Traffic on eastbound I-696 near Warren is slowed down after a tractor trailer struck a median wall Saturday afternoon. The crash was reported at 1:56 p.m. May 23, 2026, near 11 Mile Road where the ... Read More

We've almost made it to Memorial Day weekend. Major metro Detroit roadways, including Interstate 94 in Wayne County, I-96 and M-14 in Livonia, I-696 in Oakland County and more, are undergoing ... Read More

We've almost made it to Memorial Day weekend. Major metro Detroit roadways, including Interstate 94 in Wayne County, Interstate 96 and Michigan 14 in Livonia, Interstate 696 in Oakland County and more ... Read More

Two drivers in the Woodward Avenue area of Michigan narrowly avoided slamming into a police officer while going westbound on Interstate 696 near Woodward Avenue. The incidents happened almost one ... Read More

Starting at 7 a.m. May 18, Greenfield Road over Interstate 696 will be closed for bridge work for approximately two months, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation. Read More

SOUTHFIELD, MI - Part of a major road in Oakland County will close down for two months, according to road officials. Crews will close Greenfield Road over Interstate 696 on the Southfield / Oak Park ... Read More

A portion of Greenfield Road over Interstate 696 in Oakland County will close next week for two months for bridge work. Read More

A 26-year-old man accused of driving the wrong way and causing a fatal crash this month in Oakland County has been charged, officials said. Richard Leon-Zghen was arraigned Friday in 47th District ... Read More

Traffic was snarled on Friday morning on Interstate 696 near Mound Road in the aftermath of what appeared to be an accident. Read More

I-696 has shut down after a semi-truck crashed through the median wall. Michigan State Police say a semi-driver went through the median wall on I-696, causing severe damage to the structure. There was ... Read More

A 19-year-old service technician died after he was struck by a passing vehicle while responding to a disabled car on I-696 this week. Read More

Richard Leon-Zghen is charged in the wrong-way crash that killed 81-year-old George Fitzpatrick on March 13th. Read More

A 36-year-old Warren woman who left the scene of a deadly crash on I-696 will serve probation instead of prison time after a no-contest plea in the case. Meghan Hamilton, of Warren, was sentenced last ... Read More

Police in Farmington Hills are investigating a deadly wrong-way crash that closed a stretch of I-696 early Friday morning. Read More

A head-on traffic crash on I-696 early Friday morning claimed the life of an 81-year-old Detroit man, officials said. According to the Farmington Hills Police Department, a 911 call came in at 4:34 a. Read More

All lanes of westbound I-696 have reopened at Orchard Lake after a crash early Friday. Read More

All lanes of westbound I-696 remain closed at Orchard Lake after a crash early Friday. Read More

FARMINGTON HILLS - An 81-year-old Detroit man died following a head-on crash on Interstate-696 in Farmington Hills on Friday, March 13. Farmington Hills Police said in a statement they responded to a ... Read More

A new round of interstate ramp closures begins Saturday in Metro Detroit as MDOT gears up for construction season. Read More

ROYAL OAK, MI - Police are investigating a Wednesday freeway shooting in Oakland County. The shooting happened at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday the southbound Interstate 75 and the Interstate 696 interchange in ... Read More

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. - I-696 has reopened after a speeding semi crash caused a fuel spill and secondary crashes. Michigan State Police said the crash happened at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025, in the ... Read More

On April 24, 2018, 911 callers alerted police to a man potentially contemplating jumping from an overpass above Interstate 696 in a Detroit suburb. Michigan State Police then closed off both ... Read More

Prosecutors say Nabors, 42, was drinking and driving the wrong way on eastbound I-696 in Macomb County. He first hit a car on Couzens Road, causing it to roll over. Nabors did not stop and nearly hit ... Read More

A man charged in the aftermath of a 2023 fatal wrong-way crash on I-696 in Roseville, was sentenced Thursday, the Macomb County Prosecutor's office said. Read More

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. - The 42-year-old man who was found guilty of murder in a deadly head-on crash on I-696 in 2023 was sentenced. Read More

Around 5:20 p.m. Saturday, a driver called the Detroit Regional Communications Center to report a male driving a white Infiniti SUV fired two shots at their vehicle on I-696 near Woodward Avenue in ... Read More

Hundreds of homes without power and thousands of vehicles stuck in traffic, a transit nightmare unfolded in Metro Detroit Monday. "...we could not pick much of a worse time for that to happen," said ... Read More

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) reported the crash on westbound I-94 at I-696 just before 6 a.m. on Aug. 14, 2025. Only the right lane is open as police work to clear the crash. It's ... Read More

Meghan Hamilton was arraigned on one count of failure to stop at scene of accident resulting in serious injury or death, a 5-year felony. Read More

Michigan State Police pulled over an SUV that was driving 100 mph in a construction zone; and seized a handgun from the vehicle. Read More

A portion of I-696 is closed in both directions after a crash involving a semi-truck, with the vehicle driving through the median wall at a high rate of speed. Read More

