Ann Arbor stadium bridge groundwork to be laid this summer

The Stadium Boulevard bridges aren't coming tumbling down yet in Ann Arbor, but city officials see their replacements coming next spring.

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You won't be able to see the work being done on the Stadium Boulevard Bridges from State Street this year. All of that activity is taking place behind the scenes where city officials are finalizing plans and lining up funding for the spans above State.

Last year, city workers removed part of the 92-year-old bridge after one of the beams began failing. Now it is only accessible by two lanes of traffic on what has become one of the city's most obvious failing (but still safe for the time being) pieces of infrastructure.

"When a structure gets to this point it's very, very hard to say how much longer it's useable," says Homayoon Pirooz, a project manager with the city of Ann Arbor.

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