quickfact:

The three-span US 12 camelback bridge in Mottville is Michigan's longest remaining bridge of this type.
 
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Detroit Free Press
Rouge River bridge crossing on M-14 reduced to one lane


Unanticipated problems with a freeway bridge in western Wayne County may cause traffic headaches through...

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Sunday, May 11, 2008
Grand Rapids Press
Gas-tax break would please some, but could leave roads in ruins


GRAND RAPIDS -- In an era of $4-a-gallon gas, Linda Sharp is like a lot of Americans: Conflicted. We...

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Drive MI Pothole Photo Contest
The search for Michigan's greatest roadway crater

Thank you to all contestants who submitted their photos and stories!

The Winners

Irwin Drive
Obrien Road
Irwin Drive, Waterford MI
O'Brien Road, Walker MI
S. Jackson Street
Veterans Parkway
S. Jackson Street, Jackson MI Veterans Memorial Parkway, Saginaw MI

Due to the stiff competition of frame-busting pothole pictures, the MTT is also like to give honorable mention recognition to a number of potholes across the state:

  • Dean Lake Rd., Grand Rapids Township
  • Stadium and W. Michigan Dr., Kalamazoo
  • Lafayette and Division St., Grand Rapids
  • Ford Rd., Canton
  • John R., Detroit

The Contestants


Hill Rd and Grove Ave Grand Blanc

306 Valley; Same area different angle; No way to get around it!!

Valley and Walker; Filled with water up to the curb!!

Covell near Leonard

Corner of Burton and Darwin

Under Bridge St. Overpass

448 Burton SE

corner of lyon and oakely, grand rapids, mi

Douglas St., Saginaw MI

Wicks Park, Saginaw MI

S. Hamilton & Jackson St. Saginaw MI

Irwin Dr. Waterford, MI

Ford Rd. Canton, MI

Canton Center Rd. Canton, MI

Veterans Memorial Parkway, Saginaw Michigan

10 Mile btw Ryan and Mound, Warren

division st. grand rapids michigan

Collins St between George and Rodd Midland

Lyons Ave, Lansing, Michigan

Burdick and Cork St. in Kalamazoo

Portage Rd. and Byrd in Kalamazoo

Central Michigan University (Mt. Pleasant, MI) E. Ojibway Rd.

Central Michigan University E. Ojibway Ct.

800 block of Fountain NE (Fountain and Eastern intersection), Grand Rapids

Entrance ramp from w.11mile rd. to I94W, cannot make it up to speed as ness.

I696e, EXIT RAMP TO 11mi. rd.

John R, Detroit, MI (near Veteran's Hospital)

On Lakeway past Moreland in Kalamazoo

Burdick St. heading toward the intersection at Cork in Kalamazoo

Grove Road, Ypsilanti, MI

Where Logan deadends, just west of Ionia

Fenton, Michigan

On Maple coming from Westnedge in Kalamazoo

Lakeway just past the intersection

Martin Luther King Lansing, MI

Francis Rd in Flushing

Stadium Drive in Kalamazoo at the enterence to the Post office by 9th street.

Leonard and Clover Crest NW

pearl and US131 GR,MI

28th and East Beltline

South Nine Mile Road, Auburn, MI

Cedar Springs

S Indian Lake Drive, Vicksburg

Dean Lake Ave/Waterford Way

Dean Lake Rd NE

Lefingwell NE (right before enterance to Orchard View Elementary School)

West bound on ramp to I-96/I-196 from East Beltline

Lafeyette in Grand Rapids...hole surrounds the whole manhole cover

Jackson MI. OnSouth Jackson Street under railroad track bridge

Battle Creek: Raymond Road

By Cliff and Raymond in Battle Creek

Pearl and US-131 Exit Ramp

o'brien rd. (walker, michigan)

Grand Rapids, Michigan Street

Deceiving Pothole that caused damage - Stadium and West Michigan - Kalamazoo MI

Damge from pothole on the corner of Stadium and West Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI

garden road portage,mi

In Kalamazoo by Texas Coral Restraunt

Baldwin - north of Walton Blvd., Pontiac

Lake Rd. just past Lewis heading East.

Corner of Eason and Pontiac Lake Rd. in Waterford

West Corner of Long Lake and Telegraph

Van Dyke Rd/Utica Rd.

Ann Arbor: Hill and Main

South Renaud Road