Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Construction was paused for the winter, as shown last month, on this stretch of M-26 in northeast Ontonagon County. Work replacing a pair of bridges over the Firesteel River is scheduled to resume later this month.
By RICHARD JENKINS
rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com
GREENLAND - The region's fickle weather can make spring a difficult time to plan construction projects in the Western Upper Peninsula, as evident by the delayed start of a bridge project in Ontonagon County.
Work completing a multi-year project replacing two bridges over the Firesteel River near Greenland had been scheduled to start in mid-March, according to a Michigan Department of Transportation announcement. However, MDOT spokesman Dan Weingarten said the project is now hoping to start next week.
Weingarten recently told the Daily Globe that o...
