More Traffic Headaches Involving BL-196 Ahead

GRAND RAPIDS, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Apr. 28, 2024) – Another twist in the tail of the Lakeshore’s biggest road construction project of the season takes place on Monday.

The Michigan Department of Transportation’s Grand Rapids office announced on Friday that, due to the ongoing reconstruction of the eastbound lanes of Business 196, 120^th Avenue/Waverly Road will be blocked off to through traffic, from Monday, April 29^th, through Sunday, May 19^th.

In addition, there will be intermittent road closures of 101^st, 100^th, 96^th (State Street), 92^nd (Maple St.), and 88^th (Fairview St.) avenues that meet with the trunk roadway on April 29^th and 30^th. This work will be done from 7 AM to 7 PM, and only one intersection will be closed at a time.

Also, daily lane closures for westbound Business 196 between 88^th and 104^th avenues are slated, from 9 AM to 3 PM, from Monday through Friday of this coming week.

The $17 million-dollar, four and a half mile rebuild of the divided highway began on April 13^th. The eastbound lanes are slated to reopen on August 1^st, with the westbound lanes to then be blocked off through Thanksgiving.

The posted detour is US-31 and Adams Street/East 16^th Street.