• Project Website | U-M Athletics Campus Parking Map

During the Ann Arbor Bridges Replacement Project, the city of Ann Arbor will close East Stadium Boulevard between Kipke Drive and South Industrial Highway to vehicular and pedestrian traffic for approximately one year beginning Nov. 28, 2011. The project will also require a temporary closures of the northbound lane of South State Street (April 30-July 11, 2012).

As East Stadium and South State are two primary thoroughfares around the U-M athletics campus, please review the information and detour map below and plan accordingly for attending Michigan home events.

• EAST STADIUM BOULEVARD (Nov. 28, 2011 to Nov. 14, 2012)
  East Stadium Boulevard will also be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic (from roughly Kipke Drive to South Industrial) beginning Nov. 28, 2011. Local access will be maintained from S. Main Street to Kipke and the U-M Golf Course, providing access to gameday parking lots around Michigan Stadium and Crisler Arena. All vehicles exiting any of the parking lots off Kipke Drive onto Stadium Blvd. must head westbound on Stadium toward Main Street. Please be prepared for potential delays in this area.
   
• NORTHBOUND SOUTH STATE STREET (temporary closure from April 30-July 11, 2012)
  The northbound lane of South State Street will be closed to vehicular and pedestrian traffic (from roughly Stimson Street to Granger) from April 30-July 11, 2012. Detour signs will be posted. For home baseball, softball, and track and field events, please be prepared for delays in this area, particularly on exit from the lots on State Street surrounding Yost Ice Arena. We recommend parking in the lower Blue Lot near the railroad tracks (free of charge) in order to avoid these delays on State Street.
  
  The following home events will occur during the temporary State Street closure:
  
  Baseball
  Tuesday, May 8 -- vs. Coastal Carolina, 7 p.m.
  Wednesday, May 9 -- vs. Coastal Carolina, 6:05 p.m.
  Thursday, May 17 -- vs. Nebraska, 6:05 p.m.
  Friday, May 18 -- vs. Nebraska, 6:05 p.m.
  Saturday, May 19 -- vs. Nebraska, 1:05 p.m.
  
  Softball
  Tuesday, May 1 -- vs. Eastern Michigan, 7 p.m.
  Friday, May 11 -- vs. Purdue, 6 p.m.
  Saturday, May 12 -- vs. Purdue (doubleheader), 1 p.m.
  
  Men's and Women's Track and Field
  Thursday, May 3 -- Len Paddock Invitational, 3 p.m.
  Friday, May 4 -- Len Paddock Invitational, Noon

Visit the project site at annarborbridges.org for the most up-to-date information including construction schedule progress, traffic pattern changes, and detour maps.

The bridges project includes removal and replacement of the existing East Stadium Boulevard bridges over South State Street and the Ann Arbor Railroad, as well as several other enhancements.

Work on East Stadium includes:

• Demolition and reconstruction of the bridges over South State Street and the Ann Arbor Railroad
• Staircase construction at South State Street
• U-M pedestrian tunnel extensions
• Installation of retaining walls and new street lighting along East Stadium Boulevard
• Replacement of storm sewer lines and water mains
• Reconstruction of East Stadium Boulevard

East Stadium Boulevard will be rebuilt from Kipke Drive to South Industrial Highway and South State Street will be reconstructed from Henry Street to Rose Avenue.

The project also includes:

• Safety improvements including improved sight distances
• The addition of on-street bike lanes
• Sidewalks on both sides of the roadway
• Improved street lighting
• Greater vertical and horizontal clearances on both the South State Street and railroad bridges
• Construction of a sidewalk on the west side of South State Street
• Improved pedestrian access to East Stadium Boulevard via new staircases at the South State Street bridge

• Bridges Detour Map