DETROIT, Mich. - Southbound I-75 will be closed from Clark Avenue to Schaefer Road in Detroit for multiple projects over two weekends in September, including adding a protective surface to four bridges and an epoxy overlay to the I-75 Rouge River Bridge. All on ramps to southbound I-75 will also be closed from Clark Avenue to Schaefer Road.
Beginning 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, through 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 8, southbound I-75 will be closed from Clark Avenue to Schaefer Road and again the following weekend, from 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, through 5 a.m. Monday, Sept. 15.
The posted detour for southbound I-75 is westbound I-96, westbound I-94 and southbound I-275 to I-75. M-85 (Fort Street) is available for local traffic as an alternate route.
"Across Michigan, we are moving dirt and fixing the damn roads to grow our economy, helping Michiganders go to work, drop their kids off at school and run errands safely," said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. "By the end of this construction season, we will have fixed, repaired or replaced nearly 24,500 lane miles of roads and 1,900 bridges, supporting thousands of good-paying, local jobs without raising taxes by a dime. This year, let's build on our momentum to pass a bipartisan local road funding plan so we can keep fixing our damn roads and creating good-paying, local jobs."
Future weekend closures are expected on northbound I-75 in mid-September and early October. Once finalized, that schedule will be announced.
This project originally began in late April with short-term weeknight closures related to pier patching work on the 230 piers supporting the I-75 Rouge River bridge, the I-75 bridge over M-85 (Fort Street) and two ramp bridges.
The Michigan Department of Transportation is adding a protective surface to four bridges that had bridge decks replaced during a 2017-2018 project. This next phase of work is part of a $42 million project to add an epoxy overlay to the I-75 Rouge River bridge and I-75 bridge over M-85 (Fort Street), along with ramp bridges. This work requires 16 weekend closures.
Based on economic modeling, this $42 million investment is expected to directly and indirectly support 401 jobs.
