LANSING — The city of Kingsford plans to rebuild East Breitung Avenue from Carpenter Avenue east to the city limits at Woodbine Street in 2023 with the aid of a Michigan Department of Transportation grant.

Total estimated cost is $400,000, with the $280,000 state grant to be matched by $120,000 from the city. It’s among nine Transportation Economic Development Fund Category F grants announced Wednesday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Breitung Avenue is the second-busiest in Dickinson County and serves as a bypass of Iron Mountain for vehicles traveling between Kingsford’s industrial area and U.S. 2 and U.S. 141, MDOT said. The existing pavement is in poor condition with extensive rutting and cracking in the wheel paths.

The Kingsford grant comes after a $375,000 grant announced in January for a Dickinson County Road Commission project on East Breitung Avenue, also known as Breitung Cut-Off Road. In 2022, the DCRC plans to rebuild East Breitung Avenue from 400 feet east of Hydraulic Falls Road to 1,600 feet west of U.S. 141. Additional work includes culvert replacement and the installation of new guardrail to improve safety.

Total project cost is $590,000, with $375,000 in Category F funds and $215,000 in matching funds from the DCRC.

Enacted in 1987 and reauthorized in 1993, the TEDF helps finance highway, road and street projects that are critical to the movement of people and products, and getting workers to their jobs, materials to growers and manufacturers, and finished goods to consumers. TEDF “Category F” or “Urban Areas in Rural Counties” grants provide state funding for public roadway improvements that create system continuity with the secondary all-season road system.

Category F grants provide funding for projects that include improving access to the state all-season system or improving safety and all-season capabilities on routes having high commercial traffic. Eligible road agencies include county road commissions, cities and villages. More information about the program is available online at www.Michigan.gov/TEDF.

“Road projects like these connect workers to jobs and provide important links for our communities,” Whitmer said. “Since I took office, we have invested nearly $4.75 billion to repair, replace, or rehabilitate nearly 13,200 lane miles of road and 903 bridges, and we must do more. I will work with anyone to get the job done.”