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==Transportation== ===Land=== According to the [[Wisconsin Department of Transportation]] (WisDOT), in 2021 Door County had {{convert|1,270|mi|km}} of roadways.<ref name="dotdoormap">{{cite map|date=January 2021|title=((Door Co.))|scale=1:100,000|url=https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/road/hwy-maps/county-maps/door.pdf|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/road/hwy-maps/county-maps/door.pdf|archive-date=October 9, 2022|url-status=live|location=Madison|publisher=Wisconsin Department of Transportation|access-date=August 1, 2021}}</ref> {{multiple image | total_width = 420 | align = right | image1 = Door County Coastal Byway March 2011.jpg | caption1 = WIS 57 in March (here [[:wikt:concurrent|concurrent]] with the Door County National Scenic Byway) | alt1= | image2 = Gill’s Rock on Highway 42.jpg | caption2 =WIS 42 near Gills Rock in October | alt2= }} The combined WIS 42/WIS 57 separates again at a junction in Sevastapol. Following this separation, WIS 42 continues along the western side of the peninsula and sees more traffic than WIS 57,<ref name="Anatomy2018">{{cite book |url=https://transportal.cee.wisc.edu/partners/community-maps/tsc_resources/CM%20profile%20files/2018/Door_profile_2018.pdf |title=Anatomy of Door County: A Traffic Safety Summary |publisher=Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory |at=p. 3, fig. 1: Traffic Volume on the State Trunk Network Door County, WI; p. 15, fig. 13: Door County Fatalities and Serious Injuries (2014–2017) with Map of Hospitals}}</ref> which continues along the eastern side. The two highways combine again at a junction in Liberty Grove. * [[File:WIS 42.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Wisconsin Highway 42]] (WIS 42) * [[File:WIS 57.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Wisconsin Highway 57]] (WIS 57) * [[List of Wisconsin Scenic Byways#Door County Coastal Byway|Door County Coastal Byway]] (WIS 42 and WIS 57) north of Sturgeon Bay to Northport is classified as a Wisconsin Scenic Byway<ref>{{cite map |url = http://www.doorcounty.com/media/1299/door-county-coastal-byway.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160705212621/http://www.doorcounty.com/media/1299/door-county-coastal-byway.pdf |archive-date = July 5, 2016 |title = Door County Coastal Byway Map |publisher = Door County Visitor Bureau }}</ref> and National Scenic Byway.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://fox11online.com/news/local/door-county-dedicates-national-scenic-byway-designation |title = Door County Dedicates National Scenic Byway Designation |first = Eric |last = Peterson |location = Green Bay |publisher = WLUK-TV |date = June 17, 2021 }}</ref> There are five [[Rustic Road (Wisconsin)|rustic roads]] in the county.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/road/rustic-roads/guide.pdf |title = Rustic Roads Guide |year = 2018 |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Transportation }}</ref> In addition to state-recognized rustic roads, Liberty Grove manages a heritage roads program. {{as of|2019}} there were 12 heritage roads in the town.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://libertygrove.org/heritage-rd-information/ |title = Heritage Road Information |publisher = Town of Liberty Grove |access-date = October 12, 2019 }}</ref> There are {{convert|230.8|mi|km}}<ref name=2020AnnualReport/> of snowmobile trails,<ref>{{cite map |url = https://www.doorcounty.com/media/12149/snowmobile-clubs.pdf |title = Map of Snowmobile Trails in Door County}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2lN0RnTfkg |title = Snowmobile Trails Tour |via = YouTube |date = July 15, 2011 |work = Explore the Door |publisher = Door County Visitor Bureau }}</ref> which are opened as trails are groomed.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.doorcounty.com/discover/winter-snow-report/ |title = Door County Winter Snow Report |access-date = June 9, 2019 |archive-date = September 19, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200919123800/https://www.doorcounty.com/discover/winter-snow-report/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> ====Non-motorized==== * The [[Ahnapee State Trail]] connects Sturgeon Bay to [[Kewaunee, Wisconsin|Kewaunee]], winter snowmobile access is dependent on weather and trail grooming.