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Major development pressures required the Washtenaw County Road Commission to take action to improve safety and traffic flow along this two lane highway in a once-rural area. Several area features added to the challenge: wetlands, historic sites, railroad crossing, bridge overpass, two major health care facilities, and access to a city treatment plant and sewer lines. Midwestern Consulting provided environmental and traffic assessments, design plans and specifications, cost estimates, and staging plans to the county, as well as participation in public meetings. The approved plan included a pre-stressed concrete multispan, grade separated bridge spanning the river, railroad, and treatment plant access drive. When completed it will provide for 5 lanes and a sidewalk.