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 CLOSURE NOTICE 

TOWNSHIP: Raisinville Township
ROAD NAME & LIMITS: Yensch Road between Stewart Road and Day Road
ROAD CLOSURE START DATE: Tuesday July 05, 2022
APPROXIMATE ROAD CLOSURE END DATE: Friday, July 08, 2022
PROJECT DETAILS:
Yensch Road will be closed to through traffic between Stewart Road and Day Road starting on Tuesday, July 05, 2022. The road closure is for Monroe County Drain culvert replacement under Little Sandy Creek and is expected to take approximately four (4) days weather permitting. A detour route will not be posted for this route due to the low traffic volume and the short duration of the closure.

• RAILROAD CLOSURES

TOWNSHIP: LaSalle Township
ROAD NAME & LIMITS: Laplaisance Road (South) between M125 (South Dixie Highway) & Knab Road
ROAD CLOSURES STARTING DATE: 07/05/2022
CLOSURE DETAILS:
WEATHER PENDING – Notice was sent to this office that the CN (Canadian National) Railroad WILL CLOSE their railroad crossing on Laplaisance Road (South) between M125 and Knab Road on Tuesday, July 5, 2022 until Saturday, July 9, 2022 in order to lay new track. A detour will be set up during this closure to use M125 (S Dixie Hwy) to S Otter Creek Road to Knab Road.