Interstate 75 is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs north–south from Miami, Florida, to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. I-75 enters the state from Ohio in the south, north of Toledo, and runs generally northward through Detroit, Pontiac and Bay City, crosses the Mackinac Bridge, and ends at the Canadian border. The freeway is the busiest in the state: between M-8 and McNichols Road in Detroit approximately 194,300 vehicles used the freeway on average each day in 2010.
About Interstate 75 in Michigan in brief
Interstate 75 is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs north–south from Miami, Florida, to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. I-75 enters the state from Ohio in the south, north of Toledo, and runs generally northward through Detroit, Pontiac and Bay City, crosses the Mackinac Bridge, and ends at the Canadian border. The freeway is the busiest in the state: between M-8 and McNichols Road in Detroit approximately 194,300 vehicles used the freeway on average each day in 2010. Various sections carry components of the four Great Lakes Circle Tours in theState. It is also the only highway located on both Michigan’s Upper and Lower peninsulas. Between the Ohio state line and Kawkawlin, I- 75 contains between a minimum of six and a maximum of ten lanes total; other sections vary between four and six lanes in total. The entire length is the American Legion Memorial Highway, after the organization of the same name. Several Indian trails spanned the state along the general path of the modern freeway. After statehood, several of these were converted into plank roads that later became some of the first state highways. In the 1950s, a Michigan Turnpike was proposed as a tolled, controlled-access highway in the Lower Peninsula. After passage of the Federal Highway Act of 1956, this turnpike proposal was shelved as a free Interstate Highway was planned. Construction started in 1957, signs went up in 1959, and I-74 was completed in 1973.
Since completion, the freeway has been upgraded with the construction of the Zilwaukee Bridge near Saginaw and improved connections to the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. The trunkline enters Wayne County between Rockwood and South Rockwood. On the north side of the county line, the trunk line enters Monroe County between South Rock and Rockwood, and then Wayne County on the east side of Rockwood between Rock Wood and Rockport. The landscape transitions to suburban residential areas instead of farmland through this area. The highway turns northerly after the M-85 interchange with the Detroit River, entering the Downriver area of the Metro Detroit area. It crosses the River Raisin between the city and the river mouth. North of the river,. the freeway turns further inland running through farmland running through the Great Lake and past the community of Luna Pier. It also crosses the Huron River, running parallel to the shoreline of the Great lake. It turns back northeasterly and passes through an industrial area of Metro Detroit and the Ecorse River and intersects the southern end of M-39 in Lincoln Park. It then crosses the Lorton River and enters the southern part of Lincoln Park, and the freeway spans the southern Lortons River and spans the northern end of Lortens River. It ends in the southern Lorton Park area of Lincoln Park and the northern Lorraine River.
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