LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Mid-Michigan drivers will have to wait a little longer to drive on the new southbound lanes of US-127 in Lansing.

While MDOT had previously told News 10 the highway was scheduled to reopen this weekend, the reopening has been pushed back to next weekend, according to the MDOT Mi Drive map.

Crews have been working since March to rebuild the southbound lanes between I-69 and I-496. The northbound lanes of the same stretch were rebuilt in 2024.

It’s all part of a larger project to improve the US-127 corridor from the Ingham/Jackson County line north to the I-69 interchange.

It began with resurfacing the 12.5-mile stretch between Barnes Road and the county line in 2023, along with replacing the SB US-127 ramp to westbound I-496 and eastbound I-496 ramp to northboun

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