Michigan Avenue bridge repairs over Portage Creek start Monday in downtown Kalamazoo
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Contact: Nick Schirripa, MDOT Office of Communications, 269-208-7829 Agency: Transportation

COUNTY:
Kalamazoo

HIGHWAY:
I-94 Business Loop (BL) (Michigan Avenue)

CLOSEST CITY:
Kalamazoo

START DATE:
Monday, Aug. 2, 2021

ESTIMATED END DATE:
Friday, Sept. 17, 2021

PROJECT:
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be repairing the I-94 BL bridge over Portage Creek. The $412,000 investment includes concrete end block replacement, deck patching, substructure repair, joint replacement, new guardrails, and approach work.

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Crews will return in late October to perform an epoxy overlay on the bridge. That work will require single-lane closures, and MDOT will make sure to remind motorists ahead of that work starting.

SAFETY BENEFITS:
This project will extend the life of the bridge and improve safety and ride quality for motorists.

TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS:
Only one direction of traffic will be allowed through the work zone at a time and in two phases.

From Monday, Aug. 2, through Monday, Aug. 23, two lanes of westbound I-94 BL lanes will be open across the bridge, and eastbound I-94 BL will be detoured on Pitcher Street, Crosstown Parkway, and King Highway.

From Monday, Aug. 23, to Friday, Sept. 17, two lanes of eastbound I-94 BL will be open across the bridge, and westbound I-94 BL will be detoured on M-343 (Gull Road), Ransom Street, and Pitcher Street.

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