§ 750.497Detouring traffic as public safety measure; notices, posting

Sec. 497.
     Detouring traffic as public safety measure—Whenever in the opinion of the state highway
 commissioner a condition arises or is about to arise upon any of the highways of the state
 occasioned by the condition of said highway or by any approaching public gathering likely to
 bring unusual congestion of traffic thereon, and the public safety of persons using or about to
 use said highway is put in jeopardy, the state highway commissioner is hereby authorized by
 an appropriate order, to detour the traffic from or upon, provide the direction for any or all
 traffic, close to any or all traffic, or limit the traffic on said highway to certain classes of
 vehicles, under such conditions as he may in such order provide on any of the highways of the
 state of Michigan for such length of time as he may deem necessary.
     Whenever the state highway commissioner shall make any order in any way regulating or
 closing traffic on any highways of this state under the authority of this section, he shall cause
 to be posted upon said highway in conspicuous places at each terminal of the restricted or
 closed highway, conspicuous notices of such regulations or closing order.
     Any person violating any of the provisions of said order, or using said highway in any
 manner prohibited in said order after and during the time that notices of said order shall be
 properly posted as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
 conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than 10 dollars or by imprisonment
 in the county jail for not more than 10 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the
 discretion of the court.