Oakland County Drivers To Deal With I-75 Closures All Weekend

TROY, MI — Oakland County motorists who rely on I-75 to get around will need to adjust their travel routines as portions of the expressway will be closed in both directions this weekend due to a Michigan Department of Transportation project.

MDOT announced this week that crews will be removing an existing traffic shift this weekend which will force portions of I-75 to be closed. The expressway will be closed in both directions between I-696 and Square Lake Road (the I-75 Business Loop) as work removing the traffic shift begins.

Before the work was slated to begin, both directions of I-75 share the northbound lanes between I-696 and 13 Mile Road. The freeway closure will begin at 11 p.m. on Friday and crews will begin closing lanes at 9 p.m., MDOT said in a news release.

All ramps to northbound I-75 will be closed from I-696 to 14 Mile Road, officials said and all ramps to southbound I-75 will be closed from M-59 to 11 Mile Road.

Southbound I-75 will be on its normal alignment with two lanes open from 13 Mile Road to I-696 by 5 a.m. on Monday. During the closure, northbound I-75 traffic will be detoured west on I-696 to northbound M-1 (Woodward Avenue), then eastbound Square Lake Road back to northbound I-75, MDOT said.

Entrance ramps to northbound I-75 will remain open from 14 Mile Road to Crooks Road/Corporate Drive for local traffic. Northbound I-75 will reopen by 5 a.m. on Monday with two lanes open from 9 Mile to 13 Mile roads.

Southbound I-75 traffic will use westbound Square Lake Road to southbound M-1, then eastbound I-696 back to southbound I-75.