It’s been over three months since construction started on I-490 over the Erie Canal, but the frustration is far from over.

Sioux Falls drivers are gradually, if not grudgingly, coming around to the idea of zipper merging in construction zones. It’s ...

Michigan transportation officials and state police are urging drivers to embrace the zipper merge technique as summer ...

Anita’s Kitchen in Lake Orion has closed its doors. Restaurant officials announced the closure on social media on Sunday, ...

A zipper merge is the quickest, most efficient way to move traffic in a construction zone. A 2013 study conducted in Minnesota found that it can reduce traffic backup lengths by up to 40%.

The Concept of Zipper Merging. To understand zipper merging, it’s important to recognize that it’s a method of merging where vehicles from two lanes alternate in a sequential order, much like ...

Experts say a method called the “zipper merge” helps traffic flow smoothly. Well, when it’s done properly, of course. Drivers on Interstate 490 near Bushnell’s Basin in Perinton are being ...

The Michigan Department of Transportation advises drivers to use methods like the zipper merge during road construction. Here's what to know.

Using a zipper merge is simply the safer option because it reduces speed differences between the two lanes, reduces the overall length of traffic backup by as much as 40% (according to MnDOT ...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation is placing bridge beams at highway 53 and 37 in Eveleth today through Friday.

Ask anyone who didn’t grow up in Washington about drivers in this state and you will hear an all-too-familiar theme. “People here don’t know how to merge.” ...

A zipper merge, albeit on a miniature scale, was completed. Originally Published: February 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM EST. Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook; ...