As part of a larger $20 million project to replace bridges, restructure underpasses, and widen the I-196 highway that parallels Health Hill, the replacement of the College Avenue bridge has been moved up three years. The work will bring new construction jobs to West Michigan.
According to excerpts from the story:
Tearing down and rebuilding the College Avenue NE bridge over Int. 196 in Grand Rapids is among the $150 million in accelerated road projects that should add 2,100 construction and engineering jobs with about a year, according to Gov. Jennifer Granholm's office.
The $5.4 million bridge replacement has been moved up.
The state will begin preliminary work on the bridge this fall and start replacing it in spring 2009, said state Department of Transporation spokeswoman Dawn Garner. The project originally was scheduled for 2012.
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