Michigan Interchange I-75 Closures

EMERGENCY DETOUR ALERT: Bridging North America (BNA) has implemented a new detour on Woodmere Street in response to the emergency closure of the Fort Street and Dearborn Street intersection. Northbound motorists heading toward Springwells Street northbound will be detoured to Fort Street eastbound/Melville Street eastbound, south on Green Street southbound, west on Jefferson Avenue westbound, north on Dearborn Street northbound, north on Woodmere Street, east on Vernor Highway eastbound, and then Springwells Street.

 

West Jefferson Avenue 

• West End Street will close at West Jefferson Avenue from September 6 - October 28, 2022.

West End Street 

• West End Street will close at West Jefferson Avenue from September 6 - October 28, 2022.

Fort Street 

• The existing right lane and parking lane closure on westbound Fort Street between Wheelock Street and Beard Street will remain in place until October 3, 2022.
• The existing mobile closure on Fort Street between Springwells Street and Clark Street will remain in place
  until December 23, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily as needed.

Jefferson Avenue

• The right lane of eastbound Jefferson Avenue at the intersection of Dearborn Street will remain closed
  until October 28, 2022.
• The right lane of eastbound Jefferson Avenue between West End Street and Campbell Street will
  remain closed and be shifted to westbound Jefferson Avenue until October 28, 2022.

Green Street 

• Green Street will remain closed between southbound I-75 Service Drive and Lafayette Boulevard until October 3, 2022.

Lafayette Boulevard

• Lafayette Boulevard will remain closed at the Green Street intersection until October 3, 2022.

Campbell Street 

• The existing long-term closure on Campbell Street between West Jefferson Avenue and Fort Street will remain in place until October 31, 2022.

Livernois Avenue - NEW

• Northbound and southbound Livernois Avenue will close between northbound I-75 Service Drive and southbound I-75 Service Drive. Traffic will be reduced to one-way traffic on Livernois Avenue between northbound I-75 Service Drive and southbound I-75 Service Drive. Flaggers will be present to direct traffic.
• There will be a mobile closure on Livernois Avenue between Fort Street and southbound I-75 Service Drive, from 7 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily as needed. Closures will be less than one hour in duration.

Springwells Street - NEW

• The right lanes on northbound and southbound Springwells Street will close between Fort Street and southbound I-75 Service Drive from August 9 to October 10, 2022, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily as needed. Mobile closures will be less than one hour as needed.
• The right lanes on northbound and southbound Springwells Street will remain closed between Fort Street and southbound I-75 Service Drive daily from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Only one lane will close at a time. If the work can be completed via a mobile closure, then a mobile closure will be used instead. Mobile closures will be less than one hour.

I-75 Service Drive

• Existing mobile closures on the northbound and southbound I-75 Service Drives between Clark Street and Green Streets, and Springwells and Central Streets will remain in place until October 31, 2022, between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. as needed. Only one lane will close. Closures will be less than 30 minutes for mobilization and demobilization of equipment activities.
• Mobile closures on northbound and southbound I-75 Service Drives between Schaefer Avenue and Michigan Avenue will remain in place until October 28, 2022, between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. daily as needed.
• The existing northbound and southbound I-75 Service Drive closures between Waterman Street and Dragoon Street will remain in place until December 16, 2022. These long-term closures have been extended to complete the realignment and reconstruction of the northbound and southbound I-75 Service Drives.

 

• Northbound and southbound I-75 Service Drive will close over a long-term period between Green Street and Waterman Street. Combined with pre-existing Service Drive closures in the area will make the entire northbound and southbound Service Drive closed from Springwells Street to Clark Street.

The following road closures are in place;

• Waterman Street between northbound and southbound I-75 Service Drives
• Dragoon Street between Fort Street and the southbound I-75 Service Drive
• Green Street between Fort Street and the southbound I-75 Service Drive.

 

• The southbound I-75 Service Drive will remain closed between Clark Street and Dragoon Street until December 16, 2022.
• The northbound I-75 Service Drive will remain closed between Clark Street and Dragoon Street until December 16, 2022.
• The southbound I-75 Service Drive will remain closed between Junction Street and Clark Street until December 16, 2022, at 06:00 p.m.
• The northbound I-75 Service Drive will remain closed between Junction Street and Clark Street until December 16, 2022 at 06:00 p.m.
• The southbound I-75 Service Drive will remain closed between Dragoon Street and Junction Street until December 16,2022 at 06:00 p.m.
• The northbound I-75 Service Drive will remain closed between Dragoon Street and Junction Street until December 16, 2022 at 06:00 p.m.

I-75 Northbound 

• The Livernois exit-ramp at Northbound I-75 will close over a long-term period.

I-75 Southbound

• The right shoulder and right lane will close on northbound I-75 from Springwells Street to Clark Street from
  September 26, 2022 – December 18, 2023.
• The right shoulder and right lane will close on southbound I-75 from Bagley Avenue to Springwells Street
  from October 3, 2022 – December 18, 2023.

Long Term I-75 Closures

As construction of the Michigan Interchange and the US Port of Entry (POE) continues, Bridging North America will extend the temporary closures along Livernois Avenue. Additionally, Cavalry Street and Military Street will remain closed over a long-term period. As a reminder, in July 2020, several streets closed over a long-term period including sections of Dragoon Street, Driggs Street, Harvey Street, Reeder Street and Hussar Street.

 

Junction Street

• Junction Street bridge between the northbound and southbound I-75 Service Drives will close over a long-term period.

Springwells Court

• Springwells Court northbound and southbound is closed west of the Lafarge entrance to east of the Springwells Court detour from May 15, 2021 until November 23, 2024.

Cavalry Street

• Cavalry Street will remain closed between the northbound I-75 Service Drive and Fort Street.

Military Street

• Military Street will remain closed between the northbound I-75 Service Drive and Fort Street.

Post Street

• Post Street remains closed over a long-term period between CSX Railroad and the Delray Mechanical entrance.

Construction Activities 

US Port of Entry (POE)

• Installation of underground dry and wet utilities and EPS blocks continues at USDA building.
• Activities on the commercial building included building preparations for slab on grade for the Co-Generation room, pulling branch wire, installing cable tray, metal panels, overhead piping and hangers on the second level, and setting concrete masonry unit blocks in the north corridor.
• Installation of coping on the roof and soffits throughout the first floor continued, as well as in-wall piping, rough ins for sprinklers and setting glass and frames at the south end of the second level of the commercial building.
• Activities on the main building included installation of roofing, stairs, roughed in conduit, overhead hangers and pipes, frame on the second floor, vapor barriers and caulked the precast panels.
• The Outbound building had second-floor piping, overhead hangers and framing installed.
• Foundation excavation for the Outbound Primary Canopy began.
• Grade wall form setting and foundation sleeve installation began for the Pedestrian Processing Building.

US Bridge site

• Completed the installation of the north tower permanent elevator.
• Rebar Installation continues on the transition area of the tower legs.
• Installation of floor beams and edge girders continued.
• Grounding work on the approach span progressed.

Michigan Interchange

• Rebar activities, formwork, concrete pours for abutments at several bridges along I-75.
• Pile cutting and pile driving work occurred across the I-75 site.
• Column and walls were poured this week at several bridge abutments while other form, rebar and pour activities occurred across the I-75 site.