Tag: Oakland County

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Reconstruction of Mich. bridge captured in time-lapse

The time lapse video below shows the reconstruction of the Opdyke Road bridge over the Clinton River in Oakland County, Michigan. The bridge project was part of a larger project to revamp Opdyke Road between Auburn Road and Perry Street in the cities of Auburn Hills and Pontiac that cost more than $7.2 million. Work […]

August 6, 2019

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New segment of I-75 freeway widening near Detroit set to begin

According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, bad weather delayed the original start date for the second segment of the freeway revamp. Details here.

March 4, 2019

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Mich. DOT to use design-build to complete I-75 project 10 years early

If MDOT can close on the contract by the end of 2018, it would allow the agency to complete the estimated $1.4 billion, 12-mile I-75 project a decade early.

September 25, 2018

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Asphalt truck backs over, kills flagger in Mich. work zone

While a construction worker was checking the pavement density a semi truck driver was backing up to put asphalt into paving machine. The victim did not survive.

May 24, 2018

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Mich. I-696 freeway set for repairs, renovations in 2018

Parts of Interstate 696 in Michigan will undergo reconstruction or repairs this year starting in spring, according to the state’s department of transportation. MDOT plans $20 million in repairs on I-696 in Oakland County and a $90 million reconstruction in Macomb County. Along with rehabbing the freeway, the project “will allow the east/west corridor to […]

January 16, 2018

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All lanes of improved I-75 near Detroit open

The Michigan Department of Transportation opened all lanes and ramps to northbound and southbound Interstate 75 in Oakland County, northwest of Detroit, 20 days ahead of schedule. The opening, which occurred just before Labor Day weekend, is part of the $91.8 million project to modernize three miles of I-75 between Coolidge Highway and South Boulevard. […]

September 6, 2017

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Michigan’s Oakland County launches cost-sharing pilot program to fund more road repairs

A Michigan county has approved the first phase of funding for a new pilot program aimed at boosting city and village road projects through a new cost-sharing structure. The Oakland Press reports that the program will focus on roads not eligible for funding in the county’s current tri-party system, where communities share a third of the […]

August 26, 2016