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Portion of I-94 in Detroit to close this weekend for bridge beam setting

(CBS DETROIT) -  Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) crews will be setting steel bridge beams on the Grand River overpass about I-94 this weekend, if the weather cooperates. 

Crews will be closing down westbound I-94 from I-75 to I-96 starting 9 p.m. on Friday. The freeway is expected to reopen by 5 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 14. The works was scheduled to begin last weekend, but high winds caused MDOT to postpone the project. 

MDOT says westbound I-94 traffic will be detoured via southbound I-75 and westbound I-96 back to westbound I-94.  

The new Grand River overpass will replace the original structure that was built in 1952. 

MDOT says this bridge is a $14.6 million project and it's scheduled to be completed in spring 2023. 

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