Unbelievable Photos Show Why This Michigan Highway Was Shut Down for Nearly 3 Days

A major roadway in Michigan's Upper Peninsula was closed for over 48 hours over the weekend, and these photos show exactly why.

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US-2 spans the entirety of the U.P., snaking along the Lake Michigan shoreline from the Wisconsin border all the way over to the Mackinac Bridge in St. Ignace. And while the entire highway wasn't closed for the weekend, a pretty important stretch of it was.

Around 9:45 a.m. on Friday, January 23, 2026, Mackinac County 911 & Emergency Management posted to Facebook and X that US-2 was closed between the Mackinac Bridge and Brevort (a roughly 20-mile stretch) due to "low visibility and multiple car crashes".

Most seasoned Yoopers, used to this kind of thing, assumed that the road would reopen later in the day. It didn't.

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At 2:30 p.m., officials posted again, saying that the highway was still closed and would remain that way until further notice.

Saturday morning, around 11:30 a.m., an update came - US-2 remained closed, and officials said that at that time there was no estimated reopening time. At this point, businesses like Gustafson's Smoke Fish in Brevort were closing early or not opening at all because, well, a lot of their customers couldn't get to them. But, as you can see below, crews were hard at work removing the snow in order to reopen the highway.

Thankfully, on Sunday, January 25, 2026, at 6:37 p.m., nearly 57 hours after US-2 had originally closed, Mackinac County 911 and Emergency Management announced that the highway was officially open. In their message, they thanked MDOT crews for their hard work and encouraged motorists to drive safely.