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Restoring roads and bridges after mid-Michigan flooding
On this week’s Talking Michigan Transportation, a conversation about mid-Michigan flooding and MDOT efforts to restore roads and bridges.
Guests include Jocelyn Hall, MDOT’s Bay Region media relations representative, and Matt Chynoweth, MDOT’s chief bridge engineer who oversees the MDOT Bureau of Bridges and Structures.
After days of heavy rains that began May 17 and breached dams near Midland, several roads and bridges were heavily damaged from what is considered a 500-year event. The flooding and rapid currents were especially catastrophic in the Tittabawassee River. MDOT engineers moved…
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