UPDATE- Closures: WB I-96/I-196, Grand Rapids, November 6-9

 

• Grand Rapids- See map below. 

• Here is an updated summary and tentative schedule of the upcoming closures:

  - 7 p.m. TONIGHT (Wednesday) through 5 a.m. tomorrow: One lane will be open on westbound I-96 from M-21 (Fulton Street) to the I-96/I-196 split. The M-21 ramp to westbound I-96 will be closed.

  - 11 p.m. TONIGHT through 5 a.m. tomorrow: Westbound I-196 will be CLOSED from I-96 to Fuller Avenue.

  - 1 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7: One lane of eastbound I-96 will reopen at Leonard Street.

  - 5 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7: The southbound East Beltline Avenue ramp to westbound I-96 will reopen.

  - 1 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, through Saturday, Nov. 9: Eastbound I-196 will be closed from Fuller Avenue to I-96.

  - Thursday night, Nov. 7/Friday morning, Nov. 8: Eastbound I-96 will reopen along with the Leonard Street ramp to eastbound I-96.

             Learn more about the I-96/I-196 Flip on MDOT's YouTube channel.

Project flyer-  I-196/ I-96/ E. Beltline Avenue Reconstruction and Interchange Reconfiguration

The work is weather dependent.  

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John Richard
Michigan Department of Transportation
Communications Representative
Grand Region
1420 Front Avenue, NW 
Grand Rapids, Mi 49504
Phone:  616-451-4063
Cell:  616-262-1565
Fax:  616-451-0707
E-mail:  richardj2@michigan.gov