A massive storm washed out roads, bridges and critical underground infrastructure in northern Wisconsin earlier this week.

Officials continue to survey the destruction, which includes extensive damage to parts of U.S. Highway 2, a major thoroughfare in the region, that cut off the city of Ashland and left Saxon Harbor in a state of disrepair.

In response, Gov. Scott Walker declared a State of Emergency in eight counties after the area received 8 to 12 inches of rain...