Bridge Construction is About to Throw a Wrench into Going “Up North” in Michigan This Summer

Are you like just about every Michigander, and you have some plans to go "up north" this summer? Well, that trip is about to get a whole lot harder.

No one likes construction, but it's a necessary evil to make sure that everything is safe enough for us to drive on. And that's especially important when it comes to a bridge that's over water, which is exactly what's about to see construction.

Major Bridge Construction Will Affect Michigan Summer Travel Plans

If you live south of Saginaw County in some fashion and you take I-75 to go up north, get ready for construction this summer.

The Lansing State Journal reports that the Zilwaukee Bridge is going to have lane closures beginning this spring and running through the fall.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is kicking off a $2.9 million construction project on April 15th. During this first phase of the project, the southbound lanes of I-75 on the Zilwaukee Bridge will be shut down.

When is Construction on I-75 Happening?

This first phase is anticipated to run from April 15th to June 27th. The second phase is expected to run from July 14th to sometime in November.

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There will be detours in place;

• "Southbound traffic will be detoured to southbound Interstate 675 from the junction north of Kochville Road to the southbound I-75/I-675 interchange south of Wadsworth Road"
• "The southbound I-75 ramp to Adams Street will be closed, as well as the Adams Street ramp to southbound I-75. Traffic will be detoured via southbound I-675 and Tittabawassee Road (Exit 6) to Adams Street, and vice versa"
• "The northbound I-675 ramp to southbound I-75 also will be closed. Traffic will be detoured via northbound I-75, M-84 (Exit 160), southbound I-75 and southbound I-675 to southbound I-75."

We don't know the detour info for the second phase just yet, as that will be announced before the start of that work.