Traffic & Transit
I-75 Closing For Bridge Repairs This Weekend
This section of the highway will close down from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 p.m. Saturday.
DETROIT, MI — Starting Friday evening, northbound I-75 between Schaefer Highway and Rosa Parks Boulevard will close for the weekend demolition of three pedestrian bridge structures over I-75. The pedestrian bridges are between Springwells Street and Waterman Street. The highway will be closed until 4 p.m. Saturday.
Reminder: Northbound I-75 closing from Schaefer Highway and Rosa Parks Boulevard for weekend to remove three pedestrian bridges
The closed on-ramps include those at Schaefer Highway, Springwells Street, Waterman Street, Dragoon Street (Livernois Avenue), Clark Avenue, West Grand Boulevard and Vernor Highway. Access to the Ambassador Bridge from Fort Street to West Grand Boulevard and bridge traffic will have access to northbound I-75.
Southbound I-75 is already closed and detoured in this area.
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The recommended detour is northbound I-75 to westbound Schaefer Highway to eastbound I-94 to eastbound I-96 to northbound I-75. Local traffic can use northbound M-85 (Fort Street) and enter northbound I-75 at Rosa Parks Boulevard.
The inlay work taking place on this area of I-75 is part of the overall "75Rouge: Detroit-Downriver Connection" project, a $220 million bridge project that involves removing and replacing concrete (equivalent to approximately 24 football fields of concrete) on the Rouge River Bridge, the largest bridge in Michigan in both length and width. Work also includes removing and rebuilding the Goddard Road bridges and repairs on 11 other Downriver bridges.
Drivers are advised that there are local county projects affecting the intersection of Dix-Toledo, Allen, and Pennsylvania roads near the Dix-Toledo Road ramp leading to southbound I-75. Heavy traffic and long delays should be expected, and drivers are strongly advised to use M-85 (Fort Street) as a detour route.
Go to www.75RougeRiver.com for additional project details, construction, schedules, lane closures, etc.
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