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Aug. 27, 2020
Contact: John Pepin, 906-226-1352
Bridge replacement project temporarily closes section of Coalwood Grade in Alger County
Reroute available, $1 million project with U.S. Forest Service to be completed in December
A bridge replacement project on the Coalwood Grade, between Shingleton and Wetmore in Alger County, will reroute off-road vehicle traffic until December, beginning Aug. 31.
“We have been working for a decade to acquire the $1 million in Recreation Trail Project funding for this bridge replacement, derived from federal gas-tax revenue,” said Paul Gaberdiel, eastern Upper Peninsula trails specialist with the DNR’s Parks and Recreation Division. “We are very pleased to begin this cooperative project with the U.S. Forest Service.”
Work to replace the 130-foot bridge over the North Branch of Stutts Creek will improve the ORV and snowmobile route over the Coalwood Grade, which is a major route that connects Munising with many other communities.
A detour around the construction had been developed.
For more information on this reroute and other closures in Michigan, visit Michigan.gov/DNRClosures.
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/Note to editors: An accompanying map is available below for download. Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Bridge: A bridge over the North Branch of Stutts Creek on the Coalwood Grade in Alger County is set to be replaced beginning Aug. 31 in a $1 million cooperative project between the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Forest Service.
Map: A map on the Coalwood Grade bridge project and reroute is shown./
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