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🌱 Elms Road bridge won't reopen until 2027

Flushing, Michigan Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Elms Road bridge won't reopen until 2027

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 53 and low of 39 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with showers around, temps: high: 45, low: 32.
  • Friday: Cloudy, chilly; a p.m. shower, with a high of 41 and low of 28 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Elms Road Bridge Closure Extended Into 2027 (wcrz.com) — Drivers using Elms Road face a bridge closure into 2027 after crews found additional beam deterioration at the Flint River crossing in Flushing Township. The expanded project will replace all beams and the deck, with no reopening date announced. The established detour follows Flushing, Linden and Beecher roads.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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