I-94 Shut Down This Weekend For M-1 Rail Construction
DETROIT (WWJ) - A section of I-94 in Detroit will be closed in both directions this weekend in Detroit so crews can work on the M-1 Rail project.
M-DOT plans to close I-94 between I-75 and the Lodge Freeway (M-10) beginning around 9 p.m. Friday, with all lanes expected to reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, June 8.
The closure will mark the halfway point of the I-94 bridge rebuild, enabling crews to restore vehicular traffic to the southbound lanes and to shift construction work to the northbound lanes of the Woodward Avenue overpass bridge.
During the closure, westbound I-94 traffic will be directed to southbound I-75 (Chrysler Freeway), then southbound I-75 (Fisher Freeway) to northbound M-10, and back onto westbound I-94. Eastbound I-94 motorists will be directed to southbound M-10, then southbound M-10 to northbound I-75, and back onto eastbound I-94.
The project is expected to be complete by 2016.
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