Southbound I-475 closing at Carpenter Road for bridge rebuilding [Video]

FLINT, MI — The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to close all southbound I-475 traffic lanes at Carpenter Road starting next week as work continues on a multi-year reconstruction of the expressway.

Southbound I-475 will be closed from Carpenter Road to the Flint River from May 3-5 and again from May 10-12 for bridge work in the area, MDOT said in a Monday, April 29, news release.

Southbound traffic will be detoured via exit 11 to Carpenter Road, Selby Street, and then back onto I-475 via the Selby Street on-ramp, according to the agency.

Traffic in the three-mile stretch has been slowed since the $141-million project started earlier this month.

All northbound lanes — where work is being focused this year — have been closed since April 15 and all but one lane of southbound traffic has also been closed since that time in the Flint area.

Work on rebuilding the southbound side of the …