I-94 makeover draws critics

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Crews work on I-94 west of Telegraph. Advocates for the project hope that the makeover ultimately will result in increased jobs and money for the region.

I-94 makeover draws critics

$66.5M project aims to impress All-Star, Super Bowl visitors

By Marisa Schultz / The Detroit News

When travelers at Metro Airport head to Detroit along I-94, local and state leaders want them to remember more than a giant tire, overgrown weeds, unsafe left-side exits and potholes.

That may change now that work has begun on a $66.5 million freeway makeover that will provide easier access, extensive landscaping and a new gateway bridge similar in shape to the St. Louis arch.

At stake, leaders say, are visitor impressions of the nation