Interstate 94 in Michigan

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Interstate 94
Main route of the Interstate Highway System
Length: 275.39 mi[1] (443.20 km)
Formed: 1958-1959[1]
West end: Indiana Border at Michiana
Major
junctions:		 I-196 at St. Joseph
US-131 at Kalamazoo
I-69 at Marshall
US-127 at Jackson
US-23 at Ann Arbor
I-275 at Romulus
I-75 at Detroit
I-69 at Port Huron
East end: Hwy 402 at Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, MI
Michigan highways
< M-93 M-94 >

In the U.S. state of Michigan, Interstate 94 (I-94) runs east-west through the southern portion of the state.

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[edit] Route description

The route enters Michigan and parallels Lake Michigan up to St. Joseph before turning east. It then passes Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Jackson and Ann Arbor before traveling into Detroit. I-94 exits Detroit to the Northeast and at Port Huron I-94 meets I-69 before both routes end on Blue Water Bridge as they meet Ontario 402.

Major cities
Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs[2]

[edit] Miscellanea

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  • Through much of Michigan, Interstate 94 follows the route of Old U.S. Highway 12. In the 1990s, Michigan set up an "emergency Interstate" system. This system is designed as a permanent set of detours for Interstates in case an impassable problem occurs on the Interstates (in the case of I-94 in this area, the problem is usually very heavy lake effect snow in the winter months and construction in the summer).
  • In early plans for the Interstate highway system, all of I-94 east of Benton Harbor was proposed to be numbered I-92. The originally proposed route for I-94 became the pre-1963 routing for I-96.[3]
  • In Detroit, Interstate 94 was routed over the existing Edsel Ford Freeway,[4] and remained signed as such until the late 1980s when Michigan deemphasized proper names on Interstate guide signs. Its interchange with the Lodge Freeway, built in 1953, is significant as the first full freeway-to-freeway interchange built in the United States.[5]
  • Immediately west of the Detroit city limits, I-94 was routed over the existing Detroit Industrial Expressway, built during World War II to accommodate transportation of workers. Its intersection with US-24 (Telegraph Road) was one of the nation's more unusual full interchange designs. Only two bridges were used and left hand exits were used throughout.[6] The interchange was reconfigured in 2005 to a SPUI design, I-94's first.
  • The stretch of I-94 between Chicago and Detroit is sometimes referred to as the Chicago-Detroit Industrial Freeway.

