Two bridges over the Huron River to be closed Tuesday for inspections
Two bridges in Washtenaw County will be temporarily closed Tuesday as crews from the Washtenaw County Road Commission conduct inspections.
The Foster Road Bridge over the Huron River between Huron River Drive and Stein Road in Ann Arbor Township will be closed between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday.
Drivers are advised to follow a detour from Huron River Drive to North Delhi Road to Joy Road.
In addition, the East Delhi Road Bridge over the Huron River between Huron River Drive and Railroad Street in Scio Township will be closed between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday.
A detour from Huron River Drive to Wagner Road to Miller Road is suggested for drivers.
The inspection dates are subject to change should there be inclement weather.
See the map below for both closures:
View Washtenaw County Road Commission work in a larger map
Amy Biolchini covers Washtenaw County, health and environmental issues for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at (734) 623-2552, amybiolchini@annarbor.com or on Twitter.
Comments
Amy Biolchini
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 : 2:09 p.m.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I've made the correction to the story.
Rod Johnson
Thu, Aug 23, 2012 : 4:30 p.m.
Amy, it wasn't really an error--that bridge goes by both names.
Rod Johnson
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 : 4:02 a.m.
The Foster bridge is named after Samuel Foster's mill, which was there, and the hamlet of Foster that grew around it. There were a bunch of little mill towns--Scio, Delhi Mills, Osborne Mills, Foster, Geddesburg--but only Delhi Mills survived.
Boo Radley
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 : 2:14 a.m.
I don't believe I have ever heard it referred to as the Maple Rd. Bridge. In the 40 years or so I have been around that area, it has always been called the Foster Rd. Bridge. And .... if you zoom in enough on the map above with the article, it shows both the road and the bridge labled "Foster Rd."
hmsp
Tue, Aug 21, 2012 : 1:16 a.m.
@ Dan Darbor, re: The neighborhood refers to it as "Foster Bridge..." Around 40 years ago, I did a stint as a school bus driver, and noted that many other drivers, even senior ones, "incorrectly" referred to the Maple Rd. Bridge as the "Foster Bridge." I thought this was sloppy, because ALL of the maps in existence labeled that road as Maple. So, when I read your post here, at first I bristled, and then I got to thinking: I'm one of those that believe that dictionaries are descriptive, as opposed to prescriptive. That is, dictionaries do not tell us "right" from "wrong," they merely exist to tell us what words people use, and what those words mean to the people who use them. So, hey! Why not with maps, as well? One catch, of course, is that road names, as opposed to words, are legally defined. But we can get over that, and now that we have smart phones, that will happen fast, and people will use intuitive rules more than legal: For instance, I have an app on my iPhone called Waze, a navigation app that behaves a lot like a Garmin or a Tom-Tom, except that it works on a sort of "Gas Buddy" model, relying on a very large group of subscribing drivers logging in, reporting accidents, traffic jams, speed traps, etc... And those drivers also have the option of editing the map itself! So, while Google, MapQuest, and the like variously say that Maple, Country Club, and Foster all lay claim to that bridge, Waze labels it as Foster, as you, and the rest of the locals, do. So from here on out, it's Foster Bridge to me, too — I can see the writing on the wall... ... Errr, I mean, screen.
Dan Darbor
Mon, Aug 20, 2012 : 10:26 p.m.
The neighborhood refers to it as "Foster Bridge" at Maple Road,.