I-75 Tear-Up Starts Monday: What to Expect

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — The first phase of a $90.8 million project to rebuild Interstate 75 in Oakland County begins Monday, the Michigan Department of Transportation said.

The two-year I-75 modernization project in Oakland County is approximately 18 miles in length through six communities: Auburn Hills, Bloomfield Township, Troy, Madison Heights, Royal Oak, and Hazel Park.

The project will add a commuter lane that will be used by carpoolers and transit vehicles in peak hours, and then operate as a general lane for all motorists to use in off hours. This will be the first high-occupancy vehicle lane in Michigan.

Work includes interchange upgrades, pavement reconstruction, drainage improvements, bridge replacements and aesthetic enhancements to the corridor, a critical route for local and intrastate goods movement, a key commercial and business route, a tourist route to Northern Michigan, and a local residential artery.

The work starts with a 3-mile stretch through Bloomfield Township, Auburn Hills and Troy. In the short-term, here is what it means to you:

• Beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 15, the right lane of southbound I-75 will be closed continuously from the Square Lake Road interchange to Coolidge Highway to prepare for a future traffic shift.
• Northbound I-75 will have intermittent single-lane closures from Coolidge Highway to South Boulevard.
• In addition, single-lane closures will be in place on the northbound and southbound I-75 ramps to westbound Square Lake Road.

This configuration is expected to last into early September before another stage of the project is scheduled to begin.

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