Interstate 69 in Michigan

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I-69.svg
Interstate 69
Interstate 69 in Michigan
I-69 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length202.317 mi [1]  (325.598 km)
ExistedOctober 11, 1967 (1967-10-11) [2] –present
HistoryCompleted October 17, 1992 [3]
Tourist
routes
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
South endI-69.svg I-69 at the Indiana border near Kinderhook
Major intersections
East endOntario 402 crown.svg Highway 402 at Canadian border in Port Huron
Location
Country United States
State Michigan
Counties Branch, Calhoun, Eaton, Clinton, Shiawassee, Genesee, Lapeer, St. Clair
Highway system
← M-68.svg M-68 → Business Loop 69.svg BL I-69

Interstate 69 (I-69) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that will eventually run from the Mexican border in Texas to the Canadian border at Port Huron, Michigan. In Michigan, it is a state trunkline highway that enters the state south of Coldwater and passes the cities of Lansing and Flint in the Lower Peninsula. A north–south freeway from the Indiana–Michigan border to the Lansing area, it changes direction to east–west after running concurrently with I-96. The freeway continues to Port Huron before terminating in the middle of the twin-span Blue Water Bridge while running concurrently with I-94 at the border. There are four related business loops for I-69 in the state, connecting the freeway to adjacent cities.

Contents

Predecessors to I-69 include the first M-29, US Highway 27 (US 27), M-78 and M-21. The freeway was not included on the original Interstate Highway System planning maps in the mid-1950s, but it was added in 1958 along a shorter route. Michigan built segments of freeway for the future Interstate in the 1960s, and the state was granted additional Interstate mileage in 1968 to extend I-69 north and east to Flint. Later extensions in 1973 and 1987 resulted in the modern-day highway. The first freeway segment designated as I-69 in Michigan opened in 1967, and the last was completed in 1992, finishing Michigan's Interstate System. US 27 previously ran concurrently with I-69 from the Indiana–Michigan state line north to the Lansing area, but this designation was removed in 2002.

Route description

The entirety of I-69 is listed on the National Highway System, [4] which is a network of roadways important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility. [5] The freeway carries 91,100 vehicles on average each day between I-475 and M-54 in Flint and 14,085 vehicles between M-53 and Capac Road near the Lapeer–St. Clair county line, the highest and lowest traffic counts in 2012, respectively. [6] I-69 carries the Lake Huron Circle Tour in the Port Huron area and the I-69 Recreational Heritage Route from the Indiana state line north to the Calhoun–Eaton county line. [7] I-69 is mostly a four-lane freeway in the state of Michigan, with exceptions in the Lansing and Flint metro areas where it is six lanes and in Port Huron where it is three lanes westbound and three lanes eastbound until eastbound traffic splits into six lanes of local traffic to Port Huron and two lanes to the Blue Water Bridge.

Northward to Lansing

Approaching exit 70 I-69 exit 70 MI.jpg
Approaching exit 70

I-69 in Michigan begins at the Indiana state line southeast of Kinderhook and just north of an interchange with the Indiana Toll Road, which carries I-80 and I-90. From there, I-69 runs northward through a mixture of Southern Michigan farmland and woodland in Branch County. A few miles north of the state line, the freeway passes Coldwater Lake State Park and its namesake body of water; north of the lake, there is a welcome center for the northbound lanes. I-69 curves around the east side of Coldwater, connecting to the city's business loop on the south of town. Immediately east of downtown, the freeway intersects the northern end of the business loop at an interchange that also features US 12 (Chicago Road). Farther north, the freeway turns to the northwest, crosses into Calhoun County and then over the St. Joseph River. I-69 turns back northward and bypasses Tekonsha to the town's west, intersecting M-60 in the process. [7] [8]

Curving around Nottawa Lake, I-69 continues northward through southern Calhoun County. It passes through an interchange that marks the southern terminus of M-227, a highway that connects northward into Marshall. The freeway crosses the Kalamazoo River and passes through an interchange with M-96 west of downtown Marshall. From that interchange northward, the BL I-94 designation is overlaid on I-69; the business loop ends at the cloverleaf interchange northwest of Marshall that marks the first of I-69's two junctions with I-94 in the state . North of I-94, I-69 has one more interchange at N Drive North before crossing into Eaton County. [7] [8]

Aerial view looking north from the I-496 interchange along I-96/I-69 west of Lansing I-96 and I-496, Lansing.jpg
Aerial view looking north from the I-496 interchange along I-96/I-69 west of Lansing

In southern Eaton County, the freeway parallels the Battle Creek River north of the junction with M-78. Near Olivet, I-69 begins to turn in a northeasterly direction and curves around the north side of town. On the south side of Charlotte, I-69 turns northward, traversing an area to the east of downtown and crossing the former routing of US 27, which is now part of the business loop for the city. Farther north, the freeway has a junction with M-50, a bridge over the Battle Creek River, and an interchange with the northern end of the business loop next to Fitch H. Beach Airport. North of the airport, I-69 turns northeasterly again and parallels Lansing Road, the former route of US 27/M-78. The freeway meets the southern end of M-100 near Potterville and continues into the Lansing–East Lansing metropolitan area. Southwest of the state's capital city, I-69 crosses over Lansing Road near Lansing Delta Township Assembly, a factory for General Motors; northeast of the complex, I-69 merges into I-96. The combined I-96/I-69 runs northward through the suburban edges of the Lansing area, intersecting the western ends of I-496 and the BL I-69 for Lansing. The freeway enters Clinton County, and just north of a crossing of the Grand River, I-69 turns eastward to separate from I-96. As a part of the larger interchange with I-96, I-69 crosses BL I-96 (Grand River Avenue) without any connections. [7] [8]

