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2015 CONSTRUCTION
UPDATE
2014 CONSTRUCTION
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2014 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Start of Construction, July 2014
Partial I-94 Bridge Demolition, August 2014
Rail Delivery, August 2014
Rail Welding, September 2014
Install first track on Woodward Ave., September
2014
•  Partial I-75 Bridge Demolition, October 2014
Rail Delivery
Rail Transport
2014 ACCOMPLISHMENTS •  Substantial completion of track installation on
Woodward Ave. in Downtown, November 2014
•  Start of Penske Tech Center Construction, February
2015
•  Installation of steel beams for the I-94 Woodward
Ave. Overpass Bridge, March 2015
Rail Welding
Concrete Pour
2015 CONSTRUCTION
CLEAN & SAFE WORK
ZONES
•  Clean and safe
construction zones are
important to M-1 RAIL
•  Filled potholes
•  Painted new temporary
striping on Woodward
Ave. to keep drivers and
pedestrians safe
•  Power washed every sign
and orange barrel to help
keep the construction
area presentable for
residents, businesses and
visitors
2014 TRACK & ROAD REBUILD
CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE
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DEMO DTE DEMO 2015 GEOGRAPHICAL
CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE
NOW IT’S TIME FOR
THE INTERACTIVE
PART OF OUR
PRESENTATION!
PENSKE TECH CENTER PENSKE TECH CENTER
Completed Activities:
•  Mobilization
•  Site clearing and staking
•  Utility investigation/relocation
Balance of year timeline:
•  Spring-Summer:
•  Site utilities •  External Structure •  Summer-Fall:
•  External Structure •  Internal Structure •  Exterior lot •  Fall-Winter:
•  Internal structure •  2016: Final completion
MDOT I-94 & I-75 OVERPASS
RECONSTRUCTION
MDOT I-94 & I-75 OVERPASS
RECONSTRUCTION
I-94
•  West side I-94 Bridge Replacement
•  Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
•  East side I-94 Bridge Replacement
•  Spring – Winter 2015
I-75
•  West side I-75 Bridge Replacement:
•  Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
•  East side I-75 Bridge Replacement:
•  Spring – Winter 2015
OVERPASS TRAFFIC SHIFTS
MDOT ROAD
RECONSTRUCTION
•  Reconstruct Woodward
Ave. from Sibley St. to
Chandler St.
•  Complete Streets
Improvements
•  Streetscape
Improvements
•  Drainage Improvements
•  Signal Upgrades
2015 NORTH END/NEW
CENTER DISTRICT 2015 NORTH END/
NEW CENTER DISTRICT
Work in Progress:
•  Grand Blvd. & Woodward Ave. Intersection: Winter
2014 to Summer(DWSD)
•  SB Woodward Ave. from Harper to Bethune: Spring –
Summer (DTE)
•  SB Woodward Ave. from I-94 to Piquette/Amsterdam:
Spring – Summer (M-1 RAIL/MDOT)
2015 NORTH END/
NEW CENTER DISTRICT *Upcoming Work:
•  SB Woodward Ave. from Grand Blvd. to
Chandler: Spring – Fall (M-1 RAIL/MDOT)
•  NB Woodward Ave. from I-94 to Milwaukee:
August – November (M-1 RAIL)
•  NB Woodward Ave. from Grand Blvd. to
Chandler: Fall – Winter 2016 (MDOT)
*Schedule subject to change
2015 MIDTOWN DISTRICT 2015 MIDTOWN DISTRICT Work in Progress:
•  SB Woodward Ave. from Sibley to Temple: Spring - Summer
(MDOT)
•  NB/SB Woodward Ave. from Temple to Watson: Spring
(DTE)
•  NB Woodward Ave. from Watson to Canfield: Winter –
Spring (MDOT/M-1RAIL)
2015 MIDTOWN DISTRICT *Upcoming Work:
•  NB Woodward Ave. from I-75 to Watson:
Summer to Fall(M-1 RAIL/MDOT)
•  NB Woodward Ave. from Canfield to I-94:
Spring –Summer (M-1 RAIL / MDOT)
•  SB Woodward Ave. from MLK/Mack to
Canfield: Summer - Fall (M-1 RAIL/MDOT)
•  SB Woodward Ave. from Canfield to Warren:
Summer - Fall (M-1 RAIL)
*Schedule subject to change
2015 DOWNTOWN DISTRICT 2015 DOWNTOWN DISTRICT Work in Progress:
•  SB Woodward Ave. from Park/Witherell to I-75 SB: Spring –
Summer (M-1 RAIL)
*Upcoming Work:
•  NB Woodward Ave. from Congress to North end of Campus
Martius: Spring – Summer (M-1 RAIL)
•  NB/SB Woodward Ave. from North end of Campus Martius to
State/Gratiot: Spring – Summer (M-1 RAIL)
•  SB Woodward Ave. from Congress to North end of Campus
Martius: Summer – Fall (M-1 RAIL)
•  NB/SB Woodward Ave. from Larned to South end of Campus
Martius: Summer - Fall (M-1 RAIL)
•  NB Woodward Ave. Park/Witherell to I-75: Summer – Fall (M-1
RAIL)
*Schedule subject to change
LOWER WOODWARD
AVENUE SPECIALTY TRACK PHASE ONE
Woodward Ave. between Congress St. and Monroe Ave.