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.travelwisconsin.com/snowreport/snowmobile |title = Wisconsin Snow Report }}</ref> Although the [[Ice Age Trail]] coincides with most of the Ahnapee State Trail, the Ice Age Trail forks away in the City of Sturgeon Bay and reaches its northern terminus at Potawatomi State Park.<ref>{{cite map |url = https://iceagetrail.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=5ff8f517b1e34d46bb70ed21b36286c6 |title = Ice Age National Scenic Trail Hiker Resource Map }} and [https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/bike/bike-maps/county/door-s.pdf Door County (South) Wisconsin Bicycle Map] by the ''Wisconsin Bike Fed'' and the ''Wisconsin Department of Transportation'', 2020</ref> Mountain bike trails are located in three of the state parks.<ref>{{cite map |url = https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/bike/bike-maps/county/door-n.pdf |title = Door County (North) Wisconsin Bicycle Map |author = Wisconsin Bike Fed |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Transportation |year = 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url = https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/travel/bike/bike-maps/county/door-s.pdf |title = Door County (South) Wisconsin Bicycle Map |author=Wisconsin Bike Fed |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Transportation |year = 2020 }}</ref> * WIS 42 and WIS 57 are part of the [[Lake Michigan Circle Tour]].<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.greatlakescircletour.org/tours/lmct.html |title = Lake Michigan Circle Tour |publisher = Great Lakes Circle Tour }}</ref> * Egg Harbor operates a free public [[bicycle-sharing system]], limited to daylight hours within the village during the tourist season.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/GreenTier/Participants/Reports/Legacy2018EggHarbor.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210721040913/https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/GreenTier/Participants/Reports/Legacy2018EggHarbor.pdf |title = Green Tier Legacy Community 2018 Annual Report |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |page = 4 |archive-date = July 21, 2021}}</ref> ====Bridges across Sturgeon Bay==== * [[Sturgeon Bay Bridge]] (also called Michigan Street Bridge), truss structure, [[William Donald Scherzer#Career|Scherzer]]-type, double-leaf, rolling-lift bascule with overhead counter-weights<ref>{{cite book |url = https://trust.dot.state.wi.us/ftp/dtsd/ne-region/coastguard/appendices/volume%20i/Appendix%20C.%20Feasibility%20Study-Remote%20Study%20Sturgeon%20Bay/Appendix%20C.%20Feasibility%20Study-Remote%20Study%20Sturgeon%20Bay.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220304040126/https://trust.dot.state.wi.us/ftp/dtsd/ne-region/coastguard/appendices/volume%20i/Appendix%20C.%20Feasibility%20Study-Remote%20Study%20Sturgeon%20Bay/Appendix%20C.%20Feasibility%20Study-Remote%20Study%20Sturgeon%20Bay.pdf |title = Feasibility Study for Remote Control of Movable Bridges in Sturgeon Bay |author = [[URS Corporation]] |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Transportation |date = July 2007 |page = 2 |archive-date = March 4, 2022 }}</ref> * Oregon Street Bridge (reinforced concrete slab, rolling lift bascule girder with mechanical driven center locks)<ref>{{cite web |url = https://bridgereports.com/1599047 |title = Oregon Street Bridge |work = BridgeReports.com |access-date = June 12, 2019 |archive-date = January 14, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200114064236/https://bridgereports.com/1599047 |url-status = dead }}</ref> * Bayview Bridge (monolithic concrete placed on structural deck with steel girder superstructure, open grating on deck, [[bascule bridge|bascule]])<ref>{{cite web |url = https://bridgereports.com/1599033 |title = Bayview Bridge |work = BridgeReports.com |access-date = June 12, 2019 |archive-date = January 14, 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200114064127/https://bridgereports.com/1599033 |url-status = dead }}</ref> ====Ground transportation==== A daily private shuttle service operates between [[Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport]] and Sturgeon Bay.