List of Interstate Highways in Michigan

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Highway markers for Interstate 75, Business Loop Interstate 94 and the Capitol Loop
System information
Formed: August 14, 1957[1]
Length: 1,238.709 mi[2] (1,993.509 km)
Highway names
Interstates: Interstate nn (I-nn)
Business Loops: Business Loop Interstate nn (BL I-nn)
Business Spurs: Business Spur Intestate nn (BS I-nn)
System links
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Contents

[edit] Primary Interstates

Number South or west terminus North or east terminus Length (mi)[2] Length (km) Opened Signed Completed Notes References
I-69 Coldwater Port Huron 202.710 326.230 1967 1967 1992 [3][4][5]
I-75 Erie Sault Ste. Marie 395.010 635.707 1957 1959 1973 Longest highway in Michigan, only highway on both Upper & Lower peninsulas, only freeway in the Upper Peninsula; segments are named the Detroit–Toledo, Fisher, Chrysler, American Legion, Prentiss M. Brown and G. Mennon Williams freeways [6][7][8]
I-94 New Buffalo Port Huron 275.398 443.210 1958 1959 1960 First Interstate Highway completed between state borders in 1960; one section named the Detroit Industrial Freeway, another named Edsel Ford Freeway [7][9][10]
I-96 Norton Shores Detroit 192.032 309.046 1956 1959 1977 One section previously known as the Brighton–Farmington Freeway [7][11][12][13]

[edit] Auxiliary Interstates

Number South or west terminus North or east terminus Length (mi)[2] Length (km) Opened Completed Notes References
I-194 Battle Creek 3.374 5.430 1961 1966 Sojourner Truth Downtown Parkway; The Penetrator [14][15][16][17][18][19]
I-196 Benton Harbor Grand Rapids 80.629 129.760 1963 Gerald R. Ford Freeway [20]
I-275 Newport Novi 35.026 56.369 1977 [21]
I-296 Grand Rapids Walker 3.189 5.132 1962 No longer signed as I-296 since the end of the 1970s [22][23][24][25]
I-375 Detroit 1.147 1.846 1964 Southern end of the Walter P. Chrysler Freeway [26]
I-475 Grand Blanc Flint 16.866 27.143 1973 UAW Freeway [27][28]
I-496 Delta Township Lansing 11.481 18.477 1963 1970 R. E. Olds Freeway [29][30]
I-675 Saginaw Zilwaukee 7.929 12.760 1971 [31][32]
I-696 Novi St. Clair Shores 28.368 45.654 1963 1989 Walter P. Reuther Freeway [33][34][35]

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[edit] Proposed Interstates

Number South or west terminus North or east terminus Notes References
I-67 South Bend, IN Kalamazoo Proposed designation for what was shifted to become I-69 [1][37]
Benton Harbor Grand Rapids Later proposed for what became I-196 [37][38]
I-73 Ottawa Lake Grayling Designated by Congress, but all future study halted by MDOT; essentially removed from consideration [39][40]
I-77 Erie Port Huron Proposed designation for what became I-94 from Detroit to Port Huron and cosigned with I-75 from Detroit to state line [1]
I-92 Benton Harbor Detroit Proposed designation for what became I-94 from Detroit to Benton Harbor [1]
I-94N Muskegon Grand Rapids Proposed designation for what became I-196, and now I-96 from Grand Rapids to Muskegon [1]

[edit] Business routes

Number Location Length (mi)[2] Length (km) First year Last year Notes References
BL I-69 Coldwater 5.202 8.372 1967 present
BL I-69 Charlotte 4.891 7.871 1974 present
BL I-69 Lansing 14.668 23.606 1987 present
BL I-69 Port Huron 5.408 8.703 1984 present
BL I-75 Pontiac 7.767 12.500 1963 present
BL I-75 Saginaw 7.338 11.809 1960 1971 Now under local control
BS I-75 Bay City 3.047 4.904 1961 present
BL I-75 West Branch 5.525 8.892 1973 present
BL I-75 Roscommon 6.935 11.161 1973 present
BL I-75 Grayling 5.823 9.371 1961 present
BL I-75 Gaylord 3.391 5.457 1986 present
BL I-75 St. Ignace 4.719 7.594 1960 present
BS I-75 Sault Ste. Marie 5.867 9.442 1962 present
BL I-94 Benton Harbor –
St. Joseph		 10.705 17.228 1960 present
BL I-94 Kalamazoo 11.090 17.848 1960 present
BL I-94 Battle Creek 13.978 22.495 1960 present
BL I-94 Marshall 5.707 9.185 1960 present
BL I-94 Albion 4.520 7.274 1960 present
BL I-94 Jackson 10.274 16.534 1960 present
BL I-94 Ann Arbor 8.436 13.576 1960 present
BL I-94 Port Huron 8.536 13.737 1986–87 present
BS I-96 Portland 1.292 2.079 1973 2007 Now under local control
BL I-96 Lansing 13.545 21.799 1987 present
BL I-96 Howell 5.415 8.715 1962 present
BL I-96 Farmington 4.365 7.025 1961 1977 Now an unsigned trunkline [41]
BS I-96 Detroit 7.033 11.319 1962 1977 Now an unsigned trunkline [41]
BL I-196 South Haven 3.572 5.749 1963 present
BL I-196 Holland 11.508 18.520 1974 present
BS I-196 Grand Rapids 3.388 5.452 1972 present
BS I-375 Detroit 0.167 0.269 1963 present Unsigned along Jefferson Avenue
BS I-696 Detroit 18.562 29.873 1961–62 1970 Previous designation for the John C. Lodge Freeway, now M-10
Capitol Loop Lansing 2.381 3.832 1989 present Also designated Capitol Loop I-496 by MDOT [42][43]

