GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A major construction project will have a big impact on traffic traveling on US-131 over the next couple of months.
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will begin work on northbound US-131 just south of downtown Grand Rapids on Sunday, March 31.
MDOT is spending about $6.2 million to improve and repair two bridges over Plaster Creek on US-131.
Northbound US-131 will be completely closed from 28th Street to Burton Street until April 25. Traffic heading northbound on US-131 must exit at or before 28th Street (M-11).
Throughout the construction, one lane of northbound US-131 will remain open from Burton Street to Pearl Street. Entrance ramps to northbound US-131 will also be closed from 44th, 36th and 28th streets and Market Avenue. The northbound US-131 exit to Pearl Street will also close during this time.
MDOT suggests the following detours for commuters:
- Head west on M-6 to I-196
- Head east on M-6 to M-37 or I-96
Construction on northbound US-131 is expected to be completed on April 25. After the completion, the work on southbound US-131 will begin and is expected to last about four weeks.
MDOT is calling the project an "extremely necessary fix."
"It desperately needs it. That stretch from basically M-11, 28th Street, all the way down to 196. We've been studying that section for years on the PEL study. It needs a full rebuild," said Richard.
The construction on the two bridges over Plaster Creek will fix joints and rehabilitate the bridges, which still have their original pavement from the 1950s and 1960s.
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