Lane Closures, Traffic Shift Coming To I-96 In Oakland Co. Next Week

OAKLAND COUNTY, MI — Part of Interstate 96 in Oakland County will have additional lane closures and other traffic configurations next week amid ongoing road work, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation.

Traffic on the freeway between Interstate 275 and Kent Lake Road will share two lanes, one in each direction, on the original eastbound side of Interstate 96 starting at 9 a.m. next Wednesday, July 24, according to road officials.

"Crews have worked around some ramps in order to keep them open, and now must close a lane and some ramps to fill in the missing pieces," officials said in a statement.

Other closures and reopenings include:

• Westbound I-96 will have one lane open from I-275 to Kent Lake Road for lane striping.
• The westbound I-96 ramp to Novi Road will close. The Novi Road ramps to westbound I-96 remains closed until October.
• The westbound I-96 ramp to Kent Lake Road will close. The Kent Lake Road ramp to westbound I-96 is open.
• The westbound I-96 ramp to Beck Road will open. The Beck Road ramp to westbound I-96 remains closed until October.

Status of other ramps:

• The westbound I-96 ramp to Wixom Road is open.
• The Wixom Road ramp to westbound I-96 is open.
• The westbound I-96 ramp to Milford Road is closed until October.
• The Milford Road ramp to westbound I-96 is closed.
• The eastbound/southbound M-5 ramp to westbound I-96 remains closed until October.
• The westbound I-696 connector ramp to westbound I-96 remains open with one lane through October.
• The northbound I-275 ramp to westbound I-96 remains open with one ramp lane available.