WALKER, Mich. - Crews have closed down Three Mile Road between Kinney and Fruit Ridge avenues to fix a break in the Grand Rapids sanitary forcemain.
The break happened late Wednesday, June 28 and crews worked on it throughout the night into Thursday morning. The break still has not been fixed and the entire roadway remains flooded.
The City of Grand Rapids is conducting pump around activities and spearheading clean up operations. Drivers will not be able to get to I-96 from Kinney.
Vehicles headed for I-96 towards downtown will need to back track up Remembrance to the entrance at Johnson. Westbound traffic on Three Mile road will also be turned back at Fruit Ridge. Alternates are north to Four Mile Road or I-96 westbound.
A formal detour has not been set up. Traffic should look for alternate routes as Walker and Grand Rapids staff assess the damage.
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