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A multimillion-dollar project at the Detroit-Windsor tunnel to replace an 85-year-old ceiling slab will force the border crossing to shut down for eight months during weeknight hours.

The complicated US$16.8-million construction project will force the tunnel to close Sunday through Thursday from roughly 9 p.m. until 5:30 a.m, according to a Windsor city council report.

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Pending last-minute changes, the tunnel closure schedule will commence in November and continue until early June 2018 and be off-limits to traffic during those times.

There will also be four full weekend closures of the tunnel stretching from 9 p.m. on Friday until Monday morning at 5:30 a.m. to remove the existing ceiling. The weekend shutdowns will occur near the start of the project — with the first one likely to occur on Nov. 17.

A nightly shutdown of the tunnel is guaranteed to frustrate many sports fans in Windsor as Little Caesars Arena — the new home for the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons — debuts this fall.