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Meridian Road ProjectThe Watershed Project worked with the Mackinac County Road Commission and Clark Township to replace three deteriorated culverts at the Pearson Creek crossing of Meridian Road in Cedarville.
The culverts were in disrepair, the concrete headwall on the west side of Meridian Road was collapsing into the creek, and the wooden retaining wall on the north stream bank was failing. The project includes replacing the existing culverts with one concrete box culvert and repair/restoration of the stream bank east of the crossing.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Meridian Road was closed to traffic on Monday, September 14th and reopened on Thursday, September 17th.
The Mackinac County Road Commission began preparing the site for installation of the new culvert. Sand bags were positioned to hold back the water from the area to be excavated. Pumps were used to keep the area as dry as possible. Tuesday, September 15, 2009  Once the creek flow had been diverted to the northern most culvet, the two southern culverts were removed.
After the old culverts and road base were removed, the base for the new culverts was shaped and leveled.
Limestone was used as the new base material for the culvert.
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Edison Sault Power employees were on-site early in the morning to prepare for removal of power lines. Electricity was turned off at approximately 7:00 a.m.   Thursday, September 17, 2009  Looking downstream to define the flow line of the creek.
Conservation district employees clear the stream to determine flow line.
Looking downstream.
Monday, September 21, 2009 Project work continued through the week of September 21st to stabilize the embankment on the northeast side of the culvert. The Mackinac County Road Commission put the final touches on the project on Thursday, September 24th, by adding topsoil, seed and mulch to the project area.  Sherland Excavating drops rip rap into position along the new embankment. This page last updated on 9/30/2009.
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P.O.Box 578 | Cedarville, Michigan 49719
Phone: 906-484-3031
Phone: 906-484-3031
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