DETROIT (WWJ) -- Detroiters should plan ahead for any weekend travel as I-94 will be closed for construction.
The Michigan Department of Transportation will be replacing the original Burns Street overpass in Detroit, which was built in 1954.
Bridge beam setting requires closing both directions of I-94 between I-75 and M-3, starting at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19 and expected to be reopened by 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 22.
Westbound I-94 traffic will be detoured via southbound M-3, the westbound Gratiot Connector, and northbound I-75, back to westbound I-94.
I-94 traffic going eastbound will be detoured via southbound I-75, the eastbound Gratiot Connector, northbound M-3 and eastbound M-102, back to eastbound I-94.
Entrance ramps to westbound I-94 from Chalmers to Mt. Elliott streets, along with eastbound entrance ramps from I-96 to Gratiot Avenue will close by 9 p.m. Friday and reopen by 5 a.m. Monday.
