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Road and bridge construction require closing I-75 between 8 Mile Road and Square Lake Road this weekend in Oakland County

Road and bridge construction require closing I-75 between 8 Mile Road and Square Lake Road beginning at 11 p.m. Friday May 1st through 5 a.m. Monday, May 4th.

  • Bridge beam setting and road work requires closing I-75 between M-102 (Eight Mile Road) and I-75 Business Loop (Square Lake Road) this weekend. 
  • This work also requires closure of the southbound Service Drive between John R. and Meyers Ave during this time
  • During the closure, all traffic will be detoured to M-1 (Woodward Avenue). 
  • The freeway closure begins at 11 p.m. Friday May 1 and ends by 5 a.m. Monday, May 4.

Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) contract crews will be setting bridge beams on structures over I-75 and performing road work this weekend. This will require closing northbound and southbound I-75 between M-102 (Eight Mile Road) and the I-75 Business Loop (Square Lake Road) beginning at 11 p.m. Friday, May 1. In addition the southbound service drive between John R. and Meyers Ave will also be closed.    Both directions of I-75 as well as the southbound service drive closure noted are expected to reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, May 4.

During this closure, northbound I-75 traffic will be detoured via westbound M-102 (Eight Mile Road), northbound M-1 (Woodward Avenue), and eastbound Square Lake Road back to northbound I-75. All northbound entrance ramps to I-75 from M-8 (Davison Freeway) to Adams Road will be closed beginning at 9 p.m. Friday and will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday.  Southbound I-75 traffic will be detoured via westbound Square Lake Road, southbound M-1, and eastbound M-102 back to southbound I-75. All entrance ramps to southbound I-75 from M-59 to Nine Mile Road will be closed starting at 9 p.m. Friday and will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday.

I-75 ramps that are already closed due to the construction configuration will remain closed after the freeway opens. 

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