Road Watch: Monroe County road construction projects for week of Sept. 12
Following are upcoming road construction projects across Monroe County. Please note that all work is weather permitting:
BEDFORD TOWNSHIP
Tree work continues this week
The county-wide tree removal contractor, Alpine Tree Service, will perform tree work this week at four locations in Bedford Township: Douglas Road between Temperance and Erie Roads; Lewis Avenue between Borg Avenue and Howard Street; Lewis Avenue between Feltis Drive and Dean Road; and Summerfield Road between St. Anthony Road and Douglas Road. The roads will be closed to through traffic during daylight hours with now detour(s) posted due to the short-term duration and mobile nature of the work.
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ERIE TOWNSHIP
Tree work continues this week
The county-wide tree removal contractor, Alpine Tree Serice, will perform tree work along Strasburg Road between Samaria and Erie Roads, and along Temperance Road between Minx Road and US-24. The roads will be closed to through traffic during daylight hours with no detour(s) posted due to the short-term duration of the work and low traffic volumes.
Summit Street between the Ohio state line and Sterns Road
Miller Bros. Construction will continue work on the east half of the Summit Street bridge over Shantee Creek. Two-lane, two-way traffic will be maintained during construction utilizing a temporary paved lane and a lane shift.
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FRENCHTOWN, MONROE, AND RAISINVILLE TOWNSHIPS
Raisinville Road between M-50 and North Custer Road
RAM Construction Services will be applying a concrete surface coating on the bridge railings on the South Raisinville Road bridge over River Raisin. One-lane, two-way traffic will be maintained with traffic regulators when work is being performed.
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CITY OF MONROE
Riverview Avenue resurfacing/reconstruction
This project consists of milling and paving between Maywood and Oakwood, and concrete repairs / replacement between Oakwood and Cole. Paving work is now complete by prime contractor Cadillac Asphalt. The roadway is now fully open to traffic between Maywood and Oakwood. For the coming week, the block between Oakwood and Cole will remain closed while the new concrete on this block sets up, and the roadway should be open to traffic at the end of the week. Remaining work, which should result in spot lane closures only, includes backfilling behind curbs, raising manholes to grade, and other minor work, will continue through the end of September.
Telegraph Road at Holiday - new right turn lane
Salenbien Trucking & Excavating of Dundee and their subcontractors GM & Sons (concrete) and Bergmann Paving (asphalt) are constructing a new right-turn into the former La-Z-Boy Headquarters site. New curb has been placed, and for the coming week, grading and paving for the new lane should be occurring. Until the new lane is paved, the right through lane of northbound US-24 will be closed to traffic.
I-75 lane closures - northbound between Otter Creek and North Dixie Highway
A contractor for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will be performing patching work in various areas in the northbound lanes between Otter Creek Road (Exit 9) and North Dixie Highway (Exit 15) from Wednesday, September 14 through Tuesday, September 20. Two lanes will be closed between 8 p.m. and 6 a.m., overnight September 14-15 and 15-16, followed by a continuous closure during all hours from Friday, September 16 through Tuesday, September 20. There is no posted detour, but motorists throughout Monroe should expect extremely heavy northbound traffic on parallel routes US-24 and M-125 through the City of Monroe and surrounding townships.
More:Double lane closures to impact northbound I-75 in Monroe County
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SUMMERFIELD TOWNSHIP
Ida Center Road between Sylvania Petersburg Road and Summerfield Road
Gerken Paving will overlay Ida Center Road between Sylvania Petersburg and Summerfield Roads this week. Traffic regulators will maintain one-lane, two-way traffic during the hot mix asphalt resurfacing operation.
This article originally appeared on The Monroe News: Monroe County road construction projects for week of Sept. 12
