Thinking of driving on U.S. 1 in Coral Gables early Saturday? Read this.

Miami-Dade will shut down U.S. 1 at Coral Gables after midnight on Friday to let workers connect a new pedestrian overpass linking the east side of the highway with the University Metrorail station, the county announced Monday.

The closure of the busy north-south highway is slated to start at midnight Friday and continue until 6 a.m. Saturday. Traffic will be detoured at Augusto Street and South Alhambra Circle for those six hours, the county said.

Miami-Dade announced the closure Monday, along with the following detour routes:

▪ Drivers on northbound US 1 can: Turn left on South Alhambra Circle, turn right on Ponce De Leon Boulevard. Then turn right on Augusto Street, turn left at U.S. 1.

▪ Drivers on southbound US 1 can: Turn right on Augusto Street, turn left on Ponce De Leon Boulevard. Then turn left on South Alhambra Circle, turn right on U.S. 1.

The $6 million project, funded by a mix of county, state and federal dollars, fulfills a longstanding request by the University of Miami to find a safer way for its students to cross the highway to the shops and restaurants on the other side. A county study found 1,300 people a day cross U.S. 1 there.

This story was originally published December 5, 2016 at 6:06 PM with the headline "Thinking of driving on U.S. 1 in Coral Gables early Saturday? Read this.."