Reminder: Bridge demolition requires closing I-75 in Oakland County this weekend
Michigan DOT sent this bulletin at 02/24/2022 08:19 AM EST
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA CONTACT
February 24, 2022 Rob Morosi
248-361-6288
Reminder: Bridge demolition requires closing I-75
in Oakland County this weekend
Fast facts:
- I-75 will be closed between I-696 and I-75 Business Loop (Square Lake Road) starting Friday night.
- 12 Mile Road will be closed under I-75 starting at noon on Friday.
- The eastbound and westbound I-696 ramps to northbound I-75 will remain closed until mid-November.
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. - Weather permitting, the rebuilding of I-75 in Oakland County resumes on Friday night with a freeway closure for bridge demolition and to install a traffic shift.
The freeway will be closed in both directions between I-696 and the I-75 Business Loop (Square Lake Road) to begin demolition of the overpasses at Gardenia and Lincoln avenues. In addition, both directions of 12 Mile Road under I-75 and all ramps at the interchange, will close at noon on Friday. The rebuilding of 12 Mile Road and the new diverging diamond interchange (DDI) will close through-traffic on 12 Mile Road between Stephenson Highway and Dartmouth Street until mid-November. Access to businesses will be maintained on each side of the interchange.
The freeway closure will begin at 11 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25, and will reopen to traffic by 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 28. Prior to the freeway closure, crews will begin closing ramps at 9 p.m. and start freeway lane closures at 10 p.m. All ramps to northbound I-75 will be closed from I-696 to 14 Mile Road. All ramps to southbound I-75 will be closed from M-59 to 11 Mile Road.
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. Entrance ramps to northbound I-75 will remain open from 14 Mile Road to Crooks Road/Corporate Drive for local traffic. Southbound I-75 traffic will use westbound Square Lake Road to southbound M-1, then eastbound I-696 back to southbound I-75.
Beginning Monday, Feb. 28, the following ramp closures will be in place until the end of the 2022 construction season (detours will be posted for each ramp closure).
- The eastbound and westbound I-696 ramps to northbound I-75,
- The 11 Mile Road exit and entrance ramps at northbound I-75, and
- The 12 Mile Road exit and entrance ramps at northbound and southbound I-75.
In addition, northbound and southbound I-75 will have two lanes open between 14 Mile Road and I-696
Follow I-75 modernization progress on the web at www.Modernize75.com, or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Modernize75 or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Modernize75.
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