I’m sorry, I have to call you out as a liar here. I have siblings in Dearborn and Allen Park, and in all the times I’ve visited them, I never saw any evidence of anyone doing any work on the roads or sidewalks. 
I bring you good news. Telegraph which has been partially closed for 2 years,will be open within 2 weeks. The guy working on it told me so a couple days ago.
I think Telegraph is in a perpetual state of construction at all times. Not just your end, but up near mine as well. I think I’d be rather sad to finally see it construction-free from end to end. I hate change, after all.
Don’t worry, by the time they make their way up to your end they’ll be ready to start fixing their fixes back down here. 
gonzo, it’s too late for this go-round,this booklet might be helpful for you in the future. Maybe try some Rescue Remedy for now? I put some in my dog’s water bowl when I was introducing him to the cats, seemed to take the edge off a little.
It is an expressway with lights. For those who are not familiar ,Telegraph goes from Practically the Mich/Ohio border to Walton Blvd, a distance of about 80 miles. It is mostly a divided highway with 4 lanes in each direction. Mostly it has a speed limit of 45 MPH. If you run at almost 50 ,you can go a long way without stopping for lights. It is always under construction.
Actually, when I was recently in toledo, mucf h to my surprise, I found myself on US-24, Telegraph Road. So it actually goes into Ohio.
I’ve had big dogs that were freaked out by noises. I had a 110 lb. golden retriever/Great Pyrenees mix that was so freaked out by fireworks that he would jump on the couch and try to burrow under you. Yet he was unaffected by thunder. I had another large golden retriever/chow mix that was unafraid of thunder or fireworks (I once took her walking outside during July 4th when some fireworks displays were going off and she was calm and cool) yet a small chime on our dryer would send her into a frenzy. So, yes, big dogs can be afraid of noises. And they don’t necessarily have to be loud ones.
I also must say that Rack-a-Bones posting in a dog thread is one of the greatest username/thread combos I’ve ever seen. 
Twice a week I travel Telegraph starting at Dixie and ending at Twelve Mile. I hit construction at some point in Pontiac (for the last four years, it seems) and then in a couple places farther south before crossing Maple Rd. I just think of it as a work in progress. The only time I ever got really frustrated by construction slowdowns every few miles was when I mistakenly made an appointment which threw me in the middle of rush hour traffic. Still, I find my fellow drivers on Telegraph to be far more polite than those on Woodward.
You are out in the fancy suburbs there. Drive a few miles south. Drivers are not so impolite ,but just crappy drivers.
I once had a springer spaniel who got himself stuck behind the couch during a thunderstorm. During another storm, he tried to crawl into the fridge when I was getting myself a drink. I tried to explain to him that as a hunting breed, he shouldn’t fear loud noises, but it didn’t work. Guess your little “hunters” don’t understand that either.
It sucks to watch them suffer. They can’t understand what’s going on or that it’s going to be over soon. And they are affected by your discomfort, so you have to act like everything’s just peachy while your beloved pets are hiding under the couch. 
My current dog fears nothing without good reason. This is a lot easier on both of us.
Now that the concrete is broken, the dogs are fine. But all the construction vehicles have those goofy warning sirens in reverse. So a chorus of weird high pitched sounds has the cat tentatively looking out the window for an explanation.