WEEKLY ALERTS

POSTED 06.21.17

6/05/2017-6/21/2017

Closures and Detours

The ramp from Square Lake Road (EB I-75 BL) to SB I-75 will be closed from 9:00 PM Friday, June 23rd until 5:00 AM Saturday, June 24th to set bridge beams in the I-75/Square Lake Road Interchange. Traffic will be detoured from the EB I-75 BL to Square Lake Road. They will head east on Square Lake to Crooks Road south to SB I-75.
The ramp from Square Lake Road to the EB I-75 BL will be closed on Tuesday, June 20th until late July as part of the ongoing reconstruction of the I-75/Square Lake interchange. Square Lake Road traffic traveling to I-75 will be detoured onto northbound Opdyke to eastbound University to I-75. For traffic traveling to southbound I-75 they can use the ramp from Opdyke to westbound Square Lake and then make a Michigan left onto eastbound Square Lake as an alternative route.
Scheduled to occur prior to sunset on Tuesday June 20th, a new configuration will be in place for the eastbound Square Lake Road exit to southbound I-75. One lane will be maintained on the ramp.

Starting May 15, two through-lanes will be maintained during peak travel times in each irection of I-75 between M-59 and Coolidge Highway. During the overnight hours, one lane will be open.
It is expected by the morning of Friday, May 19, that two-way traffic will be sharing the northbound lanes, with two lanes open in each direction.

EB Square Lake Road NB I-75 Ramp

Closed - May-September 2017
Detour – NB Woodward to EB M-59

NB I-75 to WB Square Lake Road Ramp

Closed - May-September 2017
Detour – NB I-75 to University Drive, to SB I-75 to WB Square Lake Road

SB I-75 to WB Square Lake Road Ramp

Open

EB Square Lake Road to SB I-75 Ramp

Open

EB M-59 to SB I-75 Ramp

Closed - May-September 2017
Detour – EB M-59 to SB Crooks to SB I-75

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The Modernize 75 widening and reconstruction project—in the planning and development stages for nearly 20 years—has started construction on the first segment, North of Coolidge to North of South Boulevard.

THE GREAT NORTHERN CORRIDOR

Connects the Northern Tier to the nation's extensive rail network and economic centers throughout North America
Serves as the essential logistics channel for goods produced or consumed in the Northern Tier
Moved 964,000 units of consumer goods from ships to logistics parks and distribution centers throughout the country
Carried 221.3 million tons of freight in 2013
Connects with 13 ocean, river, lake and inland ports
Removed over 6 million long-haul trucks from the nation's highways
Supports an area with wind energy generation potential of over two million megawatts
Serves an area where more than 38 million people live and work

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06.17.17

Construction Continues on I-75 and Square Lake Road Interchange

Click the links below to see photos of the progress.

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05.23.17

3M and MDOT Partner on Connected Work Zone on I-75

Today, 3M and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced they are partnering to utilize connected vehicle technologies along more than 3 miles of I-75.

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05.11.17

Construction and Motorist Information

Learn more about the Michigan Department of Transportation's two-year, $90.8 million project to modernize I-75 continues this year. Work starts in May and is expected to be finished in September.

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