Work to open I-75 modernization project in Oakland County prior to Labor Day weekend starts Saturday night

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                     MEDIA CONTACT

August 18, 2023                                                                      Rob Morosi

                                                                                                   248-361-6288 MorosiR@Michigan.gov

 

Work to open I-75 modernization project in Oakland County prior to Labor Day weekend starts Saturday night  

Fast facts:

• Starting at 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, northbound I-75 will have one lane open from 9 Mile to 14 Mile roads until 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21.
• This will begin the process of opening the I-75 modernization project prior to Labor Day weekend.        
• After the holiday weekend, crews will return to repair the damaged pavement and barrier wall by 11 Mile Road caused by the Aug. 4 tanker crash.   

 

MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. ­- Weather permitting, contract crews will reduce northbound I-75 to one through lane from 9 Mile to 14 Mile roads starting at 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19. In addition, crews will close the eastbound and westbound I-696 ramps to northbound I-75, along with the freeway interchanges at 11 Mile and 12 Mile roads. This work begins the process to remove existing lane and ramp restrictions by Labor Day weekend on Segment 3 of the I-75 modernization project in Oakland County. Segment 3 is the section on I-75 between 8 Mile and 13 Mile roads.  

 

During the week starting Monday, Aug. 21, crews will segmentally start opening additional lanes and ramps along southbound I-75. North of I-696, both directions of I-75 will have two lanes open to 14 Mile Road until Aug. 31. By Friday, Sept. 1, the following restrictions will be removed:

• Lane closures on I-75 in each direction between 8 Mile and 13 Mile roads,
• 12 Mile Road under I-75,
• The southbound I-75 exit and entrance ramps at 12 Mile and 11 Mile roads, and
• The southbound service drive from Gardenia Avenue to I-696, including the new two-way service drive north of Gardenia Avenue.

 

"We want to remind drivers that 'open to traffic' differs from project completion," said I-75 modernization project manager Mark Dubay. "There is still work to accomplish, including repairing the section of pavement and barrier wall on the northbound lanes near 11 Mile Road that were damaged by the tanker crash on Aug. 4."

 

Follow I-75 modernization progress on the web at www.Modernize75.com, or follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Modernize75 or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Modernize75. 

 

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