About Third District

The Third District is a diverse district with both a strong rural presence represented by the agricultural community, and a strong metropolitan region represented by the counties of Midland, Bay, Saginaw, Genesee, Lapeer and St. Clair.

The district has 14 counties covering more than 8,900 square miles with a total population of over 1.3 million people.  The district has five interstate/U.S. routes, and 23 state routes.  There are 460 active status carriers and an additional 187 carriers which have been placed in revoked status (as of 1/1/2019) which are located in the Third District.


Tri-City Post:
Bay, Midland, Saginaw

West Branch Post: 
Ogemaw, Iosco, Arenac, Gladwin

Caro Post:
Huron, Tuscola, Sanlica

Lapeer Post:
Lapeer, St. Clair

Flint Post:
Genesee, Shiawassee

Traffic:  
CMV transportation in the district consists primarily of automotive manufacturing, aggregates, agriculture, and general freight; including both local, interstate, and international traffic.  The top five high profile routes in the district along with the most recent MDOT commercial annual average daily traffic (CAADT) counts for CY2017, are provided in Table 1.

Table 1

2017 Commercial Annual Average Daily Traffic (CAADT)
Highway	Near	CAADT Count
I75	Genesee County	> 5,000
I69	Genesee and Lapeer Counties	> 5,000
I94	St. Clair County	4,200
US23	Genesee County	4,200
US10	Bay County	1,300