Here is the link to the MDOT page for construction on the bridge from US-127 to I-94 (eastern interchange).
Construction started Monday, March 10, and some of the ramps have been closed through August (permalink). Could we please have the assistance of a rank 5+ editor to help edit the construction zone? Reading this detail, I believe that the three ramp segments from the permalink are the only ones affected, but I could be wrong. We also missed the initial night closures for I-94 while the bridges were demolished, so no worries there about adding timed restrictions on the freeway
There is currently a UR that tipped me off to this: “127 ramp n to 94, 94 ramp to 127 s, closed all spring and summer”
You can disconnect the two ramps if you think that it’s appropriate. Since construction is only for a few months, and since the Road Closure page mentions it as a last resort, I didn’t initially disconnect them.
I forgot to include that little segment on the NB ramp with my Unlock request, so I also did not make any change there. That’s a township boundary, which is why the junction even exists.
In addition to adding segment restrictions, the changes were made to disable turns on 3/17, but I notice that we are now getting a red MP for the NB ramp. Any thoughts there? At least eight drives through the restricted turn seems extreme for a change in place for a few days. I’m not in a position to drive that way to check it, but unless a small section of the median was paved to allow for a temporary u-turn prior to the bridge (or a handful of construction users are using Waze ), I would imagine that the NB ramp to I-94 W would be blocked where it diverges from the other ramp going to I-94 E.
Northbound US-127 motorists heading for westbound I-94
will be detoured to eastbound I-94, then directed to the
Sargent Road/I-94 Business Loop (BL) interchange back to
westbound I-94.
Apparently if your destination was close enough (in this case, Michigan Ave just south of the interchange), the restrictions were not working. I just disconnected the two ramps after getting a new UR.
Got it. Yeah, the Wiki says “last resort”, but in reality for any long-term closure a disconnection is the only way to guarantee that the closure will work, so it becomes the general practice in practice. But we’re still gonna promote it as a “last resort” so Joe McEditor(1) doesn’t go around disconnecting roads without taking steps to ensure that it’ll be reopened when the time is right.
), I would imagine that the NB ramp to I-94 W would be blocked where it diverges from the other ramp going to I-94 E.