Interstate 675 (Michigan)
I-675 is a 7.7-mile-long loop route through downtown Saginaw. Construction of I-675 started in 1969 and the freeway opened in 1971. As an Interstate Highway, all of I/675 is listed on the National Highway System.
About Interstate 675 (Michigan) in brief
I-675 is a 7.7-mile-long loop route through downtown Saginaw, as I-75 passes on the east side of the city. Construction of I-675 started in 1969 and the freeway opened in 1971. Since then, sections near downtown were reconstructed between 2009 and 2011 to update one of the freeway’s interchanges and rebuild the bridge over the Saginaw River. As an Interstate Highway, all of I/675 is listed on the National Highway System, a network of roads important to the country’s economy, defense, and mobility.
In 2015, the department’s traffic surveys showed that on average, 31,300 vehicles used the freeway daily across the river and 9,400 vehicle did so each day north of Tittabawassee Road, the highest and lowest counts along the trunkline. The freeway was to provide access to the downtown area and serve as a bypass for the original Zilwaukee Bridge northeast of downtown.
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