Interstate 375 (Michigan)

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Interstate 375
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 1.06 mi[1] (1.71 km)
Formed: 1964[2]
South end: BS 375
North end: I-75
Michigan highways
< M-331 I-475 >

At only 1.06 miles (2 km) in length, Interstate 375 (abbreviated I-375) in Detroit has the distinction of being the shortest signed Interstate Highway that is up to Interstate Standards. Only the unsigned I-878, I-110, and I-315 are shorter.[3] I-375 is the southernmost leg of the Walter P. Chrysler Freeway and is a spur off of I-75 into downtown Detroit to end at the unsigned Business Spur Interstate 375 (BS I-375), better known as Jefferson Avenue.

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[edit] Route description

I-375 and the Chrysler Freeway begin at Jefferson Avenue and St. Antoine Street in downtown Detroit. They run east before turning north. Just about a mile after the southern terminus, I-375 meets the Fisher Freeway which carries I-75 north of downtown. At this interchange, I-75 takes ramps to leave the Fisher Freeway and use the Chrysler Freeway, replacing I-375. I-375 is a four-lane freeway the entire length.

[edit] History

On 1964-06-12, a new surface street highway/freeway in Detroit was opened running north from Jefferson Avenue and Randolph Street to the Fisher/Chrysler freeway interchange. The freeway portion was given the I-375 moniker while the street portion was designated BS I-375. Originally planned as part of I-75, this portion of the Chrysler Freeway remained from an aborted plan to route the I-75 freeway along the riverfront. Instead I-75 would be routed along the Fisher Freeway and take ramps to connect to the Chrysler, leaving this stub of a freeway as the only remnant of the plan.[2][3]

[edit] Exit list

The entire route is in Detroit, Wayne County.

# Destinations Notes
  Jefferson Avenue west - Civic Center Southbound exit and northbound entrance
  Jefferson Avenue east  
1A East Lafayette Boulevard;
East Lafayette Street		 Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1B Madison Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
1C I-75 south (Fisher Freeway) – Toledo Northbound exit and southbound entrance
1D I-75 north (Chrysler Freeway) – Flint Northbound exit and southbound entrance

[edit] BS I-375


Interstate 375 Business Spur
Location Detroit, Michigan
Commissioned 1986-

The unsigned Business Spur Interstate 375 (BS I-375), which is 884.2 feet (269.5 m) long, continues west on Jefferson Avenue from the southern end of I-375, ending at the entrance to the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel at Randolph Street (M-3). Jefferson Avenue past that intersection is M-10, quickly becoming the Lodge Freeway. This designation was created in 1986[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Route Log- Auxiliary Routes of the Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways - Table 2
  2. ^ a b Bessert, Christopher J. (2005-10-11). Michigan Highways: Highways 250 through 696. Michigan Highways. Retrieved on 2006-10-18.
  3. ^ a b Interstate 375. 3-digit Interstate Highways (2005-03-31). Retrieved on 2008-01-27.
  4. ^ Bessert, Christopher J. (2006-10-22). Michigan Highways: Business Connections 96 through 496. Michigan Highways. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.


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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 75
Florida: 175 • 275 • 375 — Georgia: 475 • 575 • 675 — Tennessee: 175 (future) • 275 — Kentucky: 175 (future) — Ohio: 275 • 475 • 675 — Michigan: 275 • 375 • 475 • 675
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Freeways in Metro Detroit