Interstate 94 in Michigan
Interstate 94 is a state trunkline highway that runs from Billings, Montana, to the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. I-94 enters Michigan from Indiana south of New Buffalo and runs eastward through several metropolitan areas in the southern section of the state. The Interstate angles northeasterly through farmlands in The Thumb to Port Huron, where the designation terminates on the Blue Water Bridge at the Canadian border. The entire length of I- 94 is listed on the National Highway System.
About Interstate 94 in Michigan in brief
Interstate 94 is a state trunkline highway that runs from Billings, Montana, to the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. I-94 enters Michigan from Indiana south of New Buffalo and runs eastward through several metropolitan areas in the southern section of the state. The highway serves Benton Harbor–St. Joseph near Lake Michigan before turning inland toward Kalamazoo and Battle Creek on the west side of the peninsula. The Interstate angles northeasterly through farmlands in The Thumb to Port Huron, where the designation terminates on the Blue Water Bridge at the Canadian border. The entire length of I- 94 is listed on the National Highway System, a network of roadways important to the country’s economy, defense, and mobility. The freeway carried 168,200 vehicles on average between I-75 and Chene Street in Detroit, which is the peak traffic count in 2015. In 1987, a plane crashed on the freeway during takeoff from the airport in Detroit. The routing is notable for containing the first full freeway-to-freeway interchange in the United States, connecting to the Lodge Freeway. It is also the first complete border- to-border toll-free freeway in a state in the U.S., and the first in the world to be a four- or six-lane freeway. It has one auxiliary route, I-194, which serves downtown Battle Creek, and eight business routes. Sections through the Detroit area are named the Detroit Industrial and Edsel Ford freeways. One segment in theDetroit area has up to ten lanes total near the airport.
The interstate carries the Lake Michigan Circle Tour and the Lake Huron Circle Tour in thePort Huron area. It was built in 1941 as the Willow Run Expressway, with an easterly extension to Detroit in 1945. In the mid-1950s, state and federal officials planned an Interstate to replace the original route of U. S. Highway 12. By 1960, the length of the Interstate was completed from Detroit to New Buffalo. Subsequent extensions in the 1960s completed most of the rest of the route, including the remaining sections between Detroit and Port Hur on. The last segment opened to the public in 1972 when Indiana completed its connection across the state line. It runs parallel to the Red Arrow Highway, a former routing of US Highway named after the 32nd Infantry Division. The freeway crosses its companion highway south of St. Joseph; Red Arrow turns northward carrying the business loop for Bent on Harbor and St. Joseph. The Interstate curves further inland to bridge the St. Joseph River near Riverview. It merges onto the US 31 East of the Southwest Regional Airport where the freeway meets the I-196 departs US-31 departs. About four miles away from the end of the freeway, the trunkline turns eastward and follows a course that takes it south of Watervliet and Paw Paw River. Between the junction with the latter two cities, the freeway transitions into four-lane M-51.
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