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Westbound Metro Parkwy At Van Dyke Archived

7961-8583 Metropolitan Pkwy Sterling Heights, MI 48312, USA • Show on Map Hide Map

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Bob (Guest)

Issue ID:

33650

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Sterling Heights

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on 04/24/2010

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The painted lane markings are wrong when proceeding west on Metro at Van Dyke. As presently done Metro effectively narrows from a 3 lane hwy to 2 lanes.

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wingman (Guest)

The westbound left lane of 16 mile becomes a left turn only lane and many unsuspecting drivers are caught and have to either turn left or pull over to the new left lane. Some force their way in and some just stop in this lane till traffic clears holding up turning traffic. Some drivers use the left turn lane to pass traffic and then cut in front of westbound 16 mile traffic. Maybe the lane markers could be repainted to route traffic to the right before crossing Van Dyke. I can't be sure this would work but it should be looked into for safeties sake.

04/27/2010 · Flag Flagged
brown292bare (Guest)

reply to wingman, get out of the left lane,consider it to be a left turn lane,don't try to pass everyone !! merge over to the snail lane and you'll find three lanes west bound on metro pkwy. the snail lane is also a right turn lane at metro and van dyke..

06/29/2010 · Flag Flagged
Anonymous (Guest)

There are three areas like this on Metro, Van Dyke, Schoenherr, and Hayes. Even though there are three lanes through, the left lane ENDs and a new lane appears on the right. Can't someone just paint the lanes so there are just three lanes all the way through?

07/02/2010 · Flag Flagged
christo (Guest)

The road needs to be widened one lane to the North.
The new lane would become the right turn lane. All the other through lanes would shift one lane to the North.
The left lane should become "left turn only" before the Van Dyke intersection and police should enforce this.
The engineers who designed 16 mile with all the lane stops and starts should be dragged by my rear bumper the entire length of the road.

08/05/2010 · Flag Flagged
brown292bare (Registered User)

not so!! three lanes east of Van Dyke stays three lanes west of Van Dyke, you just have to merge right..far left lane is left turn only at turn around..most old rules say to keep right,pass on your left,do that at V.Dyke and you're gonna be turning left

11/02/2010 · Flag Flagged
wingman (Guest)

brown292bare your missing the point entirely. I'm saying that some drivers who stay in the far left lane use it to pass everyone and then force their way into traffic to continue to go west on 16 mile. I never turn at that location.

11/02/2010 · Flag Flagged
Jeff Harrison (Guest)

simply shift traffic into the lane on the right which opens up just before the intersection. They did this at schonerr rd already and it seems to bee working out fine.

11/02/2010 · Flag Flagged
brown292bare (Registered User)

wingman, if you stay left you should be turning.if you are in the farleft laneon the eastside of Van Dyke,as soon as you cross V.Dyke that laneturns into a turn lane. if you want to pass traffic,go to the far right lane as it goes straight or right on v.dyke..don't try to pass everyone, it's not a race..take your time and maybe everyone will arrive at the're destination on time and alive..

11/02/2010 · Flag Flagged
Lee (Guest)

I agree with wingman - they need to fix this area with lane shifts, like they did for Metro Parkway at Schoenherr. Currently, traffic backs up at the VanDyke intersection every morning from people who don't use the left "turn only" lane, while others fly through that lane and cut off other drivers in the next lane. Yes, some individuals are considerate and merge like civilized human beings, but it's the drivers who think it's a race who are the problem.

11/03/2010 · Flag Flagged
Donna Jones (Guest)

The left lane ends forcing you to do the turnaround to either go south on VanDyke or East on 16 Mile... but on the right side another lane opens, so it continues as 3 lanes.

11/26/2010 · Flag Flagged
The General (Guest)

It's been like this for many, many years. Problem: the road narrows right there. They made the left lane a turn lane west of Van Dyke. If you are going through this intersection for the first time in the left lane, you probably have been caught in the turn lane and have wondered, "What happened to the lane???" The engineers had to work pretty hard to come up with the fiasco at this junction. Must have been the guys who design parking lots.

11/30/2010 · Flag Flagged
Fermanagh (Guest)

I think they need to remove that stupid island in the westbount lanes and allow the 3 lane hignway to continue without all of this ridiculous lane changing!!!

08/20/2011 · Flag Flagged
Closed Anonymous (Guest)

Issue solved

03/24/2012 · Flag Flagged

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