Road reopened after exposed wires found on streetlight, Kenosha County WI

Road Closure

Reported: 11/8/2025 01:13 PM

Co Hwy K, Wisconsin

Officers closed the road near Co Hwy K to address exposed electrical wires from a damaged streetlight. Northbound and east-west traffic were temporarily stopped but later reopened after the hazard was managed.

Audio|Source: Burlington City Police

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Transcript:

00:00

We're working on getting the interstate north plug open.

00:03

All the traffic cars, they're like G and K, they're going to have to remain in place until we say.

00:11

Copy. I believe we saw my present zone by 20.

00:16

Everybody.

00:17

Copy. Copy.

00:22

30,

00:23

I'll be walking from lane 2.

00:26

Happy Lane 2.

00:33

5-7 will be en route to Rock.

00:38

Copy 5-7. Copy 57.

00:44

Do you the guard near?

00:47

Go ahead.

00:49

Hi, that's the end here about a jeep here.

00:51

Do you have a ride somewhere?

00:54

Yeah, he said he's got someone coming and pick him up.

01:03

Just had to eat,

01:05

Neil.

01:06

Good.

01:07

How many highways and the phone they want to know if there's any exposed wires and what kind of light poles? Is it a traffic standard or just for light?

01:15

There's exposed wires at district standard street lamps.

01:19

Okay.

01:22

Copy.

01:28

Any disrespect?

01:31

East.

01:32

Over here, we have all east and west and westbound traffic open.

01:36

And now we're going to have northbound traffic open.

01:38

That's in front.

01:40

Copy of east-west and north open.

01:42

Okay,

01:43

for it. We're sitting in the lock and south.

01:48

Copy. Copy.

01:50

QVW is going to contact someone to get out there.

01:53

Okay, Shobby, it's not a new rush.

01:56

We have an opposite middle.

01:57

It's all cleaned out, just the wires exposed.

01:59

Okay,

02:00

I did let them know about the wires.

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