LANSING, MI— The Michigan Department of Transportation is lifting traffic restrictions to ease travel over the Memorial Day weekend.
MDOT is removing lane restrictions on 55 percent of its road and bridge projects statewide. Beginning at 3 p.m. Friday and continuing until 6 a.m. Tuesday, 85 out of 154 projects statewide will have lane restrictions removed.
Drivers are advised that equipment and certain traffic configurations may remain in place, like temporary shifts or shoulder closures.
A list of U.P. work zones that will remain active or have lane restrictions over the holiday weekend is as follows:
I-75 in St. Ignace, Mackinac County, will have one lane open in each direction.
I-75, Chippewa County, will have one northbound lane open over the Pine River.
M-28 near Trout Creek, Ontonagon County, will have one lane open in alternating directions over Rolston Creek via temporary signals.
M-35 in Gwinn, Marquette County, will have one lane open in alternating directions with a temporary signal.
M-48 south of Rudyard, Chippewa County, is closed between Centerline Road and Hantz Road with a posted detour.
M-134, Mackinac County, will have one lane open in alternating directions over the Pine River via temporary signals.
US-2 in St. Ignace, Mackinac County, will have the south half of the overpass over I-75 closed. One lane will be open in each direction on the north half of the bridge.
US-2 west of Epoufette, Mackinac County, will have an eastbound passing lane restricted to one lane using a lane shift.
US-41/M-28 in Ishpeming, Marquette County, will have one lane open in each direction with a traffic shift at Lakeshore Drive.
