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Charlevoix announces a temporary US-31 detour during St. Marys Drive work, 2016

Also Charlevoix US-31 detour June 2016 · St Marys Drive Charlevoix road closure 2016

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Locator map: Charlevoix highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
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TypeEvent
Dates2016-06-13 – 2016-06-17
WithinCharlevoix
ErasModern era
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Locator map: Charlevoix highlighted within the Beaver Island archipelago
Took place at CharlevoixLocator plate © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0); depths NOAA; names USGS GNIS. How the plates are drawn.
Event
Dates
2016-06-13 – 2016-06-17
Kind
Highway detour
Where
Charlevoix
Carried out by
organization/city-of-charlevoix
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
transportationinfrastructureisland-connectiongovernment
Within
Charlevoix

Summary

Charlevoix officials announced a temporary southbound US-31 closure and detour beginning June 13, 2016, while crews connected sanitary sewer lines on St. Marys Drive. The detour routed traffic via Garfield Avenue, Grant Street, and Carpenter Street; northbound traffic was reduced to one lane. Reopening was expected by June 17.

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The forum preserves a contemporaneous municipal/project account relevant to Beaver Island travelers. It does not independently verify the reopening time or measure traffic impacts.

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  1. The repost described a southbound US-31 closure beginning June 13, a Garfield–Grant–Carpenter detour, northbound lane reduction, and a planned reopening by June 17 while crews connected sanitary sewer lines on St. Marys Drive. This is a contemporaneous municipal/project statement preserved via the forum; it does not independently establish the actual reopening time or later traffic effects.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010310

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Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Charlevoix announces a temporary US-31 detour during St. Marys Drive work, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-charlevoix-us31-detour-june-2016/, accessed [date], citing Charlevoix officials, reposted by the Charlevoix County Commission on Aging, “US 31 in Charlevoix...BE PREPARED!,” Beaver Island Forum, June 15–16, 2016..

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