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MONROE COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION

"The Monroe County Road Commission vows to provide quality, courteous and dependable professional services through innovative, cost-effective ways to maintain our road system through transparency, trust and collaboration between citizens, business and government."
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Road Closures and Restrictions

The Monroe County Road Commission has put together a map showing various information regarding closed structures, weight restricted Roads and structures used in the trucking industry.

The information shown on this map is subject to change by the Monroe County Road Commission. Certain portions of roads or structures may have restrictions other than provided on this map. These roads and structures will be physically posted at their appropriate location.

The restrictions, limitations and exceptions presented by this map do not relieve the truck operator's responsibility of complying with applicable State and Federal laws and local ordinances and permit requirements within the villages, cities, and townships of Monroe County.


  • National Truck Network in Monroe County, Michigan

The Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, issued regulation 23 CFR 658.19 requiring states to allow reasonable truck access within one (1) mile of the National Truck Network, the Monroe County Road Commission intends to protect, maintain and improve roads in the County of Monroe, Michigan and has developed a truck operators map to accommodate commercial traffic along County roads, to be enforced by township truck route ordinances. A resolution was passed in order to accomplish this and can be found here.

Miscellaneous Closures


The road will be closed starting Wednesday, June 21, 2017 until Tuesday, June 27, 2017 weather permitting Norfolk Southern Railroad will be working on crossing maintenance at their crossings, Local businesses/residences will be allowed access. The detour route for this closure will use N Dixie Highway to Hurd Road to Vivian Road.


The Monroe Road Commission in cooperation with the Federal Highway Department, Michigan Department of Transportation and Milan Township will be rehabilitating the Ostrander Road Bridge over Macon Drain between Ann Arbor Road and Dundee Azalia Road in Milan Township. The deck will be patched and resurfaced, the bridge will be repainted, and the guardrail approaches updated to current standards.


This work will begin June 19, 2017 and is expected to take 2 months to complete. This work will require a complete closure of Ostrander Road at the bridge for the 2 month duration.There will be a signed detour around the closed bridge via Wells, Cone, and Ann Arbor Roads.


Please seek alternate routes for the duration of this project to help speed construction and reduce your delays through the construction zone.


  • Lulu Road between Secor Road and Douglas Road

    The Ann Arbor Railroad will be working on their Lulu Road crossing, the road will be closed Thursday, June 15, 2017 – noon to 7 pm., weather permitting. Local businesses/residences will be allowed access. The detour route for this closure will use Douglas Road to Albain Road to Secor Road.

The Monroe County Road Commission will be closing Swan Creek Road at the Grundman Drain due to the failure of the culvert under the road. This closure is located between Sigler Road and Labo Road. The culvert is approximately 1/4 mile south of Sigler Road and 1 mile north of Labo Road.


The road will remain closed for the foreseeable future, until such time that the drain crossing can be; surveyed, a new culvert sized, permitted, financed, and replaced.


This will be a total road closure at the culvert. Local residents will be able to access their homes. Address numbers 10025 to 10841 will have to come and go from Labo Road south of the closure. Address numbers 10881 to 10947 will have to come and go from Sigler Road north of the closure. Due to the local nature of the traffic a detour will not be signed.


The road will be closed closed on midday Friday, March 24, 2017 until further notice. A detour will not be posted due to low traffic volumes.


The following schedule is for continued bridge work at Summerfield Road and US-23 in Monroe County: 

Single Lane Closure
Starting Monday, April 3, and continuing through Friday, April 7, there will be a single lane closure in each direction on US-23 between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily. 

The lane closures are needed for pier and abutment work. 


In addition, on Wednesday, April 5, and Thursday, April 6, there will be a single lane closure on southbound US-23 only each day between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. 

Full Freeway Closure


Northbound US-23

Starting at 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 5, northbound US-23 will be closed for beam setting at the bridge. 

The freeway is expected to reopen by 5 a.m. on Thursday, April 6. Traffic will be directed on and off the freeway using the ramps. 


Southbound US-23

Starting at 9 p.m. Thursday, April 6, southbound US-23 will be closed for beam setting at the bridge.
The freeway is expected to reopen by 5 a.m. on Friday, April 7. 

Traffic will be directed on and off the freeway using the ramps. 


Ramp Closure
On Thursday, April 6, the northbound US-23 exit and entrance ramp to Summerfield Road will be closed. 
A detour will be posted when the ramp is closed that uses St. Anthony Road and the US-223 interchange. 

Summerfield Road
For Summerfield Road construction west of US-23, there will be one lane maintained with flag control starting at 7 a.m. on Monday, April 3, to 5 a.m. on Wednesday, April 5.


Monroe County Road Commission is closing Eastwood Drive immediately and for the foreseeable future, between Dunbar Road and Plum Creek Road in Monroe Township due to structure issues. No detour for this closure will be posted. Local residences and businesses will be allowed access.