An Upper Peninsula road that skirts Lake Superior and acts as a popular short cut between Deer Park and Grand Marais could reopen in October, as long as the weather cooperates.

H-58, a mostly gravel road paralleling Lake Superior between Deer Park and Grand Marais has been closed since June at the Sucker River, about 6 miles east of Grand Marais, to replace a culvert on the river with a new bridge, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources said.

"Expectation is to have the project completed by the first week of October. However, just know weather and day-today changes can slow the process," Cory Kovacs, MDNR Lake Superior unit manager, said via email.

The road often serves as a northern route between Grand Marais and Tahquamenon Falls . Drivers who wish to remain on pav

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