As long as you're not putting salt on a dry surface, it usually sticks. We anticipate the salt will be working fine. |
Eastbound local traffic can use the eastbound I-696 service drive and get back on the freeway at the Groesbeck entrance ramp. Westbound local traffic can use the service drive and re-enter westbound I-696 just past Van Dyke. |
Essentially, this bridge has reached its life expectancy. |
Four bridges might not seem like a lot, but two of them are complete replacements. |
People can confidently drive under those bridges. |
The other two ramps which will be closed are from the southbound Lodge to north and southbound Telegraph. |
The SPUI ... I will acknowledge there will be a learning curve. |
The SPUI design is much safer, because of longer exit ramps with increased storage that eliminate the backup on the freeway. And when you exit I-94 to Telegraph, with the SPUI design, the decision of which direction you want is made on the ramp, at a slower speed. Before, that decision was made on mainline I-94 itself. |
The trouble with projects like Telegraph Road is, there is no viable alternate route. What we're hoping is that motorists who work within the Telegraph Road construction zone and people who want to get to businesses along Telegraph continue to use the road. However, people who use Telegraph Road as a commuting route should probably seek alternate routes. That's what normally happens in cases like this. |
They're pretty extensive repairs. I fully anticipate we should have those bridges reopened to traffic some time in October. |
This was kept in mind while planning this project, to stage getting the interchange done with Beck and the Haggerty bridge done before the start of the project on Sheldon. We want the entire M-14 project to be completed by Nov. 1, when the Sheldon railroad project could begin. |
Traditionally we don't do sweeping in the winter months, but we've been blessed with a mild January. |
Typically, in early March, we don't get this type of rain. |
Wagner and Arsenal will be completely closed across the freeway. |
We are looking at opening that project for competitive bid sometime in early fall. |