LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan Department of Transportation will remove lane restrictions on 60% of its roadwork projects statewide to combat expected traffic delays caused by heavy travel over the 4th of July weekend.
From 3 p.m. on Wednesday until 6 a.m. next Monday, 105 of 174 MDOT road projects statewide will have their lane restrictions removed, but officials say construction equipment and traffic configurations such as temporary shifts and shoulder closures will remain in place.
“We’ve pulled back the barrels as much as we can for the holiday weekend, but we couldn’t do it for every project,” says State Transportation Director Brad Wieferich. “We thank drivers for continuing to show patience behind the wheel and following all posted speed limits in work zones. Let’s keep it up so everyone, including drivers, their passengers, and road workers, all make it home each and every night.”
The following roads in the area will continue to have lane restrictions and/or closures throughout the holiday weekend:
- Lane closures on I-496/US-127 between Holt Road and M-43 .
- The northbound I-496/US-127 ramps are closed and detoured at Dunckel Rd , Trowbridge Road , westbound I-496 , and Kalamazoo St .
- The Kalamazoo St and Trowbridge Rd entrance ramps to southbound I-496/US-127 are closed.
- The Trowbridge Rd ramps to westbound I-496 are closed.
- I-69 Business Loop (Cochran Rd) is closed at the Battle Creek River.
- I-96 has traffic shifted from Canal Rd to Washington Rd with the following restrictions:
- The northbound Lansing Rd ramp to eastbound I-96 is closed.
- M-99 has one lane closed in each direction at I-96 .
- Washington Rd is closed at I-96 .
- Billwood Hwy is closed at I-96 .
Jackson County
- I-94 has all exit and entrance ramps at Dearing Rd closed; Dearing Rd is also closed and detoured at I-94 .
- M-106 (Cooper St) in Jackson has the southbound lanes closed and detoured between Morrell St and High St .
- I-69 has one lane closed in each direction between Old US-27 and US-127 .
- Silver Lake Rd is closed at US-23 , including northbound and southbound US-23 exits to Silver Lake Rd and northbound and southbound Silver Lake Rd entrance ramps to US-23.
Washtenaw County
- US-12 has one lane closed in each direction with a traffic shift between Platt Rd and US-23 , and Platt Rd is closed at US-12 .
- US-12 additionally has a traffic shift and shoulder closure at the Ann Arbor Railroad
- US-23/M-14 has one lane closed in each direction over the Great Lakes Central Railroad. Pontiac Trail has a single-lane closure with temporary traffic signals at US-23 .
- Jordan Lake Road is closed over I-96 with all ramps open.
Barry County
- M-66 is closed over Quaker Brook between Bivens Rd and Lawrence Rd . Traffic is detoured via Lawrence Rd , Assyria Rd , Devine Rd , and M-79 .
- M-43 (E Carlton Center Rd) is closed over the Coldwater River between Barber Rd and Usborne Rd . Traffic is detoured via M-37 , M-79 , and M-66 .
- I-94 has two lanes open in each direction between Helmer Rd and 17 1/2 Mile Rd .
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