[edit] History

[edit] Exit list

County Location # Destinations Notes
Berrien New Buffalo Township 1 M-239 (La Porte Road) – New Buffalo
4 US-12 – Three Oaks, Niles, New Buffalo Signed as exits 4A (east) and 4B (west)
6 Union Pier
Chikaming Township
12 Sawyer
Bridgman 16 Bridgman
Stevensville 22 John Beers Road - Stevensville
Lincoln Township 23 I-94 BL east (Red Arrow Highway) – St. Joseph, Benton Harbor, Stevensville
St. Joseph Township 27 M-63 (Niles Avenue)
Benton Township 28 M-139 (Scottdale Road)
29 Pipestone Road
30 US-31 south (Napier Avenue) West end of US-31 overlap
33 I-94 BL – Downtown St. Joseph, Downtown Benton Harbor No eastbound exit
34 I-196 north / US-31 north – South Haven, Holland, Grand Rapids East end of US-31 overlap
Coloma 39 Millburg, Coloma
Watervliet 41 M-140 – Watervliet, Niles
Van Buren Hartford 46 Hartford
Lawrence 52 Lawrence
Paw Paw Township 56 M-51 – Decatur, Dowagiac
Paw Paw 60 M-40 – Paw Paw, Lawton
Mattawan 66 Mattawan
Kalamazoo Texas Township 72 9th Street - Oshtemo
Portage 74 US-131 / I-94 BL east – Kalamazoo, Three Rivers, Grand Rapids Signed as exits 74A (south) and 74B (north)
75 Oakland Drive
76 Westnedge Avenue Signed as exits 76A (south) and 76B (north)
78 Portage Road, Kilgore Road
Kalamazoo
80 Sprinkle Road, Cork Street
Comstock Township
81 I-94 BL west – Downtown Kalamazoo Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
85 35th Street - Augusta, Galesburg
Charleston Township 88 Climax, Galesburg
Calhoun Battle Creek 92 I-94 BL east / M-37 – Springfield, Battle Creek, Augusta, Climax
95 Helmer Road - Springfield
97 Capital Avenue
98 I-194 / M-66 – Sturgis, Downtown Battle Creek Signed as exits 98A (south) and 98B (north)
Emmett Township 100 M-294 (Beadle Lake Road)
103 I-94 BL west / M-96 west – Battle Creek Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
104 To M-96 (Michigan Avenue) / 11 Mile Road
Marshall Township 108 I-69 - Ft. Wayne, Lansing
Marshall 110 Old 27 Former US-27
Marengo Township 112 I-94 BL west (Partello Road) – Marshall
115 22½ Mile Road
Sheridan Township 119 M-199 (26 Mile Road)
Albion 121 I-94 BL east (28 Mile Road) – Albion
Jackson Parma Township 124 I-94 BL west / M-99 – Albion, Eaton Rapids
127 Concord
128 Michigan Avenue
130 Parma
Sandstone Township
133 Dearing Road - Spring Arbor
Blackman Township 136 M-60 west / I-94 BL east – Jackson, Spring Arbor
137 Airport Road
138 US-127 north / M-50 – Jackson, Lansing West end of US-127 overlap
139 M-106 (Cooper Street) – Downtown Jackson
141 Elm Road
Leoni Township 142 US-127 south – Hudson East end of US-127 overlap
144 I-94 BL west – Jackson Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
145 Sargent Road
147 Race Road
Grass Lake Township 150 Grass Lake
153 Clear Lake Road
Washtenaw Sylvan Township 156 Kalmbach Road
157 Old US-12, Pierce Road
Chelsea 159 M-52 – Chelsea, Manchester
Lima Township 162 Old US-12, Jackson Road
Scio Township 167 Baker Road - Dexter
169 Zeeb Road
171 M-14 – Plymouth Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
Ann Arbor 172 I-94 BL east (Jackson Avenue) – Ann Arbor
175 Ann Arbor Saline Road
177 State Street
Ypsilanti Township 180 US-23 / I-94 BL west – Ann Arbor, Flint, Toledo Signed as exits 180A (south) and 180B (north)
181 US-12 west (Michigan Avenue) – Ypsilanti, Saline West end of US-12 overlap; signed as exits 181A (west) and 181B (east) westbound
Ypsilanti 183
US-12 BR east (Huron Street) – Downtown Ypsilanti
Ypsilanti Township 185 US-12 east (Michigan Avenue) – Willow Run Airport East end of US-12 overlap; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
186 Willow Run Airport Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
187 Rawsonville Road
Wayne Van Buren Township 190 Belleville Road - Belleville
192 Haggerty Road
Romulus 194 I-275 - Toledo, Flint Signed as exits 194A (south) and 194B (north) eastbound
196 Wayne Road - Wayne
197 Vining Road
198 Middlebelt Road, Merriman Road - Detroit Metro Airport
Taylor 200 Ecorse Road - Inkster
202 US-24 (Telegraph Road)
Allen Park 204 M-39 (Southfield Freeway) / Pelham Road
206 Oakwood Boulevard Signed as exits 206A (south) and 206B (north) westbound
Dearborn 208 Schaefer Road, Greenfield Road
209 Rotunda Drive Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
210A US-12 (Michigan Avenue) / Wyoming Avenue – Dearborn
Detroit 210B M-153 (Ford Road) / Addison Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
211A Lonyo Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
211B Central Avenue, Cecil Avenue Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
212A Livernois Avenue Signed as exit 212 westbound
212B Warren Avenue Westbound exit is via exit 213A
213A West Grand Boulevard
213B I-96 – Lansing, Ambassador Bridge to Canada
214A Linwood Avenue, Grand River Avenue Signed as exit 214 westbound
214B Trumbull Avenue Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
215 M-10 – Downtown Detroit, Southfield Signed as exits 215A (south) and 215B (north)
215C M-1 (Woodward Avenue) / John R. Street, Brush Street
216A I-75 – Flint, Toledo
216B Russell Street Eastbound exit only
217 Chene Street, East Grand Boulevard, Mount Elliott Avenue Signed as exits 217A (Chene Street, Grand Boulevard) and 217B (Mount Elliott Avenue) eastbound
218 M-53 (Van Dyke Avenue)
219 M-3 (Gratiot Avenue)
220A French Road No westbound exit
220B Conner Avenue - Detroit City Airport
222A Outer Drive, Chalmers Avenue
222B Harper Avenue Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
223 Cadieux Road
224A Moross Road
Harper Woods 224B Allard Avenue, Eastwood Drive
225 M-102 (8 Mile Road, Vernier Road)
Macomb Eastpointe, St. Clair Shores 227 9 Mile Road
228 10 Mile Road
Roseville, St. Clair Shores
229 I-696 west / 11 Mile Road – Lansing
230 12 Mile Road
Roseville
231 M-3 (Gratiot Avenue) Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
232 Little Mack Avenue
Clinton Township 234 Harper Ave Signed as exits 234A (south) and 234B (north)
Harrison Township 235 Shook Rd Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
236 Metropolitan Parkway
Mt. Clemens 237 North River Road - Mt. Clemens
Harrison Township 240 M-59 – Selfridge ANG, Utica Signed as exits 240A (east) and 240B (west) eastbound
Chesterfield Township
241 21 Mile Road - Selfridge ANG
243 M-3 / M-29 – Algonac, New Baltimore, Utica
247 M-19 – Richmond, New Haven Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
248 26 Mile Road - Marine City
Lenox Township
St. Clair Casco Township, Columbus Township 257 Richmond, St. Clair
St. Clair Township 262 Wadhams Road
Kimball Township 266 I-94 BL east (Gratiot Road) – Marysville
269 Range Road, Dove Street
St. Clair Township
271 I-69 west – Flint
West end of I-69 overlap
271 I-69 BL east – Port Huron Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
274 Water Street, Lapeer Avenue - Port Huron
Port Huron I-69 BL west / I-94 BL west / M-25 (Pine Grove Avenue) – Lexington, Downtown Port Huron
Blue Water Bridge over the St. Clair River to Highway 402

