Route Updates

REROUTE ALERTS:

 

The International Freedom Festival's Ford Fireworks take place Monday, June 23. Reroutes will begin at 5:30 p.m. and end at 11 p.m. See map below.

Routes that use the Bricktown People Mover station will lay over on Beaubien between Congress and Lafayette: 5-Van Dyke, 6-Gratiot, 9-Jefferson, 40-Russell, 52-Chene, and 67-Cadillac.

All other routes will pass through Rosa Parks Transit Center.

A number of routes will be detoured:

3-Grand River Eastbound: From Grand River, to right on Cass, to lay over on Cass south of Bagley.

3-Grand River Westbound: From Cass, to right on Michigan, to continue as normal.

4-Woodward Southbound: No detours.

4-Woodward Northbound: From Times Square, to right on Grand River, to left on Woodward, to continue as normal.

5-Van Dyke and 52-Chene Inbound: From Rivard, to left on Larned, into Congress, to right on Beaubien, to lay over at Beaubien.

5-Van Dyke and 52-Chene Outbound: Via Beaubien, to right on East Lafayette, to continue as normal.

6-Gratiot and 40-Russell Southbound: Left on Antietam, to right on Rivard, to right on Larned, into Congress, to right on Beaubien, to lay over at Beaubien.

6-Gratiot and 40-Russell Northbound: From Beaubien, to right on East Lafayette, to left on Chysler Freeway service drive, to left on Antietam, to right on Gratiot, to continue as normal.

9-Jefferson Westbound: From Jefferson, to right on Rivard, to left on Larned, into Congress, to right on Beaubien, to lay over at Beaubien.

9-Jefferson Eastbound: From Beaubien, to right on East Lafayette, to right on Rivard, to left on Jefferson, to continue as normal.

16-Dexter Southbound: Lay over at Rosa Parks Transit Center.

19-Fort Eastbound: From Fort, to left on Trumbull, to right on Lafayette, to right on Cass, to continue as normal.

19-Fort Westbound: From Times Square, to left on Clifford, to left on Bagley, to left on Cass, to right on Lafayette, to left on Trumbull, to right on Fort, to continue as normal.

67-Cadillac-Harper Inbound: Right on Beaubien to lay over on Beaubien.

67-Cadillac-Harper Outbound: From Beaubien, to right on East Lafayette, to right on Rivard, to left on Larned, to continue as normal.

 

DDOT Detours for the Freedom Festival Fireworks 2025

 

 

 

11-Clairmount has a permanent route change, effective immediately:

Westbound: From Junction, to right on McGraw, to left on Livernois, to left on Buchanan, to right on 35th, to continue as normal.

Eastbound: From Junction, to left on Buchanan, to right on Livernois, to right on McGraw, to left on Junction, to continue as normal.

 

52-Chene now has a reroute:

Southbound: Left on Holbrook, to right on Conant, to right on Hamtramck, to continue as normal.

Northbound: Left on Conant, to left on Holbrook, to right on Jos. Campau, to continue as normal.

 

There is a detour on 68-Chalmers to bypass Chalmers just south of Seven Mile. Reroutes are as follows:

Southbound: Continue on Seven Mile, to right on Celestine, to right on Saratoga, to left on Chalmers, to continue as normal.

Northbound: North on Chalmers, to right on Saratoga, to left on Celestine, to Seven Mile, to continue as normal.

 

Eastbound 8-Warren first boarding will be at Riverside, at the cemetery, and no longer at the Shell gas station. Westbound 8-Warren has no detours.

 

Through December 21, 38-Plymouth has a slight detour just west of the Lodge. Reroutes are as follows:

38-Plymouth Westbound: From Calvert, to right on Woodrow Wilson, to left on Lawrence, to left on 14th, to right on Calvert, to continue as normal.

38-Plymouth Eastbound: From Calvert, to left on Rosa Parks, to right on Collingwood, to right on Woodrow Wilson, to left on Calvert, to continue as normal.

 

30-Livernois has a slight detour at Jefferson. Reroutes are as follows:

Northbound: From Jefferson, to left on Green, to right on Fort, to a left on Livernois, to continue as normal.

Southbound: From Livernois, to a right on Fort, to a left on Green, to a right on Jefferson, to continue as normal.

 

Eastbound 9-Jefferson has a slight detour at the easternmost turnaround, to take a left on Beaconsfield and a left on westbound Jefferson before the layover.

Westbound 8-Warren has a detour at the westernmost turnaround, a left on Waverly to lay over at the Red Lobster near Richardson.

 

Rutland Ave. by Oakland Community College Southfield campus is closed for road work, through Aug. 5. Reroute is as follows:

46-Southfield Northbound: From Southfield service drive, to right on Nine Mile, to Rutland, to lay over on Nine Mile and Rutland.

46-Southfield Southbound: From Nine Mile, to right on Providence, to right on North Park Drive, to right on Northwestern Highway service drive, to left on Nine Mile, to left on the Southfield service drive, to continue as normal.

 

Rosa Parks Transit Center will be closed every Friday from 6-7:30 a.m. for additional cleaning. This is in addition to its daily nightly closing between midnight and 4 a.m. for regular cleaning. RPTC re-opens at 4 a.m. daily for normal transit operations.

 

The Miller Road bridge will be closed until further notice. Reroutes are as follows:

1-Vernor Westbound: Right on Ferney, to right on Wyoming, to left on Michigan Ave., to continue as normal.

1-Vernor Eastbound: From Michigan Ave., to right on Wyoming, to continue as normal.

 

7-Seven Mile Westbound can no longer make a left turn from Lahser onto Grand River. Reroute is as follows:

Westbound: From Lahser, to left on McNichols, to right on Grand River, to continue into Meijer parking lot.

Eastbound: No detours.