GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) – The second phase of the rebuild of southbound I-196 from Holland to Douglas is about to get underway.
On Monday (July 26, 2021), the Grand Rapids office of the Michigan Department of Transportation announced that, beginning on Thursday, July 29th, more than three miles of the interstate will be renovated. The stretch of westbound I-196, from east of M-40 to just before 60th Street, will be resurfaced, with joint replacement and a new guardrail. A similar stretch eastbound had been renovated a few years earlier.
What it means for motorists through November 5th is this: Westbound I-196 will be down to one lane west of the Adams Street exit, diverted onto the eastbound lanes. The exit for M-40 and the entrance ramp from M-40 will be blocked off (posted detour is the Byron Road/Business 196 exit in Zeeland to US-31 to Lincoln Avenue). Southbound US-31 traffic out of Holland will be diverted to the northbound lanes before going onto I-196, with the exit from northbound I-196 to northbound US-31 remaining closed (M-40 Lincoln Road exit is the posted detour).
The price tag for the long-await rebuild of this stretch of highway is about $2.3 million, according to MDOT.
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