[edit] References

M-Blank.svg Michigan Highways portal
  1. ^ a b c d e American Association of State Highway Officials (August 14, 1957). Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways (Map). 
  2. ^ a b c d "MDOT Physical Reference Finder Application". Michigan Department of Transportation. 2009. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/prfinder/. Retrieved November 17, 2010. 
  3. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1967). Official Highway Map (Map). Section M10–N10. 
  4. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1968). Official Highway Map (Map). Section M10–N10. 
  5. ^ "Michigan's Interstate System Is Completed". Argus-Press (Owosso, MI). October 12, 1992. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5ToiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sqkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2155,3782878&dq=interstate+69+lansing+completed&hl=en. Retrieved November 22, 2010. 
  6. ^ "Ohio, Michigan Dedicate New Expressway". Chicago Daily Tribune: p. 3. May 23, 1959. 
  7. ^ a b c "Michigan Delays Road Number System". Toledo Blade: p. 11. June 4, 1959. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mb1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9AAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7401,5582043&dq=interstate+opening+michigan&hl=en. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 
  8. ^ "Last Section Being Built". Reading Eagle (Reading, PA). December 10, 1972. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CworAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4pkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2086,6998420&dq=interstate+75+michigan+open+-classified&hl=en. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 
  9. ^ Foust, Hal (June 29, 1958). "Safe, Fast Highways to Everywhere". Chicago Daily Tribune: p. 243. 
  10. ^ "National Firsts". Michigan Department of Transportation. June 3, 2008. http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154-129682--,00.html. Retrieved November 21, 2010. 
  11. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (April 1, 1956). 1956 Official Highway Map (Map). Section K8, L10, M12–M13. 
  12. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1956). 1956 Official Highway Map (Map). Section K8, L10, M12–M13. 
  13. ^ Kulsea, p. 27.
  14. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1960). Official Highway Map (Map). Battle Creek inset.  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  15. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1961). Official Highway Map (Map). Battle Creek inset.  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
  16. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1966). Official Highway Map (Map). Battle Creek inset. 
  17. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1967). Official Highway Map (Map). Battle Creek inset. 
  18. ^ Barnett, p. 201.
  19. ^ "Penetrator to get $1.6M face-lift". The Battle Creek Enquirer. March 18, 2002. 
  20. ^ Barnett, p. 89.
  21. ^ "Freeway To Open Jan. 14". Ludington Daily News: p. 2. January 8, 1977. 
  22. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1962). Official Highway Map (Map). Grand Rapids inset. 
  23. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1963). Official Highway Map (Map). Grand Rapids inset. 
  24. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation (1979). Official Transportation Map (Map) (1978–1979 ed.). Grand Rapids inset. 
  25. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (1980). Official Transportation Map (Map) (1980–1981 ed.). Grand Rapids inset. 
  26. ^ Barnett, p. 233.
  27. ^ Barnett, pp. 40–41
  28. ^ Barnett, p. 215.
  29. ^ Miller, Matthew (February 22, 2009). "Looking Back: I-496 Construction, A Complicated Legacy". Lansing State Journal: pp. 1A, 8A. 
  30. ^ Barnett, p. 165.
  31. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1971). Official Highway Map (Map). 1 in:14.5 mi. Section J12. 
  32. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1972). Official Highway Map (Map). 1 in:14.5 mi. Section J12. 
  33. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1963). Official Highway Map (Map). Section M13. 
  34. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1964). Official Highway Map (Map). Section M13. 
  35. ^ Leavitt, Paul (December 11, 1989). "Nationline". USA Today: p. 3A. 
  36. ^ Barnett, p. 234.
  37. ^ a b "Recommended Interstate Route Numbering for Michigan". Michigan State Highway Department. April 25, 1958. Archived from the original on August 5, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040805182658/nwindianahwys.homestead.com/michiplan.html. Retrieved September 4, 2010. 
  38. ^ "Would Shift Route Number: Mackie Seeks Int. 96 Designation for Grand Rapids – Muskegon Stretch". Grand Rapids Press: p. 32. May 1, 1963. 
  39. ^ "The National Highway System Designation Act of 1995". U.S. Congress. November 28, 1995. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/legsregs/title3.html#332. Retrieved September 28, 2010. "§1105(c)(5) I-73/74 North-South Corridor from Charleston, South Carolina, through Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to Portsmouth, Ohio, to Cincinnati, Ohio, to termini at Detroit, Michigan and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The Sault Ste. Marie terminus shall be reached via a corridor connecting Adrian, Jackson, Lansing, Mount Pleasant, and Grayling, Michigan." 
  40. ^ "MDOT Postpones Further Studies Along I-73 Corridor" (Press release). Michigan Department of Transportation. June 12, 2001. Archived from the original on December 31, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20050228055502/www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-75166--M_2001_6,00.html. Retrieved September 28, 2010. 
  41. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2006). Truck Operators Map (Map). Detroit inset. 
  42. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (August 29, 2007) (PDF). Right of Way Map for Ingham County, Sheet 180 (Map). http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/ROWFiles/files/Ingham/sheet180.pdf. Retrieved October 15, 2008. 
  43. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2006). Truck Operators Map (Map). Lansing inset. 

[edit] Works cited

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Interstate Highways in Michigan
  • Barnett, LeRoy (2004). A Drive Down Memory Lane: The Named State and Federal Highways of Michigan. Allegan Forest: Priscilla Press. ISBN 1-886167-24-9. 
  • Kulsea, Bill; Shawver, Tom; Kach, Carol (1980). Making Michigan Move: A History of Michigan Highways and the Michigan Department of Transportation. Lansing, MI: Michigan Department of Transportation. 
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