One of Ann Arbor's odder intersections is on its way to becoming a little more normal, or at least a little newer. City officials are working on plans to replace the East Stadium Boulevard Bridge over State Street within the next couple of years.
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City officials are working on preliminary designs to replace the 80-plus-year-old bridge for East Stadium that goes over State. The city recently lowered the weight limits for traffic that crosses it to ensure motorist safety.
In the mean time bureaucrats are working on a plan that would not only replace the bridge (cost to do so about $10 million) but much of the infrastructure, such as sewer and storm water drains, for a grand total of $30 to $35 million. However, city officials are going after state and federal grants to pay for it, so the project is still a few years in the future.
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