Railroad crossing closure in Schoolcraft to continue until July 26

Jef Rietsma
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SCHOOLCRAFT – Michigan Department of Transportation officials wish to remind the public that the railroad crossing at the south end of Schoolcraft will be closed at least through next week.

Agency officials said the heavily traveled railroad crossing will be rebuilt as a part of the $51 million U.S. 131 improvement.

The second phase of construction on U.S. 131 will center on southern Kalamazoo County and the village of Schoolcraft. The railroad crossing on the edge of the village limit will be closed for two weeks as a part of the road-upgrade project.
The second phase of construction on U.S. 131 will center on southern Kalamazoo County and the village of Schoolcraft. The railroad crossing on the edge of the village limit will be closed for two weeks as a part of the road-upgrade project.

The closure started Monday and is scheduled to continue through July 26.

The two-year, U.S. 131 task started at the Rocky River bridge last year and is now in its second year, with work centering on a stretch in Kalamazoo County from just south of Schoolcraft village limits north to Shaver Road.

With the railroad crossing closed, southbound U.S. 131 traffic will continue following a detour via U Avenue, 8th Street and XY Avenue. Northbound traffic, meanwhile, will be detoured to XY Avenue, Portage Road and U Avenue.

MDOT officials said southbound U.S. 131 will reopen once the railroad-crossing project has been completed. Northbound traffic will continue to follow the detour, as the project moves into the next scheduled phase of work.

Southbound U.S. 131 had been detoured since the second year of the project started April 15.

This article originally appeared on Sturgis Journal: Railroad crossing closure in Schoolcraft to continue until July 26