Quote Originally Posted by bibs View Post
It didn't take 12 years to build that section. It took about 13 year to build it through the entire state. I wonder if the replacement cost of the section in Oakland County costs as much to build it through the entire state in the first place.
Correct me if I'm off somewhere, but the sources I can find show construction on the segment from Lapeer Rd. south to 11 Mile Rd. as being started in 1959 and completed and opened in 1963. I'm old enough to remember the construction of the southerly portion, from 8 Mile to 11 Mile. It was started in 1966 and mostly completed in 1969, but the segment with the I-696 interchange wasn't done until 1971.

In any event, 14 years to rehab and add a carpool lane seems a bit extreme.