NOTICE OF OVERNIGHT CONSTRUCTION / SOUTHBOUND DETOUR ON I-75

Beginning Monday, September 9 and continuing through Friday, September 13, 2024, an overnight detour of southbound traffic on I-75 will be implemented as the contractor begins placing structural steel girders for construction of the bridge over the southbound lanes. Motorists traveling southbound on I-75 will be directed to exit at SR 64 and east on SR 64 to Lakewood Ranch Boulevard. Motorists will then be directed south on Lakewood Ranch Boulevard to SR 70 and west on SR 70 to access southbound I-75. The detour will be in effect nightly between the hours of 11 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. (weather permitting). FDOT and Manatee County have worked together to coordinate signal timing during the overnight detours.