 Fruit Ridge Avenue Bridge (photo from MDOT) |
from Michigan.gov
After years of determination and collaboration between the community and state government, the newly rebuilt I-96/Fruit Ridge Avenue interchange and pedestrian paths in the city of Walker, northwest of Grand Rapids, Michigan, opened in October of 2025.
Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) invested approximately $30 million to rebuild and widen Fruit Ridge Avenue from 3 Mile Road to Northridge Drive. The project replaced the original 1961 Fruit Ridge Avenue bridge over I-96 and rebuilt the interchange to include new nonmotorized paths along Fruit Ridge Avenue and 3 Mile Road, with trail connections on the north and south sides.
"This was the missing piece. This is a key intersection to unlock hundreds of miles of trails," said State Rep. Carol Glanville, 84th District. "Pedestrians now have safer access to the White Pine Trail [to the northeast], the Pioneer Trail and the Standale Trail [both to the south]."
See map of the Standale Trail at the top of which you can just see the I-96 crossing.
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