LANSING, MI-- A bill sponsored by State Senator Tom Casperson would designate part of US-8 in Dickinson County as the Medio J. Bacco Memorial Highway.
Bacco was a pioneer in concrete highway paving and road building in Michigan. Casperson says it’s about honoring a man who exemplified the hardworking spirit of the U.P.
Former Representative Ed McBroom testified in front of the Senate Transportation Committee last week. He said US-8 was not only Bacco’s first paving project—it was the first section of paved highway in the U.P.
Bacco went on to found Bacco, Inc., which is still operating in Iron Mountain. He helped finance two churches in the city, served on the Iron Mountain School Board, and established a scholarship for Michigan Technological University.
The designation would include the portion of US-8 from the Wisconsin border to the intersection with US-2 in the City of Norway.