[edit] Spur routes and business connections

I-194 - Spur into Battle Creek.

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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 94

Business routes of Interstate 94

[edit] Lane configurations

  • Between Interstate 196 and Indiana state line (3 lanes on each side - a 4th lane is to be added westbound in 2006 between Exit 30 and Exit 29[7]
  • Between just west of Exit 167 (Baker Rd.) and Exit 34 (Interstate 196) (2 lanes on each side)
  • Between Exit 171 (M-14) and just west of Exit 167 (Baker Rd.) (3 lanes on each side)
  • Between Exit 180 (US-23) and Exit 171 (M-14) (2 lanes on each side)
  • Between Exit 198 (Detroit Metropolitan Airport) and Exit 180 (US-23) (3 lanes on each side)
  • For Exits 199 (Detroit Metropolitan Airport/Middle Belt Road) and 198 (Merriman Road) (2 Local + 3 Express Lanes each side)
  • Between Exit 243 (23 Mile Rd.) and Exit 198 (3-4 lanes on each side)
  • Between Blue Water Bridge and Exit 243 (23 Mile Rd.) in Chesterfield Township, MI (2 lanes on each side)

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Bessert, Christopher J. (2006-10-22). Michigan Highways: Highways 90 through 99. Michigan Highways. Retrieved on 2007-01-02.
  2. ^ List of Control Cities for Use in Guide Signs on Interstate Highways. AASHTO (2001). Retrieved on 2007-06-21.
  3. ^ American Association of State Highway Officials. Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways [map]. (1957)
  4. ^ Dolley, Brandon. Detroit-Ann Arbor-Flint Freeways. Detroit Rising. Retrieved on 2008-05-30.
  5. ^ Preliminary List of Nationally and Exceptionally Significant Features of the Interstate Highway System. Retrieved on 2006-07-06.
  6. ^ 1971 AAA Detroit Southern Suburbs
  7. ^ MDOT - Work to begin April 17 on I-94 project in Benton Harbor


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