Construction road closures in Dexter start Tuesday; then Saturday and Sunday for special events

By Lisa Allmendinger Regional Reporter

Posted on Mon, May 28, 2012 : 5:56 a.m.

Road construction projects, the village's annual ice cream social and the popular Dexter-Ann Arbor Run will mean road closures beginning Tuesday in downtown Dexter.

Jeffords Street at Main Street will be closed for approximately seven days starting May 29 while contractors finish constructing the final crosswalk that’s part of the Main Street road construction project.

Then on Saturday, June 2, Central Street between Main and Fifth will be closed between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. for the annual Ice Cream Social in Monument Park.

On June 3, as part of the 38th annual Dexter-Ann Arbor Run, there will be a number of road closures in Scio and Ann Arbor townships, Dexter and the city of Ann Arbor.

The Washtenaw County Road Commission has released the following list of planned closures:

From 7:50 -11:05 a.m. — Huron River Drive from Maple Road to the Ann Arbor city limits
From 8-11:05 a.m. — Huron River Drive from Wagner Road to Maple
From 8:15 -8:35 a.m. — Baker Road from Dan Hoey to Shield
From 8:25 -8:40 a.m. — Shield Road from Baker to Parker
From 8:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. — Parker Road from Shield to Dexter-Chelsea
From 8:35-8:50 a.m. - Dexter-Chelsea Road from Parker to Dexter-Pinckney
From 8:35-8:55 a.m. - Dexter-Pinckney Road to the Dexter village limit
From 8:30-9:15 a.m. - Huron River Drive from Mast Road to Zeeb
From 8:55 a.m.-10:35 a.m. - Huron River Drive from Zeeb Road to Wagner

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Lisa Allmendinger is a regional reporter for AnnArbor.com, who also covers the Washtenaw County Road Commission. She can be reached at lisaallmendinger@annarbor.com.