▁ 1 9   M ile ▁Road ▁between ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁fre ew ay ▁and ▁the ▁former ▁routing ▁north ▁of ▁town . ▁The ▁gap ▁was ▁filled ▁in ▁when ▁the ▁fre ew ay ▁segment ▁between ▁Big ▁Rap ids ▁and ▁Os ce ola ▁County ▁was ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁The ▁section ▁of ▁highway ▁along ▁ 1 9   M ile ▁Road ▁was ▁transferred ▁to ▁the ▁Big ▁Rap ids ▁business ▁loop ▁to ▁connect ▁it ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁fre ew ay . ▁When ▁the ▁exp ans ions ▁ended , ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s , ▁it ▁was ▁expected ▁that ▁the ▁US   1 3 1 ▁fre ew ay ▁would ▁end ▁at ▁the ▁south ▁side ▁of ▁Cad illa c , ▁" per haps ▁forever ". ▁MD OT ▁had ▁ended ▁all ▁consideration ▁of ▁additional ▁fre ew ay ▁mile age ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁cit ing ▁decre ased ▁gas ▁tax ▁reven ues , ▁decre ased ▁traffic ▁and ▁higher ▁construction ▁costs . ▁A ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁report ▁said ▁that ▁while ▁traffic ▁forec asts ▁showed ▁continued ▁growth , ▁up gr ades ▁to ▁existing ▁roads ▁would ▁be ▁sufficient ▁to ▁handle ▁traffic ▁needs . ▁ ▁S - Cur ve ▁replacement ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁unusual ▁sections ▁of ▁the ▁US   1 3 1 ▁fre ew ay ▁in ▁the ▁Grand ▁Rap ids ▁area ▁is ▁the ▁S - Cur ve . ▁This ▁section ▁of ▁fre ew ay ▁car ries ▁US   1 3 1 ▁over ▁the ▁Grand ▁River ▁with ▁two ▁sharp