I-496

After a summer-long project to rebuild I-496 through downtown Lansing, the highway is reopening Tuesday for motorists.

Traffic will be detoured until mid-October.

Intermittent lane closures are scheduled to happen starting Monday.

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…

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…

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…

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…

In the 1960s, the urban renewal movement swept through scores of American cities. Civic planners saw progress. City residents saw relocation. Between 1963…

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…