NB 75 ramp closures Schaefer to Vernor Hwy

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                     FRIDAY, JULY 6, 2018

 

CONTACT: Diane Cross, MDOT Office of Communications, crossd2@michigan.gov

 

I-75 Rouge River project: Northbound I-75 exit ramps closing between Schaefer Highway and Vernor Highway

 

COUNTY:

Wayne

 

RAMP CLOSURES START DATE:

Monday, July 9, 2018

7 a.m.

 

RAMP CLOSURES END DATE:

Mid-August 2018

 

OVERALL PROJECT END DATE:

November 2018

 

PROJECT DETAILS:

Beginning Monday, a 6-mile stretch of northbound I-75 will have ramp closures from Schaefer Highway to Vernor Highway to allow construction and pavement work near the following closed exits: Springwells Street, Waterman Street, Livernois Avenue, Clark Avenue, and W. Grand Boulevard. The exit to the Ambassador Bridge will be open.

 

Southbound I-75 is closed from I-96 to the US-24 (Telegraph Road) connector for the I-75 River Rouge Bridge project from southwest Detroit to Brownstown Township. One lane is open for local traffic from south of I-96 to Livernois Avenue.

 

SAFETY BENEFIT:

Diverting traffic from this area will provide the safest work zone for drivers and workers.

 

Project map: https://bit.ly/2yQ5nwl

 

BACKGROUND:

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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