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MDOT: I-75 To Close In Oakland County This Weekend For Bridge Repair Work

(CBS DETROIT) - The Michigan Department of Transportation announced that bridge beam setting and overpass demolition will close I-75 in Oakland County this weekend.

The repair work will close I-75 in both directions between Eight Mile Road and Square Lake Road.

MDOT says crews will demolish the Stephenson Highway and Bellaire pedestrian bridges above I-75 and set bridge beams on the 11 Mile Road overpass.

The closure will begin on Friday, Sept. 10 at 11 p.m. and occur until Monday, Sept. 13 at 5 a.m.

Crews will reopen the southbound lanes by 8 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 12, to help accommodate the traffic heading to Ford Field.

For more updates on the I-75 Modernization Project, visit here.

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