Michigan Department of Transportation

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 16, 2018

MDOT River Bridge Replacement Continues

The Michigan Department of Transportation's (MDOT) $20.5 million U.S. 2 Escanaba River Bridge Replacement in Wells Township of Delta County, a project awarded to Zenith Tech Inc., is scheduled to be completed in October 2018....

Wed February 07, 2018

Michigan Track Improvements Slash Amtrak Travel Time

DETROIT (AP) The Michigan Department of Transportation said $384 million in track improvements have led to faster train speeds and reduced travel times to Chicago. The Amtrak Wolverine route, which runs from Detroit to Chicago, has reduced transit time by 20 minutes, said Michael Frezell, a department spokesman....

Irwin Rapoport - Wed September 20, 2017

MDOT Spends $165M Upgrading Four Spans

Nearly one-third of the work has been completed on the Michigan Department of Transportation's $165 million 75 Rouge River-Detroit-Downriver Connection bridge project. It's an initiative that is repairing and upgrading four bridges that cross the Rouge River, vital railway lines and canals crucial to the auto and construction industry, and impact life in a residential/urban area in South End Detroit....

Wed July 12, 2017

Detroit Strikes $4.3M Deal to Acquire Land for Pathway

DETROIT (AP) Detroit officials say they expect to begin construction this fall to finish a bike and pedestrian pathway with 7.5 mi. of property they recently acquired from a railroad company. The city announced June 22 that it reached a $4.3 million deal with railroad company Conrail to acquire the land....

Scott Brand - Wed July 12, 2017

Michigan Prepares for Surge of Construction Projects Through Summer

In a wave of press releases, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) alerted the traveling public to a wide variety of construction projects that began July 10. The one that will likely affect the most motorists will be the stretch of I-75 from the Mackinac County line north to M-48 and another stretch on M-221 north to 7 1/2 Mile Road....

Eric Olson - Wed June 14, 2017

State Makes Its First 'Flex Route'

The state of Michigan has come up with a novel, cost-savings solution to alleviate heavy rush-hour traffic on a stretch of U.S. Highway 23 just northeast of Ann Arbor. With more than 60,000 cars and trucks traveling along an 8-mile-long corridor of U.S....

Wed May 31, 2017

Connected Vehicle Tech Used on I-75

3M and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced they are partnering to utilize connected vehicle technologies along more than 3 mi. of I-75. Using roadway solutions from 3M, the current I-75 modernization project work zone in Oakland County will be transformed over the course of four months to improve safety for drivers and to test advanced vehicle-to-infrastructure technologies on the connected and autonomous vehicles of the future....

Fri September 09, 2016

Job Addresses Deteriorating Bridges in Mich.

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is in the midst of a two-year, $77 million project to address deteriorated bridge conditions and increased congestion along Interstate 96 at the U.S. Highway 23 interchange in Livingston County....