Ann Arbor aims to replace E Stadium/State bridges

Concentrate, 5/7/2009

The bridges are about to come down in Ann Arbor, and that's a good thing.

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Most Ann Arborites realize that Stadium and State Street intersect. But, in practical terms, they really don't.

That piece of Ann Arbor conventional wisdom is getting ready to change.

For generations East Stadium Boulevard went over South State Street and the adjacent railroad tracks as if it were a freeway. The only way get from one to the other, no matter what the type of transportation, was through a series of turns onto Industrial and Stimson streets. A lack of sidewalks, excess of dense foliage and steep drop meant pedestrians had to follow the same path as motorists.

"Right now you can't get from Stadium to State on foot unless you rappel," says Eli Cooper, transportation program manager at the city of Ann Arbor.

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Biking , Redevelopment

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