MDOT lifts some traffic restrictions to ease Memorial Day travel

LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) said they are lifting traffic restrictions statewide Friday for Memorial Day travel.

Beginning at 3 p.m. on Friday, May 26, and continuing until 6 a.m. Tuesday, May 30, 81 out of 146 projects statewide will have lane restrictions removed.

The following work zones in Mid-Michigan remain active or have lane restrictions during Memorial Day weekend:

• I-69, Clinton County, has one westbound lane closed between Lowell Road and I-96.
• I-496, Ingham County, has the following restrictions:
  • One lane is open in each direction between Grand Avenue and Lansing Road.
  • The Capitol Avenue and Pine Street bridges over I-496 are closed.
• M-99, Ingham County, has one lane closed in each direction between Petrieville Highway and Wilbur Highway.
• US-127, Ingham County, has one lane closed in each direction between the Jackson County line and Howell Road.
• US-127/I-496, Ingham County, has the following restrictions:
  • The eastbound I-496 ramp to northbound US-127 is closed.
  • The southbound US-127 ramp to westbound I-496 is closed.
• I-69, Eaton and Calhoun counties, will have the following restrictions:
  • One lane open in each direction between I-94 and Stine Road.
  • The southbound I-69 ramp to M-78 is closed.
  • The northbound I-69 ramp to eastbound I-94 closed and detoured.
  • The Ainger Road ramp to southbound I-69 is closed and detoured.
• I-94, Calhoun County, has two lanes open in each direction between Helmer Road and M-96 (Michigan Avenue).
• I-94, Jackson County, has the following restrictions:
  • The westbound on and off ramps at Elm Avenue are closed and detoured.
  • The westbound on and off ramps at Parma Road are closed and detoured.
• M-99, Hillsdale County, has one southbound lane closed with a temporary traffic signal near Camden Road.
• US-127, Jackson County, has one lane closed in each direction just north of McDevitt Road.
• US-12, Branch County, has single-lane closures in place with traffic shifts from Willow Lane to West Old Chicago Street in Coldwater, and one lane open over the Coldwater River with a temporary signal.

Visit MDOT’s drive map for up-to-date information on road work.

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