•  Track installation will take place in northbound Woodward
Ave. lanes
•  One travel lane will be maintained around Campus Martius
•  Monroe Ave. between Woodward Ave. and Farmer St. will
be open mid-block to local traffic only
•  Parking meters will be available
•  Delivery vehicle staging will be available on the east
and westbound lanes of Cadillac Sq. between Bates St.
and Farmer St.
•  Cadillac Square between Woodward Ave. and Bates St. will
be inaccessible to vehicular traffic
•  Anticipated Construction Period: Spring – Summer*
*Schedule subject to change
PHASE ONE MAP
PHASE TWO
Woodward Ave. between the Northern terminus of Campus
Martius and State St./Gratiot Ave.
•  Track installation will take place in north and southbound
Woodward Ave. lanes
•  Only northbound Woodward Ave. lanes will close for the
first two weeks - southbound Woodward Ave. lanes will
remain open
•  North and southbound Woodward Ave. lanes will close
for the remaining construction period - resulting in a
temporary full closure
•  One travel lane will be maintained around Campus
Martius
•  Delivery vehicle staging will be unavailable on Woodward
Ave. between the Northern Terminus of Campus Martius
and State St./Gratiot Ave.
•  Anticipated Construction Period: Summer*
*Schedule subject to change
PHASE TWO MAP
PHASE THREE
Woodward Ave. between the Northern terminus of
Campus Martius and Congress St.
•  Track installation will take place in southbound
Woodward Ave. lanes
•  One travel lane will be maintained around Campus
Martius
•  Michigan Ave. between Woodward Ave. and Griswold
St. will be available for delivery vehicles only
•  Fort St. between Woodward Ave. and Griswold St. will be
closed - vehicles will be unable to head westbound onto
Fort St.
•  Anticipated Construction Period: Summer – Fall*
*Schedule subject to change
PHASE THREE MAP
PHASE FOUR
Southern Terminus of Campus Martius to Congress St.
•  Temporary Full closure between Larned and the Southern
end of Campus Martius both northbound and
southbound
•  Track installation will take place in southbound and
northbound Woodward Ave. lanes
•  Congress will require a temporary closure at Woodward
Avenue for track installation; vehicle traffic will be
temporarily detoured
•  Anticipated Construction Period: Summer – Fall*
*Schedule subject to change
PHASE FOUR MAP LOWER WOODWARD AVE.
ALTERNATE ROUTES
•  Detour signs will be posted
•  Traveling northbound on Woodward
Ave. (starting at Jefferson Ave.)
•  Turn right at Larned St., make a
left onto Randolph St., continue
straight across Gratiot St. onto
Broadway St., turn right on
Witherell St., left on Adams
Ave. to arrive back at
Woodward Ave.
•  Traveling southbound on Woodward
Ave. (starting at Elizabeth St.)
•  Turn right at Adams Ave., make
a left onto Park Ave., a right
onto Washington Blvd.
(continue straight for 2 blocks),
turn left at Larned St. to arrive
back at Woodward Ave.
Q&A
© 2014 M-­‐1 RAIL. The streetcar image depicted is a conceptual rendering.