makes travel difficult.
Brown County Sheriff’s Department says trees and power lines are going down due to the high winds.
Officials say people need to keep extra distance between vehicles as winds are pushing cars out of their lanes.
Construction barrels and equipment are also being blown out of place.
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Various organizations are taking notice of the current wind advisory in place for Northeast Wisconsin.
Wisconsin D.O.T. Traffic Safety Engineer Scott Nelson notes the strong winds can cause problems on the roads.
“Just making sure that you secure your load. If you’re traveling in a larger vehicle and again, these high-profile vehicles are going to be much more prone. If there’s been a gust reported over 45 miles an hour, we’ll turn on our message boards.”
Nelson says they keep an especially close eye on Green Bay’s Leo Frigo Bridge.
“If we get to a warning, where we get the extremely high gust of winds, where it goes to a warning, at that time we would actually close the bridge.”
WPS Spokesman Matt Cullen says they’ve “taken inventory of our equipment and our materials to make sure that if we do need to respond, that we can do so and we can make repairs safely and quickly. We do have crews that can respond directly from home to address situations, should they start to happen.”
The advisory was set to expire at 6 pm Tuesday, at last word.
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