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LIVONIA, MI - The Michigan Department of Transportation hopes to start a big construction project on I-275 in Metro Detroit by the end of the month.

Spokeswoman Diane Cross said Monday that MDOT hasn't awarded a contract yet, so a timeline isn't available. She said construction will "hopefully" start at the end of April 2016.

MDOT plans to repave 88 lane miles of concrete, repair shoulders, improve drainage and rehab 16 bridges, among other things.

Information on MDOT's revive275.com website indicates that spring 2016 work will include the closure of Haggerty, Meadowbrook and 7 Mile roads for bridge work. Southbound I-275 and interchange ramps will be closed as well at some point.

Also planned are weekend closures for westbound I-696 between Lahser and I-275 for two weekends. Westbound I-696 up to the southbound I-275 connector ramp will be closed and detoured during the spring.

MDOT plans to complete bridge work on southbound I-275 by the summer.

Then work on the northbound lanes will begin, which seems to follow a similar schedule.

Work should be completed by the fall or winter of 2016.

Cross said MDOT will publish more specific schedules and updates to the revive275.com page when the information comes available.

Ian Thibodeau is the business and development reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. He can be reached at ithibode@mlive.com, or follow him on Twitter.