The Transportation Employee Memorial @ the Michigan Visitors Center on Michigan in Clare, MI

 Eric has a surprise to share

with me...

... in front of the Michigan Visitors Center in Clare is ...

... The Michigan Department 

of Transportation Employee 

Memorial & The Highway

Worker Poem by James

Litzner

The Engineer in Charge

of a road project

The Survey Crew consists of

the Survey Equipment

Operator ...

... & the Crew Member holding

a Jacob's Staff to measure

heights & distance.

A Highway Worker keeps 

track of materials used

on the road project.

The Sign Person helps guide

drivers through the

road project.

Highway workers are hard

at work on the roadway.

The Highway Worker

A unique group of people,

Those who work the road.

Their work goes unnoticed,

Their story seldom told.

Yes men and women out there

Working day and night

Fixing bridges, roads and ramps

Trying to maintain them right.

The traffic rushed by them

Just a few feet away.

The highway worker is thinking

"Will this be my day."

Warning signs and lights

Try to slow them down.

But people move so very fast

Seems they have to get to town.

Then one day it happens,

A driver  slows too late,

And a scream from the highway worker,

Alas, they meet their fate.

Fellow co-workers mourn their passing

and hope the people will see, 

Next time - "GIVE US A BRAKE"

Please slow down for me.

James Litzner

M.D.O.T. Highway Worker