New lane closures coming on I-696 in Oakland County

Motorists will meet on Friday 7 March on the Western I-696 in Westbound I-696 in Southeast Oakland County.

From Friday from 9 a.m. to three p.m. these closures are in pressure:

-Dequindre Highway to M-1/Woodward: The left lane is blocked (three lanes open).

-M-1/Woodward to Coolidge Freeway: the 2 left courts are blocked (two jobs open).

– Coolidge to Greenfield Highway: Three left courts are blocked (one lane open).

The left lane of the Western I-696 between Dequindre and I-75 has already been blocked and stays closed till the tip of 2026, based on a launch of the Michigan Division of Transportation.

The Coolidge-Rit to Westbound I-696 may even stay closed till the tip of 2026.

Eastbound I-696 between M-10 (Lodge Freeway/Northwestern Freeway) and I-75 closed Monday 3 March and stay till the tip of 2026.

The closures are a part of the ultimate part of Mdot’s Restore the Reuther Undertaking, by which I-696 shall be rebuilt between Lahser Highway and Dequindre.

Jap site visitors shall be diverted through Southbound M-10 (Lodge Freeway), Jap M-8 (Davison Freeway) and Northbound I-75 again to Jap I-696, till the tip of 2026.

In 2027, work shall be achieved between I-75 and Dequindre.

As a part of the challenge, 60 bridges shall be repaired, together with the reconstruction of the Church Avenue Plaza Bridge that comprises Victoria Park. Throughout that reconstruction, a detour of a walkway shall be in place.

Reconstruction on part of each instructions of I-696 between Lahser and I-275 was accomplished earlier this yr.

A part of the freeway in Macomb County was reconstructed just a few years in the past.

Initially revealed: March 6, 2025 at 4.11 pm Est