Michigan drivers who want to know which Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow is clearing their route can find the answer on Mi Drive by turning on the Michigan Department of Transportation snowplow tracker map layer at www.Michigan.gov/Drive.
By hovering over a snowplow icon on the map, users can see the plow’s name. Clicking the icon shows the name and a description of what the truck is doing along with a driver’s seat view of current road conditions through the snowplow cameras.
MDOT snowplows are available on Mi Drive from late autumn through early spring.
The snowplow names vary by region, ranging from Blue Water Bridge favorites like “Blue Water Express,” “Huron Hero,” “Ol’ Blue,” “Salt Shaker” and “Sarnia Scooper” to Bay Region standouts like “Blade of Glory,” “Gordie Plow,” “It’s Plow or Never,” “Rock Salt Renegade,” “Salt Salt Baby,” “Saltosaurus Rex,” “Snow Force 1” and “The Abominable Snowplow.”
Up north, Michigan Department of Transportation plows roll with names like “Everyday I am Shovelin’,” “Frostin Powers,” “Han Snow-Lo,” “Optimus Plow,” “Plowzilla,” “Scoop Dogg,” “Snowbegone Kenobi” and “Stranger Drifts.”
In the Superior Region, the lineup includes “Blizzard T Snowplow,” “Catch My Drift,” “Get Into Scrape,” “Have Snow Will Plow,” “Ice Sleigher,” “Laker Scraper,” “Mighty Mac,” “Mighty Yooper,” “Snowba Fett,” “Yooperland” and “Yooper Scooper.”
In the Grand Region, names include “Aaron Brr, Sir,” “Cheerio, Snow!,” “Clearing Present Danger,” “Don’t Flurry Be Happy,” “Fast and Flurryous,” “Jon Bon Snowi,” “Mr. Salty Pants,” “Pushy McSnow,” “Sleetwood Mac,” “The Big LePlowski,” “The Scrape Gatsby” and “The Great and Plowerful Oz.”
To check out the full list of names and the interactive map, click here.