Construction on 3.1 miles of Interstate 75 in Oakland County resumed Monday for the 2017 season, and it’s going to slow you down.
This is all part the 16-year, I-75 modernization project that will reconstruct 18 miles of I-75; replace 47 bridges; and create a HOV lane.
Right now, we’re still in the first phase, which is expected to take two years and cost $90 million -- and a lot of frayed nerves.
Closures you need to know about right now:
- I-75 between M-59 and Coolidge Highway will be down to two lanes during peak travel times and one lane overnight.
- The ramp from northbound I-75 to Square Lake Road will be closed. The posted detour sends northbound I-75 to University Drive to SB I-75 back Square Lake Ro
- The ramp from Square Lake Road (EB I-75 BL) to northbound I-75 will be closed. The posted detour directs traffic traveling from eastbound Square Lake to northbound I-75 to Opdyke Road north to M-59 east to I-75 north.
- Woodward traffic traveling to northbound I-75 via Square Lake is directed to continue north on M-1 to M-59 eastbound to I-75 north.
- Two lanes of eastbound Square Lake Road (I-75 BL) will be closed from M-1 to I-75.
- Eastbound M-59 ramp to southbound I-75 will be closed from May through September 2017.
You can follow along with the latest updates on Facebook or by visiting their website, modernize75.com.
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