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View Comments The right lane of northbound Interstate-75 in Troy reopened Wednesday at about 5:30 p.m. at the Big Beaver exit.  The center and left lanes in both directions will stay closed for weeks while crews repair damage from a truck fire. One lane reopened on the southbound side Tuesday. The entire freeway had been closed after a tanker-truck crash and massive fire Monday. Resulting heat and spilled fuel seriously damaged concrete that had recently cured during the reconstruction of I-...

As floods closed highways in Detroit this past weekend, the Michigan Department of Transportation is factoring future flood events into its project planning. Speaking on the MDOT podcast “Talking Transportation” this week, spokesperson Rob Morosi said the new I-75 and I-696 interchange features a new innovation, a drainage tunnel. “This tunnel is essentially 14 and a half feet in diameter, four miles long,” Morosi said. “Being 14 and a half feet and that length, we’re able to hold c...

What can be done to prevent destructive floods in metro Detroit? Could local water pump problems be part of the cause for severe flooding across metro Detroit? and last updated 2021-06-28 20:39:12-04 DEARBORN, Mich. (WXYZ) — You have seen the destructive power of this weekends rains, leaving so many with damaged homes and cars. Why couldn’t our infrastructure handle the weather and what is being done to fix it? MDOT tells 7 Action News much of the infrastructure in metro Detroit is de...

BACKGROUND: Originally planned to replace the existing interchange at I-75/12 Mile Road, MDOT and OCP have revised the design to incorporate a diverging diamond interchange (DDI). This innovative design will improve safety and traffic flow at this busy interchange. To build a majority of the DDI in one season, 12 Mile Road will be closed to through-traffic under I-75 from March to November 2022. During the rebuilding, local access will be maintained to businesses. Segment 3 of the I-75 moderni...

Work on Burns Street overpass replacement requires closing a lane on westbound I-94 in Detroit Work on Burns Street overpass replacement requires closing a lane on westbound I-94 in Detroit Contact: Rob Morosi, MDOT Office of Communications, 248-483-5107 Agency: Transportation Fast facts: - MDOT is replacing the Burns Street overpass above I-94. - Ongoing work requires closing the right lane on westbound I-94 from M-3 (Gratiot Avenue) to M-53 (Van Dyke Avenue). - The M-3 entrance ramp to westbo...

DETROIT – The big I-75 Modernization project has made traffic slowdowns the norm along parts of the freeway, even with far fewer people commuting to work. Now, another big project is underway as traffic slowly starts to increase. “Since we are still working on the modernization project section between 8 Mile and I-696. Let’s put this project in this year so we can get this bridge work done at this time,” MDOT spokesperson Rob Morosi said. The project takes place between the Davison Free...

Cadillac Avenue overpass demolition requires closing I-94 this weekend in Detroit Cadillac Avenue overpass demolition requires closing I-94 this weekend in Detroit Contact: Rob Morosi, MDOT Office of Communications, 248-483-5107 Agency: Transportation Fast facts: - MDOT is replacing the Cadillac Avenue overpass above I-94. - Demolition work requires closing I-94 between I-75 and Conner Avenue starting Friday night. All lanes on I-94 are expected to reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, March 15. - Ramp clo...

Highways that destroyed Black neighborhoods are crumbling. Some want to undo that legacy CNN 2/27/2021 By Matt McFarland, CNN Business © Mario Villafuerte/Bloomberg/Getty Images Motorists drive their vehicles along Interstate 20 in Shreveport, Louisiana, in a file photo from 2007. Njeri Camara, 61, cant visit the Shreveport, Louisiana home where she was born. Like many Black homes and neighborhoods across the country in the 1960s, it was bulldozed to clear space for highway...

The orange barrels placed around Michigans roads for the 2021 construction season are a sure sign that spring is also near. The Michigan Department of Transportation is resuming the modernization project of I-75 in Oakland County Friday, according to a news release, causing the closure of both directions of the freeway between 8 Mile Road and I-696, beginning at 11 p.m. The closure is needed to allow crews to safely demolish the Shevlin Avenue vehicular and Highland Avenue pedestrian bridges...

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