(WXYZ) — Four miles of southbound I-75 will be shut down for the next two weekends for construction, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.
According to MDOT, the closure is for multiple projects, including adding a protective surface to four bridges, and an epoxy overlay to the I-75 Rouge River Bridge.
Starting at 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 5, through 5 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, the highway will close from Clark Ave. to Schaefer Rd. It will close in the same area the following weekend from the same times – Sept. 12-15.
The detour for the closure is southbound I-75 is westbound I-96, westbound I-94 and southbound I-275 to I-75. Fort St. is available for local traffic as an alternate route.
Future weekend closures are expected on northbound I-75 in mid-September and early October.
