I-96 Freeway Flex Route (Kent Lake Road to I-275/696/M5 Interchange)

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March 4, 2024 MDOT Presentation

I-96 Flex Route Proposed Layout
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Updated: 5/15/24

Start: April 1, 2024
Current Status: In Progress
End: Fall 2024
Road Jurisdiction: MDOT

DESCRIPTION: 

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has Dan's Excavating, Inc., under contract to construct a 'Flex Route' lane using the existing median shoulder, on-ramp metering, and variable speed advisories/travel information message boards within the project limits. The median shoulders will be reconstructed to be used as an additional lane during peak travel periods, special events, maintenance activities, and incidents/crashes. The ramp meters or ramp signals will consist of a two-section signal light (red and green only, no yellow) together with a signal controller, that will regulate the flow of traffic entering the freeway. This system is very similar to the US-23 flex route installed outside Ann Arbor. The contractor elected to replace all main-line I-96 pavement in concrete instead of asphalt

SHORT-TERM LANE AND RAMP CLOSURES

Please visit: https://drivingoakland.com/i96-flex-route/ for a complete and up-to-date list of short-term closures

MAINLINE I-96 CLOSURES 

  • EB I-96, Kent Lake to I-275, TWO LANES OPEN, through fall
  • WB I-96, I-275 to Kent Lake, TWO LANES OPEN, through fall

RAMP CLOSURES

  • NB I-275 to WB I-96, ONE LANE OPEN, through 5pm Tuesday 10/1

Westbound I-96 Related Ramp Closures

  • SB M-5 to WB I-96, CLOSED, through fall.
    Detour: SB M-5 to Grand River to NB M-5 to WB I-96

  • NB/SB Novi to WB I-96, CLOSED, through fall
    Detour: WB Grand River to NB Novi to EB I-96

  • WB I-96 to Novi, CLOSED, through early fall (Access maintained from NB I-275)
    Detour: I-696/M-5 traffic to use NB M-5 to WB 12 mile to Novi. NB I-275/I-96 ramp to Novi will be open during this time

  • Wixom to WB I-96, CLOSED, through early June
    Detour: Grand River to Beck to WB I-96

  • WB I-96 to Wixom, CLOSED, through early June
    Detour: WB I-96, SB Beck and WB Grand River to Wixom

  • WB I-96 to NB/SB Milford, CLOSED, through fall
    Detour: WB I-96, SB Kent Lake and EB Grand River to Milford

  • Milford to WB I-96, CLOSED, through fall
    Detour: SB Milford, WB Grand River and NB Kent Lake to WB I-96

Eastbound I-96 Related Ramp Closures

  • Beck to EB I-96, CLOSED, through fall
    Detour: EB Grand River and NB Novi to EB I-96

  • SB Kent Lake to EB I-96, CLOSED, through fall
    Detour: EB Grand River and NB Milford to EB I-96

  • SB Wixom to EB I-96 ramp, LEFT LANE CLOSED, through fall