Interstate 96

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Interstate 96 (abbreviated I-96) is an intrastate Interstate highway entirely within the U.S. state of Michigan. Its western terminus is at an interchange with US-31 and Bus. US-31, on the western boundary of Norton Shores southeast of Muskegon. Its eastern terminus is at I-75 near the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. From Detroit to Grand Rapids, it parallels Grand River Avenue, never straying more than a few miles from the decommisioned US-16.

The Wayne Co. portion of I-96 is still known to the locals as the Jeffries Freeway from its eastern terminus to the junction with I-275 and M-14. This is now technically incorrect as the portion within the City of Detroit borders was renamed to Rosa Parks Memorial Highway in December, 2005[- Rosa Parks Memorial Highway Legislation].

Contents

1 Length
2 Major cities
3 Major Junctions

3.1 Interstates
3.2
3.3 Other

4 Spur routes
5 Lane configurations
6 Notes
7 External links
8 References

Length


Miles	km	state
192	309	Michigan

192	309	Total

Major cities

Bolded cities are officially-designated control cities for signs.

Major Junctions

Interstates

Interstate 69 in Lansing.
Interstate 275 west of Detroit.
Interstates 75 and 94 in Detroit.

The following junctions are all with 4 lane or more restricted access divided highways

M-6 or "South Beltline" to the east of metro Grand Rapids. [Google Maps link]
U.S. Highway 127 (other side of I 496 interchange) on the south side of Lansing. [Google Maps link]
U.S. Highway 23 near Brighton. [Google Maps link]
M-5 on the Farmington Hills, MI/Novi, MI border.
M-14 near Livonia (at the point where 96 and 275 separate if traveling eastward) [Google Maps link]
M-39 or the Southfield Freeway, the intersection is called "Malfunction Junction" by some locals. [Google Maps link]

Other

Spur routes

Interstate 196, Gerald R. Ford Freeway (name of northern portion) through Grand Rapids and continuing southwesterly to Benton Harbor.
Interstate 296 (unsigned), the short segment of the US-131 freeway between I-96 and I-196 in Grand Rapids.
Interstate 496, Ransom E. Olds Freeway, a loop through Lansing.
Interstate 696, Walter P. Reuther Freeway through north side Detroit suburbs.

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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 96

Lane configurations

between western terminus and I-196 (2 lanes on each side)
between I-196 and M-21 (3 lanes on each side; the right-most of the 3 eastbound lanes is actually an auxiliary lane connecting the on-ramp from 196 with the off-ramp to M-21)
between M-21 and milepost 86 (2 lanes on each side)
between milepost 86 and north-end merge with I-69 (3 WB, 2 EB lanes)
through the multiplex with I-69 (miles 90-97) on the west side of Lansing, MI (3 lanes on each side)
between south I-69 split and M-59 near Howell (2 lanes on each side)
between M-59 and I-275 (3 lanes on each side)
transition from I-696 onto I-275 (2 through lanes each way)
multiplexed with I-275 (4 lanes on each side, very short segment of 5 each side on approach to I-696/I-275/M-5 interchange)
ramps carrying I-96 from I-275 to Jeffries Freeway (2 lanes on each side)
between M-14 and Outer Drive (4 lanes on each side)
between Outer Drive and Davison Avenue (2+ local, 3 express; on each side)
between Davison Avenue and eastern terminus (4 lanes on each side)
See M-5 for the lane configurations of the leftover stub after I-96 joins I-275.

Notes

I-96 is an intrastate Interstate.
I-96 is the highest numbered even (east-west) Interstate. Only Interstates 97 and 99 are higher.
Interestingly, the law renaming the Detroit portion of I-96 to the "Rosa Parks Memorial Highway" is incorrect as it refers M-24—which I-96 never intersects—instead of US-24. Nevertheless, MDOT was able to figure it out and erect the signs anyhow.
The duplex with I-69 is the only palindromic concurrency — or intersection, for that matter — in the Interstate system.
I-96 was originally intended to shadow Grand River Avenue within Detroit's city limits and was actually completed along this route into Farmington. Local opposition killed this project, so prior to the Jeffries opening through Livonia in the 1977, I-96 was relocated onto it. The Farmington stub was redesignated as an extension to M-102 and now bears the designation of M-5.
Furthermore when the interchange with Davison Avenue (present day exit 186) was constructed, it was expected that the Davison Freeway was to be extended to meet up with the Jeffries. Accordingly it was built as a full freeway-to-freeway interchange, but before the Jeffries was completed both the Davison extension was cancelled and I-96 was rerouted. This left both an interchange far larger than traffic dictates and I-96 following an elbow that has it intersecting with the straight Grand River Ave. twice within two miles.
MDOT and the FHWA disagree on the designation of the Livonia to Farmington Hills stretch of I-96. MDOT signs this 6 mile (10 km) segment as a duplex with I-275. However, FHWA maintains that I-275's northern terminus is at the I-96/M-14 intersection near Plymouth and therefore this stretch should only be labeled I-96.

External links

[Interstate 96] at Michigan Highways
[Interstate 196] at Michigan Highways
[Interstate 296] at Michigan Highways
[Interstate 496] at Michigan Highways
[Interstate 696] at Michigan Highways

References

Main Interstate Highways
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30	35	37	39	40	43	44	45	49	55	57	59	64	65	66	68
69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76 (W)		76 (E)		77	78	79	80	81
82	83	84 (W)		84 (E)		85	86 (W)		86 (E)		87	88 (W)		88 (E)
89	90	91	93	94	95	96	97	99	(238)		H-1	H-2	H-3
Unsigned			A-1	A-2	A-3	A-4	PRI-1		PRI-2		PRI-3
Lists		Main - Auxiliary - Suffixed - Business - Proposed - Unsigned Gaps - Intrastate - Interstate standards - Replaced

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