A semi truck crashed early Thursday on Interstate 696 in Warren, with traffic snarls in both directions of the freeway. The Michigan Department of Transportation says cleanup could take hours. Read More

A jack-knifed semi-truck driven by a Houston, Texas, man caused a closure on I-696 Thursday morning. The crash cleanup was further complicated by a massive fuel spill. The accident happened westbound ... Read More

OAK PARK, Mich. (FOX 2) - Westbound I-696 is back open after a crash Monday morning closed the freeway near Coolidge. The crash, which involved multiple vehicles and left a pickup truck charred, was ... Read More

A bridge over Interstate 696 in Oakland County will close Monday for about a month. The Coolidge Highway bridge, at the border of Oak Park and Huntington Woods, will completely close to traffic so ... Read More

A 20-year-old Ypsilanti motorcyclist died early Saturday morning when he struck the rear of a disabled vehicle on westbound I-696 in Royal Oak. Read More

Check out the current traffic and highway conditions at I-696 W MM 268 w / o Gratiot Ave in Warren, MI. Avoid traffic & plan ahead! Read More

Check out the current traffic and highway conditions at I-696 W MM 268 w / o Gratiot Ave in Fraser, MI. Avoid traffic & plan ahead! Read More

Hundreds of people of all ages lined the pedestrian bridge over Interstate 696 east of Gratiot Avenue on Saturday afternoon for the No Kings protest, all to voice their opposition to President ... Read More

A multi-vehicle crash occurred Thursday afternoon on westbound I-696 just west of Ryan Rd in Warren, resulting in injuries and | Contact Police Accident Reports (888) 657-1460 for help if you were in ... Read More

Unfortunately, one of the biggest projects in Oakland County will not be available for travel this weekend. Eastbound I-696 will be completely closed for two years. Read More

Some metro Detroit highways and roads are undergoing construction this summer, including I-696, I-75, M-14 and I-96. Here's what to know. Read More

As the Michigan Department of Transportation crews continue working along Interstate 696, a stretch of westbound 10 Mile Road is reopening to traffic. A planned closure of westbound I-696 goes ... Read More

Warren police officers are being recognized ... by officers teetering on the edge of an overpass fence above Interstate 696, expressing a desire to end his life. The man, struggling with his ... Read More

'?We can figure this out together, all right? We've all been through something,'? said one of the Warren police officers during the rescue of a man preparing to jump on to Interstate 696. Read More

WARREN, MI - Police have released video of officers intervening in a suicide attempt on an Interstate 696 overpass ... the barrier on the overpass at the Groesbeck interchange near 11 Mile ... Read More

Additional lanes - and later, an entire section - of Interstate 696 are set to close next week, eventually requiring a detour, the Michigan Department of Transportation announced. Beginning at ... Read More

Police said the chase went through Warren and onto eastbound I-696 and then south on I-94, where the driver lost control and crashed. He was ejected upon impact, police said. The suspect, a ... Read More

Flex routes make use of the current road infrastructure to address directional congestion (heavy commuter traffic in one direction in the morning, then the other direction in the evening) at a ... Read More

That's because, as The Drive noticed, a major section of the 8-lane-wide I-696 will be closing most of its lanes for a whole 2 years. The highway stretches from I-275 on the west side of the metro ... Read More

Three days into the eastbound Interstate 696 closure in Oakland County, Michigan, it's already creating a travel headache for drivers, especially on the mile roads. Read More

Starting Monday and for the next two years, motorists won't be able to take eastbound Interstate 696 through the southernmost ... Huntington Woods, Madison Heights, Warren, Pleasant Ridge ... Read More

Work on the interstate, between M-10 in Southfield and I-75 near Royal Oak, Hazel Park and Ferndale, will now commence at 9 a.m. Monday, the Michigan Department of Transportation announced Thursday ... Read More

Starting Monday and for the next two years, motorists won't be able to take eastbound Interstate 696 through the southernmost ... Huntington Woods, Madison Heights, Warren, Pleasant Ridge ... Read More

according to a release from the Michigan Department of Transportation. Westbound traffic will be maintained while eastbound and westbound I-696 are rebuilt between Lahser Road and I-75. Read More

The Michigan Department of Transportation ... from 696 to the southbound Lodge Freeway to eastbound Davison Highway to northbound I-75 then back up to 696. What they're saying: During an open ... Read More

Tens of thousands of motorists who rely on eastbound Interstate 696 to get to work, home or anywhere else will face a more frustrating commute this year as the Michigan Department of Transportation ... Read More

A vehicle fire continues to snag traffic on Interstate 696 near I-275 Monday morning, officials said. The Michigan Department of Transportation said the fire was first at about 4 a.m. on eastbound ... Read More

Monday morning rush hour traffic is seeing delays in the Farmington Hills-Southfield area because of an emergency situation on Interstate 696. All eastbound lanes of I-696 after I-275, in Oakland ... Read More

(CBS DETROIT) - A temporary westbound closure will happen before eastbound Interstate 696 traffic in the Southfield area is forced into a detour. The Michigan ... I-696 from I-75 to Lahser Road. Read More

