Next section of Red Arrow Highway to close Tuesday as part of three-year bridge project

BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. -- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced the next part of Red Arrow Highway will be closed at I-94 as it nears completion of a three-year $205 million investment.

The closure will begin on Tuesday and is expected to be completed by Wednesday, Oct. 30.

MDOT says crews will set beams for the eastbound I-94 bridge over Red Arrow Highway, finishing rebuilding Red Arrow Highway under I-94.

During the closure, northbound lanes on Red Arrow Highway will be detoured on eastbound Marquette Woods Road, northbound Cleveland Avenue and westbound Glenlord Road.

Officials say southbound traffic will be detoured via southbound I-94, Exit 22, and eastbound John Beers Road.

MDOT says the eastbound I-94 ramps at Red Arrow Highway Exit 23 will be closed until mid-November.

Officials say the work was planned for mid-November completion, but work was delayed by issues with bridge beam fabrication. MDOT says it's still aiming to complete the work this year.

MDOT officials state 2025 work will include rebuilding westbound I-94 from Washington Avenue to Empire Avenue and the westbound I-94 bridge over Pipestone Road. Two lanes of I-94 will be open in each direction, with Pipestone Road traffic detoured on M-139 and Napier Avenue.

MDOT says it expects traffic to move to the newly built westbound I-94 lanes in 2026, when the eastbound lanes and bridge over Pipestone Road will be rebuilt.

Partial funding for this investment is from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's Rebuilding Michigan program to rebuild the state highways and bridges that are critical to Michigan's economy and carry the most traffic.