Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 13, 1956
Caption:
Overpass Work Slowed: State Highway Department construction of two overpasses to carry US-112 (W. Michigan Ave.) traffic over the Willow Run Expressway extension has been virtually halted by a shortage of steel. In this aerial photo, looking northwest at the intersection, steel supports for the western bridge are already in place. The Pittsfield township overpasses are some 1,200 feet apart. Work on 2,800-foot approaches to the overpasses, meanwhile, is being done by the Lewis & Frisinger Co. of Ann Arbor. No decision has been announced on the fate of two motels and at least two houses in the path of the approaches.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 6, 1956
Caption:
BEAUTIFUL BRIDGE: Now providing a lovely entrance-way into Ann Arbor from the north, the new Huron Valley Bride is in full use carrying traffic over the Huron River and the New York Central Railroad tracks. In this aerial view, looking almost due east, the new four-lane span dwarfs the old, narrow Whitemore Lake Rd. Bridge. Faintly visible at top center is the Northside School. (Photo by James Galbraith)

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, July 8, 1955
Caption:
Bridge Nears Completion: Construction on Ann Arbor's new Whitmore Lake Rd. (US-23) bridge, shown here next to the present span, is about 85 per cent completed. Guy L. Branscomb, superinterdent for Lansing contractor L. A. Davidson, said four lanes of the eight-lane structure will be completed by next Friday. He said the bridge over the Huron River and New York Central Railroad tracks at the northern edge of the city will be finished by Sept. 1. Work on the bridge, to be the first eight-lane structure in the state outside of the metropolitan area of Detroit, now is confined largely to the pouring of concrete for the roadways. Plans for building the highway approaches to the bridge have not been announced.