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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."

Road Closures and Restrictions
PUBLIC NOTICE

None at this time.

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 CLOSURES

TOWNSHIP: BEDFORD
ROAD NAME & LIMITS: Express Drive between Industrial Drive and Sterns Road
ROAD CLOSURE START DATE: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
APPROXIMATE ROAD CLOSURE END DATE: Monday, March 02, 2020
PROJECT DETAILS: Express Drive will be closed to through traffic between Industrial Drive and Sterns Road starting on Tuesday, February 25, 2020. The road closure will last through Monday, March 02, 2020 weather permitting. Due to the nature of the work, no through traffic will be allowed through the work zone and there will be no traffic detour.




  • Petersburg Road - Brewer Rd to M-50, Dundee Township
The bridges on Petersburg Road between Brewer Road and M-50 have been reopened to all traffic. Miscellaneous roadside work continues during working hours. As the cold weather has returned and the paving season ended the approaches to the bridge will be patched over for the winter to allow use of the road until warm weather next spring when the pavement leading up to the bridges can be resurfaced for a smooth ride. Expect bumps and dips over the bridges until the approaches can be repaved next spring, please follow the Bump Advisory Speed signs.

  • 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.