The other day, I had to go to Saginaw on business. And fortunately, I do not have to make the trip very often. But when I do go, my preferred road is I-75.

I-75 is a multi lane road with up to 4 lanes in each direction. Today, as I was driving it, I noticed that it drops from 4 lanes to 3 lanes.

I found this lane reduction to be quit odd. Usually, lane reductions occur when you leave a city or an interchange, but not this one. This one just occurs in the middle of no where. So, all of the drivers that were occupying 4 lanes now have to occupy 3 with no chance of getting off.

This, of course, turns a busy road into a congested road. And, this road is a main artery for weekend recreation so it is double worse on Fridays.

Maybe they just ran out of money when they were building the road?