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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-75 through Troy, and it required an extensive environmental cleanup, said a spokesman for the Michig...

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 close to 25, 26 million gallons of water.” Morosi says while such a tunnel can’t be added to I-94...

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 weekend's 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 designed to handle three inches of rain in 24 hours. In some areas, we got about twice that. It raise...

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 modernization project is a multi-year rebuilding effort on more than 5 miles of pavement, replacing bridges...

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 westbound I-94 will be closed.   April 14, 2021 -- Weather permitting, Michigan Department of Transportat...