Trucking news and briefs for Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022:
Weather permitting, Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) contract crews will be setting steel bridge beams on the Grand River Avenue overpass above I-94 in Detroit this weekend.
The work will require closing westbound I-94 from I-75 to I-96 starting at 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4, and lasting through 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7.
Westbound I-94 traffic will be detoured via southbound I-75 and westbound I-96 back to westbound I-94. All entrance ramps to westbound I-94 from Mt. Elliott to Linwood streets will be closed by 9 p.m. Friday and will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday.
The new Grand River Avenue overpass will replace the original structure built in 1952. All work on this $14.6 million investment is scheduled to be completed in spring 2023.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has renewed an exemption from the electronic logging device mandate for all truck drivers providing transportation to or from a theatrical or television motion picture production site.
