Zignego gets $10M highway-expansion contract in Dane County

Zignego has won a roughly $10 million contract to rebuild a roughly 1.2-mile stretch of State Highway 19 in Dane County.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday that it had accepted Zignego’s bid of $10,018,451.19 for the project. The Waukesha company’s price beat out offers from five competitors: Integrity Grading and Excavating, of Schofield; Edgerton Contractors, of Oak Creek; Michels Corp., of Brownsville; LaLonde Contractors, of Waukesha;  and James Petersen & Sons, of Medford.

Zignego’s bid was also consistent with WisDOT’s estimate for the work, which predicted it would cost between $9 and $10 million. The project plans call for adding two lanes to State Highway 19’s current two lanes between River Road, north of Madison, to the Interstate 39/90/94 interchange. To bridges will also be built over the Yahara River to replace deteriorating structures.

The contract was just the latest from WisDOT’s August letting to be awarded. Last week, state officials accepted Payne & Dolan’s $21,813,451.16 bid for the resurfacing of a 22-mile stretch of Interstate 41 from U.S. Highway 45 in Milwaukee to the Dodge County Line. The offer beat out bids from Zignego, for $22.2 million; and Michels Corp., for $23.3 million. Payne & Dolan’s offer was in-line with WisDOT’s estimate for the project, which predicted the project would cost between $20 million and $25 million.

Also from August’s letting, WisDOT accepted:

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•   Rhinelander-based Musson Bros.’ low bid of roughly $4.2 million for a project on Highway 141 in the Marinette County city of Niagra.  
• Mosinee-based American Asphalt of Wisconsin’s bid of $2.4 million for a job between Babcock and Pittsville in Wood County. That was the only bid submitted for that project.