Articles tagged:Stadium bridges

Posted: Wed Mar 28 1:26 p.m. by Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter

A roughly $250,000 project to resurface Main Street from Baker Road to Jeffords in Dexter is expected to begin April 16 and last about six weeks. There will be about four weeks of road closures involved with the road project.

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Posted: Tue Mar 27 5:55 a.m. by Danny Shaw
Ypsilanti school board votes to continue talks about merging with Willow Run

Note: This story has been updated to reflect the correct Willow Run Board of Education meeting date for Thursday. Ypsilanti Board of Education trustees unanimously voted to continue discussions about merging districts with Willow Run Community Schools at Monday’s Board meeting. Board members will attend a joint meeting with the ...

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Posted: Thu Feb 16 11 a.m. by Paula Gardner News Director
A warning to Ann Arbor: Traffic near U-M's athletic campus will be heavy on Saturday

A multitude of activities at the University of Michigan's athletic campus - along with the ongoing Stadium Bridges detours - will challenge Ann Arbor drivers on Saturday, the university is cautioning.

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Posted: Wed Jan 25 2:50 p.m. by Paula Gardner News Director
Marking progress: Stadium bridges reconstruction gets first concrete pour

Drive by what used to be Ann Arbor's East Stadium bridges, and you're likely to see work crews, heavy equipment and barricades. But something you may not realize is also part of the scene, as of this week: It's another step toward the conclusion of the $22.8 million reconstruction in ...

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Posted: Tue Jun 8 10:56 a.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
12 reasons why Ann Arbor officials think the Stadium bridges replacement should get federal funding

The city of Ann Arbor took steps on Monday to begin seeking federal grant funding for the Stadium bridges replacement project from a second round of stimulus dollars. The Ann Arbor City Council voted unanimously in favor of supporting the city's TIGER II grant application. TIGER, the official acronym for ...

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Posted: Fri May 14 4:17 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
State and federal officials get firsthand look at troubled Stadium bridges in Ann Arbor

Standing in the middle of State Street in Ann Arbor, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari peered up at what remains of the failing East Stadium Boulevard bridge above. "In non-engineering terms, it's pathetic," Porcari said of the crumbling bridge, half of which was removed last fall to avoid ...

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Posted: Mon May 10 8:24 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter
U.S. Rep. John Dingell has two words to describe Ann Arbor's Stadium Boulevard bridges

U.S. Congressman John Dingell has two words to describe the bridge spans in Ann Arbor that carry traffic on Stadium Boulevard over State Street and nearby railroad tracks. "Miserable" and "disastrous."

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Posted: Mon Aug 17 8:41 p.m. by Ryan J. Stanton Political Reporter

Ann Arbor officials laid out plans tonight for a $22.1 million reconstruction of two East Stadium Boulevard bridge spans over the next three years, using a combination of state, federal and local dollars. Homayoon Pirooz, the city's project management unit manager, told the City Council the conceptual designs are almost ...

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