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"Interstate 94 from Highway 100 to U.S. 45 is now closed in both directions until 5:30 a.m. Monday.The I-94 on-ramp at Goerke's Corners in Brookfield also closed at 11 p.m. Friday to help minimize traffic.VIDEO: Matt Salemme shows detour routesCrews will be working to install a new railroad bridge near the Highway 100 overpass. \u00A0As of 8 a.m. Saturday, construction crews said the work has gone smoothly and work is on schedule.VIDEO:\u00A0Safety a priority this weekend with Zoo Interchange closureDuring that time, if you get on I-94 westbound, out of the city, you will be split onto either U.S. 45 northbound toward Menomonee Falls or Interstate 894 southbound toward Greenfield.If you are heading east on I-94, into the city, you will be forced off at Highway 100.A sheriff's deputy will be positioned at each shutdown point diverting traffic.Walsh Construction Safety Manager Marty Head said the four main pieces of steel weigh 117,000 pounds each. For safety reasons, traffic will not be allowed near the bridge while the pieces are being placed.\"The closure is for the public's safety and the safety of our employees,\" he said.Head said seven drivers went around previous roadblocks in the Zoo Interchange project, so extra precautions are being taken this weekend.\"If they miss the detour signs and they miss the class-5 barricades that say 'Road Closed,' they will incur a concrete wall,\" he said.VIDEO:\u00A0I-94 to close for entire weekend starting tonightJason Roselle with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation said motorists should use Greenfield Avenue or Bluemound Road as east-west alternates during the closure. While he said congestion on the detour routes is expected, he hopes the detours make the entire process safer.\"We are encouraging the traveling public to get off the system earlier,\" he said.\u00A0While the detour routes are marked for travelers, emergency personnel have been planning their routes for months.\"The emergency responders are already aware of the closure and have alternate routes planned,\" said Sandra Peterson of Milwaukee Regional Medical Center.The closure could also be challenging for EMTs, especially when few seconds can mean the difference between life and death.Milwaukee County Emergency Medical Services Center said it is prepared.EMS communicators will be guiding ambulances through the construction zone.Program director Kenneth Sternig said they are all aware of the latest changes, closures and detours on the roads so they can relay that information to the rescue crews.\"Some of the patients that are being transported will be trauma patients who are in critical need of urgent transport to the campus, so it's really important for us to be able to speak to them kind of on a real-time basis and have real-time traffic data to make decisions on taking alternative routes,\" Sternig said.Sternig said the center will communicate with all ambulances going to any of the hospitals near the Zoo Interchange to make sure they get there the quickest way possible.\u00A0Click here for a list of detours from all directionsMore helpful links:- Zoo Interchange Construction website- Detour Information- Zoo Interchange FAQs"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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