Drivers will be detoured off the highway between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. both evenings. The detour will use southbound I-75, westbound Davison Highway (M-8), and northbound Lodge Freeway (M-10) before ... Read More

Firefighters needed to extricate a Warren police officer from his cruiser following a single-vehicle crash during the pursuit of a suspect who fled a traffic stop. Read More

WARREN, MI - A 33-year-old man is in custody after a police chase through Warren on Thursday that ended in a crash, injured a 12-year-old inside the car and inadvertently put a responding officer in ... Read More

Warren, MI (February 14, 2025) - A police pursuit in Warren on ... According to reports, an officer attempted to stop a Cadillac sedan near Interstate 696 and Dequindre Road just before noon due to a ... Read More

(CBS DETROIT)-Drivers who use Interstate 696 are bracing for backups as a two-year construction project will close parts of the freeway. The construction project will impact tens of thousands of ... Read More

Diane Cross, spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Transportation, clarified that westbound traffic will be maintained while eastbound and westbound I-696 will be rebuilt between Lahser Road and ... Read More

An eight-mile-long stretch of eastbound Interstate 696 will close in metro Detroit beginning on March 1 as the Michigan Department of Transportation enters the last phase of a multi-year ... Read More

It's part of a mammoth multi-year project called "Restore the Reuther." The eastbound lanes of Interstate 696, also called the Walter P. Reuther Freeway, are scheduled to close in Oakland County on ... Read More

Eastbound I-696 will close March 3 for the 'Restore the Reuther' project. The closure will last until 2027, affecting traffic from Lahser to I-75. Read More

Yesterday morning, commuters on eastbound I-696 near Farmington Hills experienced significant ... which occurred around 7:30 a.m. near the Interstate 275 interchange, resulted in at least three ... Read More

City officials said that, when crews arrived, they found three vehicles up in flames. The eastbound stretch was temporarily shut down while crews worked to clean up the scene. Read More

A crash Tuesday morning on I-696 in Farmington Hills led to three vehicles catching fire. According to the fire department, firefighters were called to eastbound I-696 near I-275 around 7:30 a.m. for ... Read More

Read full article: From NFL to politics: Michigan State Rep ... cars caught fire after a three-vehicle crash occurred on I-696 in Farmington Hills on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025. Read More

The lanes had been closed due to the Michigan Department of Transportation's four-year, $275 million I-696 Restore the Reuther project. Officials had been shifting traffic on the interstate while ... Read More

The left three lanes of I-696 will be closed to westbound drivers between Coolidge Highway and Greenfield Road, starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. It'll be a few-hour closure for maintenance, with an ... Read More

Michigan State Police are investigating a weekend shooting on Interstate 696 near Evergreen Road in Southfield. Troopers were called at 10:20 a.m. Saturday about gunfire on eastbound I-696 ... Read More

Armed with $110 million in federal money, Michigan is about to spend big on EV charging ... Reconfiguring and repairing Interstate 696 in metro Detroit from Southfield to Farmington, for instance, is ... Read More

four-year project to reconstruct I-696 from I-275 to Lahser Road. Traffic has shifted to the eastbound side of I-696 while the agency rebuilds the westbound side. The Michigan Department of ... Read More

Early Sunday morning mayhem unfolded on I-696 as two ... Dequindre Road in Madison Heights, involved a Chrysler 300 driving the wrong way and a Jeep Grand Cherokee, Michigan State Police reported. Read More

According to the Michigan Department of Transportation ... Orchard Lake Road will be detoured via westbound 12 Mile Road and southbound M-5 to westbound I-96 and Franklin Road will be detoured via ... Read More

DETROIT - The southbound lanes of I-75 are closed at I-696 in the Ferndale-Royal Oak-Hazel Park corridor because of flooding. On the northbound side, only the center lane is open. Check the traffic ... Read More

A person was killed after two vehicles caught on fire following a wrong-way crash on I-696 early Monday, police said. Read More

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - A person was killed in a head-on crash along I-696 early Monday morning in Farmington Hills. The fatal crash happened on westbound I-696 near Drake Road around 2 a.m. on ... Read More

FARMINGTON HILLS - Farmington Hills police are working to identify the victim of a fatal vehicle crash that happened early Monday morning. A BMW X3 and a box truck collided head-on around 2 a.m. Read More

The 16-year-old driver was thrown out of the vehicle, but somehow his seat belt remained fastened, police said. Read More

Detroit, MI (November 21, 2023) - A collision involving at least two drivers led to injuries on the eastbound Interstate 696 ramp to southbound Michigan Highway 10 on Sunday, November 19, around 8:45 ... Read More

A garbage truck driver suffered non life-threatening injuries in the second wreck on I-696, according to State Police. Read More

Michigan State Police confirms all lanes of I-696 at Mound are closed following a semi crash Tuesday morning. The Eagles waived their 1994 first-round draft pick on Thursday. That is not a typo. An ... Read More

Michigan State Police says a secondary crash on I-696 near Mound involving a garbage truck that rolled over just made Tuesday morning's commute a bit more challenging for metro Detroit drivers. Read More