Construction Updates

Work underway on both sides of the Lodge Freeway

To hear a recorded message with the latest project construction updates, please call (313) 874-2488.

Intermittent Disruptions to Traffic Near the Cancer Pavilion

Throughout the month of December and into the early part of the new year, patients and visitors to the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion should expect intermittent partial road closures due to construction around the building. There will be signs, as well as people with flags directing traffic, to help guide visitors around the impacts, and it’s important to note that access to the Cancer Pavilion and its parking structure will remain unobstructed during normal business hours Monday through Friday.

To ensure you arrive on time for your appointment, we kindly suggest you allow for extra travel time. In addition, please be mindful of construction workers on site who will be helping ensure your safe passage.

We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time as we work to improve the area.

Henry Ford Hospital Campus Progress

This fall, construction crews will be busy drilling as they prepare to install the underground foundations for the new hospital facilities—a critical step in ensuring the structural integrity of the buildings. During this time, we are working closely with the construction team to minimize noise disruptions as much as possible. We appreciate your understanding and patience during this time.

Construction is actively progressing on the new parking deck near the Cancer Pavilion. Once completed, this facility will greatly enhance accessibility for our visitors and staff. And later this fall, construction will begin for the new Central Energy Hub, which will ultimately provide heating and cooling services for the new facilities.

Because of the construction, some roads remain closed or impacted, and some traffic patterns have shifted around Henry Ford Hospital – primarily on the south side of West Grand Boulevard near the Henry Ford Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion.

Primary impacts to roads include:

• West Milwaukee Street from southbound John C. Lodge Service Drive to the cancer center drive is closed;
• Lincoln Street from West Grand Boulevard to Wilbur Avenue is closed;
• West Baltimore Avenue from southbound John C. Lodge Service Drive to Lincoln Street is closed;
• And Wilbur Avenue will remain open with access only from Holden to Lincoln (south).

To get to the Henry Ford Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion: Use West Grand Blvd. and turn right at West Milwaukee Street to go behind the building and turn left into the parking area.

There will be minimal impact to roads and traffic on the north side of West Grand Blvd. for those coming and going from Henry Ford Hospital.

The fencing and road closures will be in effect while the area remains an active construction site. Those driving in the area should be mindful of detour signs and other directional signage to help them navigate around the medical campus.

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Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences Research Center Progress

Construction began in late May for the Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences Research Center, located in a portion of a parking lot on Third Street just across from the Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center.

Excavation work is ongoing at the future site of the Henry Ford Health + Michigan State University Health Sciences Research Center, on Third Street near Amsterdam. In addition, intermittent lane closures on Third Street will continue through mid-November as crews work to facilitate this development.

Crews are drilling the building foundations, removing soil, installing steel rods and filling them with concrete through October. The sidewalk on Third Street from the north end of the site to the traffic light/pedestrian walkway across from Henry Ford’s corporate offices will be closed in early- to mid-September for the duration of the project. Curb cut work on 3rd Street has been completed.

Given current road construction and limited available roads to accommodate the size of trucks, we are encouraging trucks to exit M-10 at Warren and travel north via 2nd Street, then Antoinette to reach the site.

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