Motorists will find their holiday travel plans a little easier to navigate thanks to orange barrels and lane restrictions disappearing on nearly 60 percent of Michigan Department of Transportation road and bridge bridge projects statewide. The changes are through 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Some limits will remain in place, including temporary shifts or shoulder closures.
Of the 156 projects currently underway statewide, lane restrictions will be removed for 91.
The Mackinac Bridge will be closed to public traffic on Labor Day from 6:30 a.m. to noon during the annual bridge walk. Southbound I-75 and US-2 traffic will be stopped at Exit 344 on the north side of the bridge; northbound I-75 traffic will be stopped at Exit 337 on the south end. For details, visit MackinacBridge.org/Walk or call the Mackinac Bridge Authority at 906-643-7600.
Work zones that will remain active or have lane restrictions during Labor Day weekend in Metropolitan Detroit include:
Macomb County
The I-94/M-29 (23 Mile Road) interchange has the following restrictions:
• 23 Mile Road has once lane closed in each direction
• I-94 has shoulder closures in each direction
• The westbound 23 Mile Road entrance ramp to southbound I-94 is closed.
• The eastbound 23 Mile Road entrance ramp to northbound I-94 is closed.
Oakland County
• I-75 has three northbound lanes open from Big Beaver Road to Coolidge Highway.
• I-696 has two westbound lanes open with multiple ramp closures from Dequindre Road to M-10 (Lodge Freeway)
Wayne County
• The eastbound Jefferson Avenue entrance ramp to southbound M-10 (Lodge Freeway) is closed.
I-94 has two lanes open in each direction between I-275 and US-12 (Michigan Avenue). The following ramps are closed:
• Southbound Wayne Road to eastbound I-94
• Eastbound I-94 Exit 197 to Vining Road
• Westbound Merriman Road to eastbound I-94
• Eastbound I-94 Exit 199 to southbound Middlebelt Road
•Westbound Ecorse Road to westbound I-94
•Eastbound Ecorse Road to eastbound I-94.
• Eastbound I-94 Exit 200 to eastbound Ecorse Road
• The I-94/M-39 (Southfield Freeway) interchange has ramp and lane closures inn all directions
• The eastbound I-96 local lanes are closed at M-39 (Southfield Freeway)
• M-3 (Gratiot Avenue) has the northbound right lane closed from Mack Avenue to Forest Avenue
• M-10 (Lodge Freeway) has one southbound lane open from Howard Street to Jefferson Avenue
• M-14/I-96 has two eastbound lanes open from Sheldon Road to Newburgh Road and two westbound lanes open from Levan Road to Beck Road. The following ramps are closed:
• Southbound I-275 to westbound M-14
• Westbound M-14 to southbound I-275
• Northbound I-275 to westbound M-14.
• M-85 (Fort Street) has one westbound lane open from 10th Street to 14th Street
• M-102/8 Mile Road has two westbound lanes open from M-39 to Lahser Road
• Old M-14/Ann Arbor Road has one lane open in each direction between Ann Arbor Trail and Levan Road
• US-24/Telegraph Road has one lane open in each direction at the US-12/Michigan Avenue interchange. US-12 has lane closures in each direction between Outer Drive and US-24. The following ramps are closed:
• Eastbound US-12 to southbound US-24
• Southbound US-24 to eastbound US-12
MediaNews Group staff