ONTONAGON COUNTY – Highland Copper Company, in partnership with the Ontonagon County Road Commission, completed redevelopment of the Choate Road Bridge over Bluff Creek, according to a press release from InvestUP.

According to the release, the new bridge will also improve road safety and reliability for residents and visitors by reducing long-term maintenance and providing a more durable solution for both the creek and the community.

Mike Foley, site manager with Highland, said this project, in Haight Township, is important for the road commission because it’s a very low volume road that they probably wouldn’t have had the resources to put into it like Highland did.

“Secondly, we replaced five significantly undersized culverts with a 50 foot clear span bridge,” Foley said. “What that do

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