We said we wanted to fix the roads. Well, they’re doing it. And motorists will be facing numerous freeway closings in Metro Detroit for construction this weekend.
Complete closures are planned on parts of I-94, M-5 and M-59, while lanes will be closed on I-94, I-96, I-375, M-10 and M-39 from tonight to Monday morning.
Here’s the regional list from M-DOT.
Macomb County
- Eastbound I-696 will have the two left lanes open from Dequindre Road to I-94.
7 p.m. Friday – 5 a.m. Monday
Oakland County
- I-75 will have one lane open in each direction from Square Lake Road to Baldwin Road.
4 a.m. Saturday – 5 a.m. Monday - Eastbound I-96 will have one lane open at Wixom Road.
7 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday - Eastbound M-5 will be closed from Grand River Avenue to Farmington Road.
9 a.m. – 9 p.m. Friday - Eastbound M-5 will be closed from I-696 to M-102 (8 Mile Road).
9 p.m. Friday – 5 a.m. Monday - Westbound I-696 will have one lane open from US-24 (Telegraph Road) to I-275.
4 a.m. – noon Saturday - Eastbound I-696 will have one lane open from I-275 to US-24.
4 a.m. – noon Sunday - M-59 will be closed between Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Opdyke Road.
10 p.m. Friday – 5 a.m. Monday
Wayne County
- Eastbound I-94 will be closed from I-96 to Conner Street.
9 p.m. Friday – 4 p.m. Saturday; remains closed from I-96 to I-75 until 5 a.m. Monday. - Westbound I-94 will have one lane open from M-1 (Woodward Avenue) to US-12 (Michigan Avenue).
9 p.m. Friday – 5 a.m. Monday. - I-375 will have one lane open in each direction from I-75 to Jefferson Avenue.
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily Saturday and Sunday. - M-10 will have one lane open in each direction from I-94 to M-8.
8 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily Saturday and Sunday. - Northbound M-39 (Southfield Road) will have one lane open from M-85 (Fort Street) to Dix-Toledo Road.
9 a.m. Friday – Thursday, Aug. 8. - Northbound US-24 will have one lane open from I-96 to 5 Mile Road/Fenkell Avenue through mid-August.