I-96 Freeway Flex Route (Kent Lake Road to I-275/696/M5 Interchange)
March 4, 2024 MDOT Presentation
Updated: 4/11/24
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
- EASTBOUND RELATED
EB I-96, TWO LANES OPEN, through fall
- WESTBOUND RELATED
WB I-96, I-275 to Kent Lake, TWO LANES OPEN, 5am Saturday 4/13 through fall
RAMP CLOSURES
Eastbound
- 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
UPCOMING RAMP CLOSURES
Westbound
- SB M-5 to WB I-96, CLOSED, 5am Saturday 4/13 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, 5am Saturday 4/13 through fall
Detour: WB Grand River to NB Novi to EB I-96
- WB I-96 to Novi, CLOSED, mid-April 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, 5am Saturday 4/13 through early June
Detour:Grand River to Beck to WB I-96
- WB I-96 to Wixom, CLOSED, 5am Saturday 4/13 through early June
Detour:WB I-96, SB Beck and WB Grand River to Wixom
- WB I-96 to NB/SB Milford, CLOSED, 5am Saturday 4/13 through fall
Detour: WB I-96, SB Kent Lake and EB Grand River to Milford
- Milford to WB I-96, CLOSED, 5am Saturday 4/13 through fall
Detour: SB Milford, WB Grand River and NB Kent Lake to WB I-96