I-696 and I-75 interchange ramps closing in March for construction

By Fuad Shalhout, Tribune Information Service

ROYAL OAK – The following part of the long-term Restore the Reuther venture will start in early March, with new ramp closures on the busy I-696 and I-75 interchange in Oakland County.

This was announced by the Michigan Department of Transportation Crews will start rebuilding the ramps on the interchange, with work anticipated to final till early summer time. The venture consists of reconstructing driveway bases, bettering drainage, repaving and upgrading bridges.

The closures will happen in phases with indicated diversions.

The next ramps are closed from early March via early summer time:

• The westbound I-696 ramp to southbound I-75, detoured through southbound M-53 (Van Dyke Avenue) and westbound M-102 (8 Mile Street) to southbound I-75.
• The westbound I-696 ramp to northbound I-75, detoured through northbound M-53 and westbound M-59 to northbound I-75.
• The ramp from northbound I-75 to westbound I-696, detoured through westbound M-102 and northbound M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to westbound I-696.

From early April via early summer time, the ramp from southbound I-75 to westbound I-696 may also be closed, with motorists being diverted through westbound M-102 and northbound M-10.

The ramps from northbound and southbound I-75 to eastbound I-696 stay open. Nonetheless, the ramps from eastbound I-696 to each instructions of I-75, which have been closed final 12 months, will stay closed till the general venture is accomplished.

Eastbound I-696 will stay closed from M-10 to I-75 via 2026. Westbound visitors is at the moment being moved to the newly rebuilt eastbound aspect close to the I-75 interchange.

On the western aspect, most ramps stay closed aside from M-1 (Woodward Avenue), Southfield Street and the shared ramp of Exit 10 for US-24 (Telegraph Street), M-10 (Lodge Freeway) and Lahser Street.

MDOT stated as soon as the I-696/I-75 ramps reopen later this 12 months, they’re anticipated to stay open for the rest of 2026.

The Restore the Reuther venture is a multi-year effort to rebuild and modernize I-696. This 12 months’s work is aimed toward finishing the freeway reconstruction.

Main building is deliberate between I-75 and Dequindre Street in 2027, together with rebuilding pavement, bettering drainage buildings and repairing bridges.

As a part of the general venture, 60 bridges will likely be repaired, together with the Church Road Plaza bridge with Victoria Park. A pedestrian diversion across the sq. will stay in place through the work.

Officers are urging drivers to permit further journey time and comply with designated detours as work progresses this spring.

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