Traffic alert: Stretch of I-75 to close this weekend

Ann Zaniewski | Detroit Free Press

A stretch of I-75 in Detroit will be closed from 8 p.m. Friday to 4 p.m. Saturday so workers can demolish three pedestrian bridges.

The closure will impact the northbound lanes of the freeway between Schaefer Highway and Rosa Parks Boulevard, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. The pedestrian bridges are located between Springwells Street and Waterman Street.

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On-ramps will be closed at Schaefer Highway, Springwells Street, Waterman Street, Dragoon Street (Livernois Avenue), Clark Avenue, West Grand Boulevard and Vernor Highway.

As a detour, drivers can take northbound I-75 to westbound Schaefer Highway to eastbound I-94 to eastbound I-96 to northbound I-75.

The work in the area is part of the $220 million "75Rouge: Detroit-Downriver Connection" project, which involves removing and replacing concrete on the Rouge River Bridge, removing and rebuilding the Goddard Road bridges and making repairs on 11 other Downriver bridges.

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