Power outage causing 'massive gridlock' around I-75 closure detour

DETROIT – MDOT is asking drivers to find alternate routes around the Downriver I-75 closure.

From MDOT: Heads up! Avoid M-85/Fort out of Detroit thru Lincoln Park. Power outages at major intersections causing massive gridlock. Instead 94 or 96.

Southbound I-75 between Detroit and Downriver closed last month and will remain closed for the next two years.

The Michigan Department of Transportation's $200 million construction project includes replacing all of the concrete on the I-75 Rouge River bridge, the largest concrete surface in the state of Michigan, according to MDOT.

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