Flint’s I-75/I-69 interchange is a key driver for commerce, commuter and tourism traffic.

The key Michigan corridor is also in need of an expensive rebuild and redesign as eight of its bridges sat in poor or serious condition as of this summer, according to the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT).

Transportation officials have begun highlighting key areas of the state trunkline that are in need of large-dollar fixes as an effort to sway lawmakers toward increasing long-term road funding.

“At this rate, by decade’s end, nearly 50 percent of state routes, which carry 53 percent of total traffic and 80 percent of commercial traffic, will be in poor condition,” said MDOT Director Bradley Wieferich in a prepared statement. “Without additional investment, those projections will get w

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