I drive this stretch on a somewhat regular basis (used to drive it daily in a previous career) and I still cannot explain "why" these accidents happen in this 6-mile area. The road is almost perfectly straight and flat. The grassy median between north and south-bound lanes is as wide - or wider - than many other miles of freeway in the state. It is a true "freeway": no cross-traffic, four-lane. Yet, the accidents continue."All four fatal crashes have occurred along a six-mile stretch of I-43 between Mequon and Grafton.
'I'm just saying put a barrier up,' said John Holicek, the Ozaukee County coroner. Holicek urged the state Department of Transportation to act quickly to install the median barrier."
A colleague in the office - who drives much of this stretch - suggested as plausible an answer as anything: The highway was built over an ancient burial ground. We don't know that to be true, but it there isn't any better reason.
UPDATE: This is probably a good idea. {Governor Doyle orders barriers erected immediatley - no waiting for study} Aren't six deaths enough of a study to make this decision?
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