Road Closures and Restrictions

• Special Designated, Designated and Normal Loading Roads

• Weight Restricted Posted Road
• Bridge Load Posting Guide

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

ROAD NAME & LIMITS:

• Nadeau Road, East of I75 closed will be closed on Wednesday, August 14, 2019.
• Hurd Road & Sandy Creek Road closed on Thursday, August 15, 2019.

CLOSURE DETAILS:
Norfolk Southern (NS) Railroad will close each of their track crossings for future maintenance projects. Crossings will be shut one after the other which may lead to consecutive crossings closed at the same time. Some crossings may be shut down for multiple days but the goal is to open as soon as possible. Please allow extra time when travelling in the area.

• ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE: Exeter Road

TOWNSHIP: Ash / Exeter Townships 
ROAD & LOCATION: Exeter Road at Little Swan Creek, between Noland Road to the south and Scofield-Carleton Road to the north. 
ESTIMATED START DATE: Wednesday, July 10, 2019 
ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: Open to Traffic: Friday, September 13, 2019 Project Completion: Thursday, October 10, 2019 
PROJECT: The Monroe County Road Commission is working in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration to replace the Exeter Road Culvert at Little Swan Creek. This project will be an investment of over $500,000 to Monroe County’s Bridges.

Google Map Location: https://goo.gl/maps/MUxsrEpAof5GwFw79

TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS: Exeter Road at Little Swan Creek will be completely closed to all traffic at the bridge. Those living north of the bridge will have to access their homes from Scofield-Carleton Road and those south of the bridge from Nolan Road. The signed detour route around the project will be via Sigler Road, Maxwell Road and Carleton West Road.
SAFETY BENEFITS: Replacing the structure will allow the bridge to once again carry all Michigan legal weight vehicles.

• ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE: Whiteford Center Road

TOWNSHIP: Bedford Township
ROAD NAME & LIMITS: Whiteford Center Road from the Ohio state line to Sterns Road
ROAD CLOSURE START DATE: Monday, June 10, 2019 at 7:00 a.m.
APPROXIMATE ROAD CLOSURE END DATE: Mid‐August 2019
PROJECT DETAILS:
Whiteford Center Road will be closed to through traffic between the Ohio state line and Sterns Road starting on Monday, June 10, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. The road closure is for a road rehabilitation and drainage improvement project on Whiteford Center Road from the Ohio line to Section Road. Traffic will be detoured around the road closure using a signed detour route utilizing Sterns Road and Secor Road. The Whiteford Center Road closure is expected to last for approximately ten (10) weeks.

• ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE:  South Stony Creek Road

TOWNSHIP: Exeter Township

ROAD NAME & LIMITS: South Stony Creek Road between Palmer Road and Timbers Road, at Herkimer Drain.

ROAD CLOSURE START DATE: Thursday, April 4, 2019

APPROXIMATE ROAD CLOSURE END DATE: To be determined

CLOSURE DETAILS: 

South Stony Creek Road between Palmer Road and Timbers Road will closed to all traffic due to a culvert failure at the Herkimer Drain. The closure is approximately 1 mile east of Palmer Road and 1/2 mile west of Timbers Road. The signed detour for this closure will be via Oakville Waltz Road and Sumpter Road. This closure will remain in effect until the culvert can be replaced. The Road Commission and Drain Commission are currently working on the process of ordering the materials and preparing a bid for the culvert replacement.