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Interstate 96
Route Description
| State | Miles | Kilometers |
|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 192.06 | 309.09 |
| Total | 192.06 | 309.09 |
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History
Interstate 96 was incorporated from several already existing or planned expressways, most of which were designed to replace the U.S. 16 route.
Beginnings of the Interstate Highway System
When the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act, which created the Interstate Highway System, was enacted in June 1956, several routes were planned and considered for Michigan. As late as 1958, the route paralleling U.S. 16 from Muskegon to Detroit was conceived as two different Interstate numbers: as Interstate 94N from Muskegon to Grand Rapids, and Interstate 94 (coming from Chicago, Illinois) from Grand Rapids to downtown Detroit.[2] When the plan was finalized, Interstate 94 from Benton Harbor to Detroit was replaced with Interstate 96, and the route from Muskegon to Grand Rapids was rechristened Interstate 196. (The route that is currently designated Interstate 94 from Benton Harbor to Detroit through Kalamazoo was originally planned as Interstate 92).[3]
The first limited access expressways that were later to be designated as parts of Interstate 96 were opened to traffic in 1957: the 22 mile long "Brighton-Farmington Expressway" from Brighton to Farmington, the 8 mile U.S. 16 (future Interstate 196) freeway from Coopersville to Marne, and the 9 mile U.S. 16 freeway from Portland (present-day exit 77) to the M-100 interchange (present-day exit 86) near Eagle.[4] By 1960, the freeway in central Michigan was completed from southeast of Cascade to the Portland area. During this period, that freeway and the "Brighton-Farmington Expressway" were first signed as Interstate 96, and the freeway from Coopersville to Marne was first signed as Interstate 196.[5][6]
Numbering swap with Interstate 196
Late in 1961, and by 1962, the freeway in western Michigan was completed from its current terminus west of Muskegon to the existing freeway end southeast of Cascade; the portion from Muskegon to Grand Rapids was signed as Interstate 196 and the portion from Grand Rapids east was signed as Interstate 96. In late 1962, the 59 miles of remaining freeway between Eagle and Brighton were opened to traffic, and, at this time, U.S. 16 was decommissioned in Michigan.[3]
The largest single change in Interstate 96's routing occurred in 1963, when its routing with Interstate 196 west of Grand Rapids was swapped: Interstate 96 was redesignated along the Muskegton-to-Grand Rapids route, while Interstate 196 was redesignated along the still incomplete Benton Harbor-to-Grand Rapids route. [3][7]
Length
References
- ^ Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
- ^ Official Route Numbering for the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways American Association of State Highway Officials. (Accessed August 18, 2006)
- ^ a b c Michigan Highways: Highways 90 through 99. Michigan Highways. (Accessed August 18, 2006)
- ^ Michigan Highways: Historic U.S. 16 (page 2). Michigan Highways. (Accessed August 18, 2006)
- ^ Ibid.
- ^ Michigan Highways: 180 through 199. Michigan Highways. (Accessed August 18, 2006)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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