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Busy roads await holiday travelers

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3 weeks ago

May 21, 2025

Kevin Millard

You’ll have plenty of company if you’re traveling over the Memorial Day weekend.

According to AAA, they’re expecting more than 750,000 people on Wisconsin roads for the holiday.

Overall, AAA projects more than 45 million people in the country are traveling at least 50 miles from home over the weekend.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (DOT) provided three different days and times when travel would be at its peak.

The first is from 1-9 p.m. on Thursday, May 22, then Friday, May 23 from noon-8 p.m., and finally on Monday, May 26 from 4-7 p.m.

According to the DOT, most road construction projects are pausing work over the weekend to have as many lanes as possible for traffic.

Click here for a list of ongoing road projects in Wisconsin.

Click here for MnDOT projects in SE Minnesota

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Kevin Millard

Kevin Millard is News Director for WIZM News. A West Salem native, he's spent most of his life, except for a year each in Florida and Wausau, here in the La Crosse area. Broadcasting and the media has been a part of his life since he was filmed in his first commercial in 2nd Grade. Most of his career has been spent working behind the scenes in the newsroom at a local television station. He's been the host of WKTY Outdoors since October 2005.