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Department representative says 94-year-old M69 bridge over Michigami River needs $10,000,000 replacement, calls for sustained funding
Summary
A department representative described M69, a bridge over the Michigami River built in 1931, as having poor condition ratings across deck, beams and substructure and estimated a $10,000,000 replacement cost, noting the figure is roughly two and a half times the annual local bridge budget and urging sustained funding rather than one-time patches.
A department representative said M69, a bridge over the Michigami River built in 1931, has deteriorated and needs a replacement structure that the department estimates would cost about $10,000,000.
The department representative said the bridge — identified in the meeting transcript as M69 — has poor condition ratings for the deck, the beams and the substructure, and that those ratings mean the structure has “deteriorated to a point where we need to start looking at it more closely,” not that it is immediately unsafe. “When we get poor condition ratings on bridges, that does not mean that the bridge is unsafe,” the staff member said.
The department representative said repair work is difficult and…
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