Construction Alert: I-94 Closing In Detroit This Weekend

DETROIT, MI — I-94 in Detroit will close for bridge work this weekend, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. Crews will be setting bridge beams at the M-3 (Gratiot Avenue) overpass starting at 9 p.m. Friday, closing down the freeway between Conner Avenue and I-75 until 5 a.m. Monday.

Detours

During this closure, westbound through-traffic will be detoured to westbound M-102 (Eight Mile Road) to southbound I-75 and back to westbound I-94. Westbound I-94 will have one lane open to Conner Avenue for local access.

Eastbound traffic will be detoured north on I-75 to eastbound M-102 and back to eastbound I-94.
All ramps along eastbound and westbound I-94 will be closed between Conner Avenue and I-75, too:

• Eastbound I-96 to eastbound I-94,
• Northbound and southbound M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to eastbound I-94,
• Northbound and southbound I-75 to eastbound I-94, and
• All entrance ramps from Nine Mile Road to Chalmers Street to westbound I-94.

Crews will begin closing all surface street ramps at 7 p.m., with freeway-to-freeway interchange ramps closures beginning at 9 p.m.

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