Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
[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.
Michigan Road, as well as other early roads, in Indiana. The Michigan Road was one of the earliest roads in Indiana.Roads in early Indiana were often roads in name only. In actuality they were sometimes little more than crude paths following old animal and Native American trails and filled with sinkholes, stumps, and deep, entrapping ruts.
The highway project included the construction of a non-motorized pathway parallel to the road. The path was built using funds from the Michigan Department of Transportation Alternative Program, [8] and it was designed as part of a collection of bike trails to connect the Lake Michigan shoreline with Grand Rapids and across the Grand River. [9]
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.
An IMPD car monitors traffic in a construction zone along I-69 s. on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Ind. Reaching completion, the I-69 Finish Line project is expected to wrap up major construction by ...
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.
More money is being pledged in Michigan for the development of a $3.5 billion electric vehicle battery plant after Ford Motor Co. said it would pause construction until it's sure it can run the ...
The predecessor to today's MDOT was the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) that was formed on July 1, 1905 after a constitutional amendment was approved that year. The first activities of the department were to distribute rewards payments to local units of government for road construction and maintenance.