MDOT lifting some lane restrictions to ease Labor Day weekend travel

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) – Michiganders traveling this Labor Day weekend will see fewer orange barrels on their drive.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is lifting 60% of its road and bridge construction projects statewide in an effort to ease traffic delays for holiday travelers. Lane restrictions will be lifted beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 30. Lane restrictions will be put back on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at 6 a.m.

MDOT is also reminding travelers the Mackinac Bridge will be closed to public traffic on Labor Day from 6:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. during the annual bridge walk.

The following work zones in Mid-Michigan will remain in place through the holiday weekend:

• I-69 Business Loop (Cochran Road), Eaton County, is closed at the Battle Creek River.
• I-94, Jackson County, has the following restrictions:
  • All the exit and entrance ramps at Dearing Road are closed. Dearing Road is closed at I-94 and detoured.
  • The eastbound I-94 ramp to westbound/southbound M-60 is closed and detoured.
• I-96, Eaton and Ingham counties, has traffic shifted between Canal Road and Washington Road with the following restrictions:
  • The northbound Lansing Road ramp to eastbound I-96 is closed.
  • M-99 has one lane closed in each direction at I-96.
  • Washington Road is closed at I-96.
  • Billwood Highway is closed at I-96.
• I-96 Business Loop (Cedar Street), Ingham County, has one lane closed in each direction between Northrup Street and Miller Road.
• US-127/I-496, Ingham County, has lane closures between Holt Road and M-43, along with the following restrictions:
  • The northbound US-127/I-496 ramps are closed and detoured at Dunckel Road, Trowbridge Road, westbound I-496, and Kalamazoo Street.
  • The Kalamazoo Street and Trowbridge Road entrance ramps to southbound US-127/I-496 are closed.
  • The Trowbridge Road ramps to westbound I-496, northbound US-127 and southbound US-127 are closed.
• I-96, Ionia County, has traffic shifts in each direction between Bliss Road and Sunfield Highway west of Portland. Jordan Lake Road is closed over I-96 with all ramps open.
• US-23, Livingston County, has the northbound exit ramps to westbound M-36 and eastbound 9 Mile Road closed.

To see work zones throughout the state that are remaining in place through the holiday weekend, visit MDOT’s website.

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