Lansing’s US-127 Detours Ending Soon with More in 2026–2028

If you’ve spent the majority of your commute in Mid-Michigan crawling along US-127, dodging barrels, or trying to remember what life was like before the orange barrels invaded your drive to work, good news: relief is in sight. Kind of.

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So, the good news first: the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) reports most of the current chaos—like the southbound ramp to Trowbridge, the Michigan Ave to Dunckel lane squeeze, and the northbound ramp to I-496—will be unwrapped like an early Christmas gift by November 15, 2025.

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