Interstate 75 North at Dusk - Detroit Freeways, August 2022

[@EdwardW98]

Great job with the video and beautiful looking skies as well. That section of I-94 between the airport and River Rouge is probably my favorite section of I-94 in the state. Awesome timing with catching the Second Avenue bridge at 3:14 too. It's going to be the state's first network tied-arch bridge. If you were in the area month earlier, MDOT had set up a viewing area at the top of the adjacent Wayne State University parking deck to allow people to see the Contractor walk the entire structure across the freeway as the frame and girders were assembled off-site at the nearby parking lot.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I really lucked out with the weather. I thought it was going to be a rain out, the storm hit when I was driving northerly along I-75 about halfway north of Detroit and Toledo. Is the current I-94 freeway closure related to the network tied-arch bridge, or is that for a different reason?

[@EdwardW98]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 @Asphalt Planet We've had weekend freeway closures on I-94 for almost every other weekend now it seems. They've been closing the freeway mainly for the bridge work on the I-94 Modernization Project. The freeway was closed again about a week ago to monitor the bridge while they were post-tensioning the cables. MDOT is also utilizing the freeway closures to inspect other deteriorating bridges that might not last until its scheduled reconstructing date. Not an ideal time to drive I-94 but will be exciting to see the finished product in a few years once they finally start doing the road portion after the bridge work.

[@SlowedByCinnamxn]

Absolutely beautiful sunset 😍 Great to see the amount of progress done on the I-75 Modernization Project. Awesome, a reconstructed section North of 8 Mile Eminem Road because it sure is really smooth.

[@danieljackett4193]

MDOT is shifting focus to a 4 year project in northern Oakland County to rebuild I-75 from Clarkston to the Genesee County Line

[@kennethsimmons2003]

That storm happened soon after I moved into my college dorm in Southfield and I remember the sunset being impressive. I'm glad that you happened to be roadfilming that night. Thanks for that video, and cheers from Interstate KS!

[@jayiiful]

That sky looks amazing! Great video!

[@lilbatz]

The stabilization on your camera is amazing! That two lane section going north, is a total suspension/tire trashing hot mess. Especially where the drainage grates are in the right lane. Couldn't even see bounce lol!

[@JUSAGUYNKY]

Awesome drive! always love the QUALITY, speed, and MUSIC in your vids! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 #safetravels

[@djmoch1001]

I've always loved driving past that gigantic tire on the 94 just by the Southfield Freeway exit. It's intrigued me ever since the first time I saw it as a kid.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

it's actually an old ferris wheel. Thanks for the comment.

[@johnnguyen6159]

You are awesome, great video!

[@xlbolt]

Absolutely perfect lighting, great video

[@GreatAussieDrives]

Loved the lighting in this video! Really good stuff.

[@Milnoc]

I wonder what will happen to the Ambassador Bridge once the Gordie Howe bridge is completed. I'm hoping one side demolishes the access ramps so that the Moroun Oligarch's cash flow is finally cut off.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

It'll be interesting to see what ends up happening, the Ambassador Bridge should be reaching the end of its service life and will eventually need to be replaced. The Ambassador Bridge Company had at one time secured the permits to build a replacement span, but the permit on the Canadian side (at least) has expired: windsorstar.com/news/local-news/ambassador-bridges-twin-span-appears-dead-with-permit-poised-to-expire

[@on-ramp13]

The interstate highway system will never cease to fascinate me

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

It's an impressive system.

[@povertyspec9651]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Not really. Europe has a greater density of freeways for the most part. There's no interstate between Fort Wayne and Chicago, Fort Wayne and Toledo, Toledo and Columbus, and countless other obvious corridors that should have an interstate-quality connection between them.

[@RoadsOfAsiaBen]

@@povertyspec9651 *laughs with expressways of China*

[@MisterFourSeventeen]

5:45 60 mph for reduced speed limit through construction zone always blows my mind.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Michigan is the only state east of the Mississippi to have 75 mile per hour speed limits. (With the exception of the rural stretches of the Maine Turnpike)

[@lilbatz]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Well the unofficial speed limit on M-39 Southfeld is 80 in the right hand lane 💀

[@stevenberry9373]

@@AsphaltPlanet1 Yes, and I believe it was in 2007 when Michigan upped their urban speed limits to 70 MPH. So the entirety of I-696, I-275 are 70 MPH interstates. I-75 turns to a 70 MPH speed limit starting at the point where you merged from I-94, and south of downtown it is 70 starting at the River Rouge Bridge. I-96 spends most of its time at 70 MPH except between downtown and I-94. I've always found it one of the greatest joys about driving there (among many other reasons).

[@popyyyy111]

Really nice video!!

[@jerome2022]

Taken these routes for many years

[@KCDashcammer]

Can't wait to see what the finished projects look like!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I think it's going to look pretty great.

[@alexishoude4449]

Oh, & I've almost forgot to mention this: happy late 11th anniversary on KZbin 🥳!

[@jackfroste]

Haha my old commute (partially)! Thank you!

[@alexishoude4449]

Glad to have you back 😀! About the storm, was it a thunderstorm? I think it that, but I,m not really sure 🤔. Btw, it sure is good to have the Michigan & night/dusk videos back after so many months! & also, it has been reccorded during my 1st day of 10th grade.

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

It was indeed a thunderstorm. Thanks for the comment.

[@RoadsOfAsiaBen]

Great drive! Did you know that all Illinois tollways were converted from traditional cash tolling to an all-electronic toll (pay-by-mail) permanently due to the COVID-19 pandemic?

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

Thanks for the comment. I did know that (and even mentioned that in my I-355 South video from Chicago).

[@povertyspec9651]

COVID had nothing to do with that. Cashless has been in the works for years.

[@RoadsOfAsiaBen]

@@povertyspec9651 I'm specifically referring to tollways in Illinois that went cashless.

[@danieljackett4193]

You didn't point out Exit 69, Big Beaver Rd.

[@jonathanselevators]

Can’t wait for the first HOV(tolled) lanes in the state!

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be a tolled lane, just an HOV lane: www.modernize75.com/Project-Highlights-HOV

[@lilbatz]

Yeah. No tolls. Just tickets if you scan.

[@lookitsnicholas]

framp? 3:38

[@AsphaltPlanet1]

ftypo

[@povertyspec9651]

"Carriageway"- this isn't the UK.

[@xz1891]

MI road is the worst, period

[@ericwilliams6417]

You ain't lying about that I was just up in Grand Rapids to visit some family in my parents just last week coming from Charlotte North Carolina and I noticed the difference soon as I got to the Michigan State Line the highways is just terrible even when I got the Grand Rapids I see they tearing up everything there as well

[@ryanvandy1615]

@@ericwilliams6417 Wisconsin is very bad too

[@povertyspec9651]

@@ryanvandy1615 Wisconsin roads are the best the Midwest has to offer. Best engineered as well.