Project Introduction
Project Updates
Now Open
With the project now reaching substantial completion, the Modernize 75 project social media, e-mail updates, and website updates will now be discontinued. For future information, you can follow @MichiganDOT on Facebook and Threads, follow @MDOT_MetroDet on Twitter/X, visit www.Michigan.gov/Drive, or call the MDOT Oakland Transportation Service Center (TSC) at 248-451-0001.
Closures
Segment 3
With the project now reaching substantial completion, the Modernize 75 project social media, e-mail updates, and website updates will now be discontinued. For future information, you can follow @MichiganDOT on Facebook and Threads, follow @MDOT_MetroDet on Twitter/X, visit www.Michigan.gov/Drive, or call the MDOT Oakland Transportation Service Center (TSC) at 248-451-0001.
HOV
NOW OPEN (effective 10/24/2023)
The High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes were added as an additional inside lane in each direction on I-75 between 12 Mile Road and South Boulevard (approximately 14 miles) in Oakland, County. This was the first of its kind in Michigan!
HOV lanes require at least two human occupants inside the vehicle when used on weekdays between 6-9 AM and 3-6 PM. The exception is motorcycles, transit buses and police and emergency vehicles. Outside of those designated weekday hours the lanes are available for all motorists regardless of the number of occupants.
State and local police monitor safe movement in and out of the HOV lane and to ensure drivers have the correct number of people. Civil infractions are handed out to violators.
How can I learn more?
Download Intro Flyer:
Nearby Projects
The following projects are not part of the I-75 Modernization project, however are in adjacent areas.
Nearby MDOT Projects:
- I-75 /M-102 (8 Mile Road) Feasibility Study MDOT is undertaking a feasibility study, also known as an early preliminary engineering (EPE) study, for the I-75/M-102 (8 Mile Road) interchange in the cities of Detroit and Hazel Park. The existing interchange contains aging infrastructure built in 1969. Since it was originally built, traffic patterns and land uses have changed. MDOT is evaluating the interchange to improve the transportation system, connectivity, and aesthetics; reduce long-term maintenance costs; and complement the I-75 modernization project north of 8 Mile Road.
- I-94 Modernization Project (from east of the I-96/I-94 interchange to east of Conner Avenue)
- I-696 Phase I (I-275/I-96/M-5 to Lasher)
- Gordie Howe International Bridge Project (I-75 between west of Springwells Street to east of Clark Street)
Visit the MDOT interactive map regularly for updated information on MDOT closures throughout the State of Michigan. https:mdotjboss.state.mi.us/MiDrive/map
Nearby Local City and Agency Projects:
- Road Commission for Oakland County | RCOC Road Construction GIS Map | contact RCOC at 248-858-4804 or www.rcocweb.org
- 14 Mile Road Barrington to Dequindre Road work to start March 6, 2023.
- John R Road Rehabilitation/Reconstruction between 14 Mile and Maple Roads will impact traffic during 2023.
- Innovate Mound (11 Mile Road to M-59)
- Moving Macomb
- City of Royal Oak Road Projects
- City of Madison Heights Road Projects
- City of Hazel Park Road Projects
- City of Troy Road Projects
- Bloomfield Township Road Projects
- City of Auburn Hills Road Projects
Announcements
Effective 4/26/2024
We want to thank everyone for their patience over the last several years as we worked to modernize this corridor. With the project now reaching substantial completion, the Modernize 75 project social media, e-mail updates, and website updates will now be discontinued. For future information, you can follow @MichiganDOT on Facebook and Threads, follow @MDOT_MetroDet on Twitter/X, visit www.Michigan.gov/Drive, or call the MDOT Oakland Transportation Service Center (TSC) at 248-451-0001.
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HOV LANES NOW OPEN (effective 10/24/2023)
The High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes were added as an additional inside lane in each direction on I-75 between 12 Mile Road and South Boulevard (approximately 14 miles) in Oakland, County.
HOV lanes require at least two human occupants inside the vehicle when used on weekdays between 6-9 AM and 3-6 PM. The exception is motorcycles, transit buses and police and emergency vehicles. Outside of those designated weekday hours the lanes are available for all motorists regardless of the number of occupants.
State and local police monitor safe movement in and out of the HOV lane and to ensure drivers have the correct number of people. Civil infractions are handed out to violators.
Project Videos
Happening Now
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Thank you!
We want to thank everyone for their patience over the last several years as we worked to modernize this corridor. With the project now reaching substantial completion, the Modernize 75 project social media, e-mail updates, and website updates will now be discontinued. For future information, you can follow @MichiganDOT on Facebook and Threads, follow @MDOT_MetroDet on Twitter/X, visit www.Michigan.gov/Drive, or call the MDOT Oakland Transportation Service Center (TSC) at 248-451-0001.
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I-75 End of Project Video (2024)
The I-75 Modernization Project team is excited to share this video on the history and completion of the project. Construction started in June 2016 and reached substantial completion in fall 2023. This video highlights various elements and improvements this project brought to the area, showcasing the amazing work done by the hard-working team.
Thank you all for your patience. We hope you enjoy this video.
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Drainage Tunnel Now Accepting Stormwater
The I-75 Modernization tunnel drainage system is now in place and ready for the next rainstorm. This important piece of the project was built to help alleviate future flooding on the I-75 freeway from 8 Mile Road to 12 Mile Road.
Facts about the tunnel:
- It is four-miles long, 14.5-foot diameter up to 100 feet underground and generally under I-75’s northbound service drive between 8 Mile and 12 Mile Roads.
- Can hold up to 25 million gallons of stormwater which is equivalent to almost 40 Olympic size swimming pools!
- Began construction in the Fall of 2019, experienced a delay in 2021, and is now complete.
- Construction utilized a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) with a rotating cutting wheel with teeth at the front that dug the soil while it turned. Miners in the tunnel installed 5-foot-long precast concrete wall segments within a shield to protect them. Hydraulic jacks at the back of the TBM pushed against the ends of the wall segments after they were installed to force the cutting wheel into the soil and move the tunnel forward. Once its job was complete, the TBM was decommissioned and repurposed for another tunnel construction project. There is a great video we published accessible on the linked page below to see this process in action.
We are grateful for the opportunity to support the community with the addition of this drainage tunnel and thank everyone for their patience as it was constructed. We have resources on our project website to learn more about how the tunnel was built and how stormwater flows into the tunnel once it reaches the roadway.
http://modernize75.com/Project-Highlights-Tunnel
