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[22] [23] Construction started on the Romeo Bypass in 1989. [24] [25] Completed in 1992, the bypass extended a two-lane expressway to 34 Mile Road. [26] [27] Further construction on the remaining two lanes was started in 2002. [28] When it was finished in 2003, the highway had two remaining intersections but is otherwise a limited-access freeway.
Private construction companies built roads starting in 1844 to fill the void in long-distance road construction left by the departure of the federal government. [40] The first roads were corduroy roads; to build these, logs of all sizes were placed across the road. The gaps between the logs were filled in with smaller logs or earth.
[11] [12] Prior to the construction of present-day Hemlock Road through Tawas City, M-55 entered Tawas City via present-day Plank Road, Second Street, Fifth Avenue, and Mathews Street, ending at the present-day intersection of US 23 and Mathews Street. [13] [14] In 1949, US 27 was moved to run to the west of Houghton and Higgins lakes.
A major construction accident in August 1982 delayed completion of the new Zilwaukee Bridge; a bridge pier partially collapsed when contractors overloaded a section under construction. The affected 300-foot (91 m) deck segment tilted to rest three feet (0.91 m) higher on one end and five feet (1.5 m) lower on the other. [ 128 ]
In November 2016, construction work on a $92 million project began on the freeway between Ann Arbor and Whitmore Lake. This construction includes replacement of bridges and reconstruction of off ramps. [82] [83] A year later, the flex route system opened, using intelligent traffic management and electronic signs to monitor and redirect traffic.
M-39 was reassigned to Southfield Road, which parallels Schaefer Highway two miles (3.2 km) to the west, connecting I-94 with Northwestern Highway in 1958-59. [2] [3] By 1961, the freeway was marked as under construction on maps. [20] The first section opened in December 1961 was 2.7 miles (4.3 km) from Ford Road north to Chicago Road.
M-14 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the southeastern portion of the US state of Michigan.Entirely freeway, it runs for 22.250 miles (35.808 km) to connect Ann Arbor with Detroit by way of a connection with Interstate 96 (I-96).
In 1905 there were 68,000 mi (110,000 km) of roads in Michigan. Of these roads, only 7,700 mi (12,000 km) were improved with gravel and 245 mi (394 km) were macadam. The state's "statute labor system" was abolished in 1907. Under that system, a farmer and a team of horses could work on road improvements in place of paying road taxes.