<ref name=table7.6>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://map.co.door.wi.us/planning/Comp-Plan/Final_20091106/Chapter%207%20-%20Transportation%20_adopted%2010-27-09_.pdf |archive-date=April 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410055130/http://map.co.door.wi.us/planning/Comp-Plan/Final_20091106/Chapter%207%20-%20Transportation%20_adopted%2010-27-09_.pdf |at=p. 176, Table 7.6: Transportation Service Providers, Door County |chapter=Chapter 7: Transportation |date=October 27, 2009 |title=Door County Comprehensive Plan, 2030 |series=Vol. II, Resource Report}}</ref> The nearest intercity bus stop with regular service is in Green Bay.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bus to Wisconsin |publisher=Jefferson Lines |url=https://www.jeffersonlines.com/bus-stops/wisconsin/ |access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref> There are multiple private and public ground transportation services within the county, but none with regularly scheduled stops for the general public.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://door-tran.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Transportation-Resource-Guide-REVISED-110821.pdf |title = Door County Transportation Resource Guide |publisher = Door-Tran |date = November 9, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url = https://www.co.door.wi.gov/DocumentCenter/View/3011/Door-County-Coordinated-Plan-2021---2024 |title = Door County Coordinated Public Transportation Plan 2021–2024 |first1 = Pam |last1 = Busch |first2 = Mariah |last2 = Goode |first3 = Rebecca |last3 = Kerwin |publisher =Door County Transportation and Land Use Services Departments |year = 2020 |at = Table in Appendix B: Door County Transportation Providers and Services, pp. 16–18 }}</ref> ===Air=== There are eleven airports in the county, including private or semi-public airports. * [[Door County Cherryland Airport]] (KSUE), medium general aviation,<ref name=boa>{{cite book |chapter = Table: List of Responding Airports |url = https://wisconsindot.gov/Documents/doing-bus/aeronautics/resources/rates-chgs.pdf |title = Wisconsin Airports Rates and Charges Survey: 2020 |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Transportation |author = Bureau of Aeronautics |date = June 2021 |pages = 31–32 }}</ref> public use * [[Ephraim–Gibraltar Airport]] (3D2), small general aviation,<ref name=boa/> public use * [[Washington Island Airport]] (2P2), small general aviation,<ref name=boa/> public use * Crispy Cedars Airport, Brussels (7WI8), private<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.crispycedars.com/ |title= Crispy Cedars Private Airfield |year = 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.airport-data.com/airport/7WI8/ |title = Crispy Cedars Airport |work = Airport-Data.com }}</ref> * Door County Memorial Hospital Heliport, allows for air ambulance service to the hospital from remote areas of the county<ref>{{cite news |url = https://doorcountypulse.com/changes-and-constants-in-health-care-delivery/ |title = Changes and Constants in Health Care Delivery |first = Karen |last = Grota Nordahl |work = Door County Living |date = May 1, 2010 }}</ref> and for flying patients to Green Bay. * Chambers Island Airport, private<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.airport-data.com/airport/30WI/ |title = Chambers Island Airport |work = Airport-Data.com }}</ref> * Five other small airports{{efn|The other five private airports: * Forscoro Airport, Forestville * Hill Road Airport, Sister Bay<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url = http://map.co.door.wi.us/planning/Comp-Plan/Completed/Town%20of%20Egg%20Harbor%20Comp%20Plan%20Text%20and%20Maps.pdf |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180404233219/http://map.co.door.wi.us/planning/Comp-Plan/Completed/Town%20of%20Egg%20Harbor%20Comp%20Plan%20Text%20and%20Maps.pdf |archive-date = April 4, 2018 |title = Town of Egg Harbor 20-Year Comprehensive Plan |year = 2009 |chapter = Chapter 8 |page = 8 }}</ref> * Mick Schier Field Airport, Namur<ref>{{cite web |url = https://airplanemanager.com/Airports/6WI6 |title = Mick Schier Field Airport |work = AirplaneManager.com }}</ref> * Mave's Lakeview Road Airport, Ellison Bay<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.airport-data.com/airport/8WN8/ |title = Mave's Lakeview Road Airport |work = Airport-Data.com }}</ref> * Sunny Slope Runway Airport, Egg Harbor<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.airport-data.com/airport/WN28/ |title = Sunny Slope Runway Airport |work = Airport-Data.com }}</ref>}} [[File:RobertNoble.jpg|thumb|Ferry ''Robert Noble''{{efn|This ferry is named after Robert Noble, who was a shipwreck survivor and 19th century ferry operator across Sturgeon Bay.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vA52oQN2fJ8C&pg=PA23 |title = Sturgeon Bay |first1 = Ann |last1 = Jinkins |first2 = Maggie |last2 = Weir |location = Charleston, South Carolina |publisher = Arcadia Publishing |year = 2006 |page = 23 |isbn = 9780738540085 }}</ref>}} serving Washington Island and Northport]] ===Water=== ====Ferries==== * Washington Island is served by two ferry routes operating between the Door Peninsula and [[Detroit Harbor, Wisconsin|Detroit Harbor]]. One route is a 30-minute ride on a freight, automobile, and passenger ferry that departs from the [[Northport, Door County, Wisconsin|Northport Pier]] at the northern terminus of [[Wisconsin Highway 42|WIS 42]]. This ferry makes approximately 225,000 trips per year.<ref name=table7.6/> Another route is a 20- minute ride on a [[Ferry#Foot ferry|passenger-only ferry]] which departs from the unincorporated community of [[Gills Rock, Wisconsin|Gills Rock]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.islandclipper.com/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/19991128102429/http://islandclipper.com/ |url-status = usurped |archive-date = November 28, 1999 |title = The Island Clipper & The Viking Train |website = www.islandclipper.com |access-date = June 26, 2018 }}</ref> * Rock Island State Park is reachable by the passenger ferry ''Karfi'' from [[Washington Island (Wisconsin)|Washington Island]].<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://www.wisferry.com/rock-island-ferry |title = Rock Island Ferry |website = www.wisferry.com |access-date = July 3, 2018 }}</ref> During winter Rock Island is potentially accessible via snowmobile and foot traffic. * Although Chambers Island has no regularly scheduled ferry, there are boat operators which transport people to the island on call from Fish Creek. ====Boat ramps and marinas==== * There are 30 public [[Slipway|boat access sites]] in the county.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://www.doorcounty.com/media/1300/fishing-guide.pdf/ |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160804083130/https://www.doorcounty.com/media/1300/fishing-guide.pdf/ |title = Fishing Guide of Door County: Door County Boat Access Sites Map |archive-date = August 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite map |url = https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/H5/?viewer=Boat_Access |title = Wisconsin DNR interactive boating map }}</ref> The Lake Michigan State Water Trail follows most county shorelines.<ref>{{cite book |url = https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/masterplanning/documents/MP-PR-LakeMichiganWaterTrail-2011.pdf |title = Wisconsin's Lake Michigan Water Trail Project: Inventory and Analysis of Access Sites in Support of a Lake Michigan Water Trail |date = December 2011 |publisher = Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources |pages = 13–23 }} Also see [https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/masterplanning/documents/MP-PR-LakeMichiganWaterTrail-Map3.pdf Map 3], [https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/masterplanning/documents/MP-PR-LakeMichiganWaterTrail-Map4.pdf Map 4], [https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/lands/masterplanning/documents/MP-PR-LakeMichiganWaterTrail-Map5.pdf Map 5], and the electronic [https://dnrmaps.wi.gov/H5/?viewer=LMWT Lake Michigan State Water Trail map]</ref>
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