Michigan Lt. Gov. John Cherry, State Sen. Mike Prusi and State Rep. Steven Lindberg join former State Rep. Stephen Adamini and other local dignitaries, including Michigan Iron Industry Museum Advisory Board members, for the new road's groundbreaking ceremony.
 

Road builders begin clearing the 5/8-mile route through thick forestlands using chainsaws and logging booms.

A logging boom stacks logs for pickup at the former trailhead leading to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum building.
 

With the site of a new 20-space parking area staked out in the foreground, workers at the upper right prepare to blast a rock outcropping along the route of the new road to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum.

After clearing away dirt and rock loosened by blasting, a heavy boom-operated shovel works on the road grade.

The driveway to the Michigan Iron Industry Museum.

Trucks roll out the fill dirt for the new road.

Excavating for the storm water spillway.

Construction fleet for the road work.

The rock-cut route for the new road.

A worker walks along the new road as machinery lays down the final pavement.

Among those celebrating at the ribbon-cutting for the new Jackson Trace Parkway are Michigan Department of Natural Resources director Rebecca Humphries; Mike Moyle, who provided an easement for the road; Former state representative Stephen Adamini; the Michigan Iron Industry Museum Advisory Board; state representatives and staff from the Michigan Historical Center and Michigan Department of Transportation.