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After a summer-long project to rebuild I-496 through downtown Lansing, the highway is reopening Tuesday for motorists.
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Traffic will be detoured until mid-October.
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Intermittent lane closures are scheduled to happen starting Monday.
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There will be a big transition on the I-496 reconstruction project on Friday.In April, a $60-million project began with the complete closure of eastbound…
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The Michigan Department of Transportation is gearing up for a large reconstruction project on I-496. A public meeting is scheduled Tuesday to discuss the…
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In the 1960’s, Interstate 496 changed the city of Lansing. Starting in 1963, hundreds of homes and businesses in the heart of the city’s African-American…
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In the 1960’s, thousands of people in Lansing lost their homes. Interstate 496 was built through the middle of the city’s historically African-American…
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In the 1960s, the urban renewal movement swept through scores of American cities. Civic planners saw progress. City residents saw relocation. Between 1963…
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The city of Lansing will use a federal grant to document how the I-496 expressway impacted African-American families uprooted by the project. The…