I-75 Closures Coming to Genesee County in October 2026

Heads up, Genesee County commuters. The Michigan Department of Transportation has announced two upcoming construction projects that will close I-75 twice this month.

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According to MDOT, bridge work will take place on I-75 beneath two I-69 ramps in Flint. The schedule is as follows,

• Friday, October 16th, to Saturday, October 17th, 2026. Midnight to 8:00 AM closure.
• Friday, October 23rd, to Saturday, October 24th, 2026: Middnight to 8:00 AM

Scheduled detours are as follows,

Friday, October 16th through Saturday, October 26th, 2026.

• Northbound I-75: Closed from the I-69 ramp to north of I-69. Traffic will be detoured on I-475 and westbound I-69 back to I-75.

• Northbound US-23 traffic: Restricted to one lane and directed off I-75 at the I-69 ramp. Drivers will detour on westbound I-69, Bristol Road, and eastbound I-69 back to I-75.

• Bristol Road traffic: Drivers heading to I-75 will be detoured on I-69.

• Southbound I-75: The left lane will be closed from I-69 to Bristol Road.

Saturday, October 23rd through October 24th, 2026.

• Southbound I-75: Traffic will be detoured at the eastbound I-69 ramp onto southbound I-475, which will take drivers back to I-75.

• Southbound US-23: Traffic will be detoured onto I-475 at the Hill Road exit.

• Westbound and eastbound I-69: Drivers heading to southbound I-75 will be detoured onto southbound I-475 to the I-75 and Hill Road exits.

• Northbound I-75: The left lane will be closed from Bristol Road to I-69.

Consider yourself warned, but if you are anything like me, you will probably forget all about it until you find yourself being rerouted.