Construction Alerts

Closure Near M72/M22 Intersection to Begin Feb. 3

Beginning Monday, Feb. 3, M-72 will be closed just west of the M-22 intersection in Elmwood Township for approximately four weeks as utility companies relocate infrastructure beneath the roadway.   

From Feb. 3 to March 3, M-72 will be closed entirely from the M-72/M-22 intersection in Elmwood Township to just east of Incochee Woods Drive and closed to through-traffic from Gray Road to Incochee Woods Drive. M-22 will remain open between Division Street and Cherry Bend Road. 

Please plan an alternate route accordingly: 

• Traffic traveling east on M-72 to northbound M-22 will be detoured north (left) on South Bugai Road and then east (right) on E. Lincoln Road to Cherry Bend Road (right) to M-22.
• Traffic traveling east on M-72 to Traverse City will be detoured south (right) on Gray Road and then east (left) on Cedar Run Road to West Front Street. A temporary traffic signal will be installed at the Cedar Run Road/Gray Road intersection.
• Traffic traveling west on M-72 away from Traverse City will be detoured on US-31/M-37 (Division Street) to West Front Street to Cedar Run Road to and Gray Road to M-72. 

This work is being done in preparation for MDOT’s project to rebuild M-72 and M-22 from west of Division Street to Cherry Bend Road, including a new roundabout, scheduled to begin in mid-April 2025.