Eastward to Port Huron

After leaving the I-96 concurrency, I-69 changes cardinal orientation and is signed as east–west from that point on. The freeway continues parallel to the Looking Glass River through suburban areas north of Capital Region International Airport. North of East Lansing, I-69 meets US 127 at a cloverleaf interchange. East of that junction, I-69 turns southeasterly passing the Hawk Hollow Golf Course and Park Lake on the way to meet the eastern end of BL I-69 just north of Lake Lansing. I-69 then turns northeasterly parallel to Lansing Road (Old M-78) to enter Shiawassee County. The freeway continues through Central Michigan farmlands, jogging north of Perry and Bancroft. [7] [8]

I-94/I-69 eastbound near Port Huron I-94 I-69 EB Port Huron.jpg
I-94/I-69 eastbound near Port Huron

At Durand, I-69 meets the southeastern end of M-71 on the northwest side of town. The freeway turns sharply to the northeast before turning due east near Lennon. The interchange with M-13 south of Lennon marks the Shiawassee–Genesee county line. Continuing eastward, I-69 parallels Miller Road to the north as far as the city of Swartz Creek; east of town, the two roadways cross. [7] [8] I-69 parallels a line of the Canadian National Railway [9] as it enters the Flint metro area. The freeway intersects Bristol Road near the Bishop International Airport and then crosses I-75/US 23 southwest of downtown Flint. I-69, the railroad and the Swartz Creek all parallel into downtown Flint where the freeway intersects I-475 and M-54 (Dort Highway) before exiting the east side of the city. [7] [8]

I-69 runs eastward out of Flint parallel to the railroad. At Davison, it intersects M-15 before crossing into Lapeer County. In this area, the freeway traverses farmlands in the southern part of the region called The Thumb. It jogs to the north around Lake Nepessing, which is southwest of Lapeer. The freeway continues through farmland to Imlay City, where it meets M-53 before crossing into western St. Clair County. I-69 continues eastward through an interchange with M-19 at Emmett. [7] [8]

The twin-span Blue Water Bridge Blue Water Bridge.jpg
The twin-span Blue Water Bridge

Near Wadhams, I-69 curves around to the north to follow part of the Black River. On the east side of the community, the freeway turns back to the southeast as it enters the western edge of the Port Huron suburbs. I-69 turns again to run due eastward to intersect I-94. The two freeways merge in an interchange that also has connections to BL I-69. The freeway curves to the north and back around to the east to cross the Black River. On the eastern bank, I-94/I-69 travels through one more interchange, this one for M-25 and BL I-69/BL I-94. Past the interchange, the freeway crosses through the toll and customs plazas for the twin-span Blue Water Bridge. The I-69 designation officially ends at the international boundary in the middle of the St. Clair River where it connects with Highway 402. [7] [8]

History

Predecessor highways

Map of central Southern Michigan in 1919 showing the route of M-29 Concrete Gravel Water-bound macadam M-29 in 1919.png
Map of central Southern Michigan in 1919 showing the route of M-29
      Concrete      Gravel     Water-bound macadam

The first major overland transportation corridors in the future state of Michigan were the Indian trails. [10] None of these followed the path of the modern-day I-69 however. [11] The State Trunkline Highway System was created on May 13, 1913, by an act of the Michigan Legislature; at the time, none of the system's divisions corresponded to the modern-day I-69 either. [12] In 1919, the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) [lower-alpha 1] was required to signpost the highway system for the first time, [15] and the state became the second after Wisconsin to do so. [16] At the time, two different highways followed sections of the modern-day I-69 corridor. The original M-29 ran from the Indiana state line north to Charlotte and turned northeasterly to Lansing. The second highway was M-21 from Flint east to Goodells, a community west of Port Huron; [17] the highway was extended to Port Huron by 1924. [18]

On November 11, 1926, the United States Numbered Highway System was approved by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO), [19] [lower-alpha 2] and the new US 27 replaced M-29 from the state line northward to Lansing. [21] By the end of the next year, M-78 was extended from Charlotte north and east of Lansing to a junction with M-47 near Pittsburg, north of the modern-day I-69. [22] The section of M-78 north of Lansing was changed in 1929; the segment from Dewitt to Pittsburg was redesignated M-104, and M-78 was rerouted along a more southerly path through East Lansing to Haslett. [23] [24] By 1936, M-78 was extended from Haslett all the way into Flint to end at M-21. [25] The first span of the Blue Water Bridge opened between Port Huron and Point Edward, Ontario, in 1938. [26]

Interstate Highway era

1958 planning map for Michigan's Interstate Highways Interstate Highway plan June 27, 1958 (MI).jpg
1958 planning map for Michigan's Interstate Highways

The first planning maps from 1947 for what later became the Interstate Highway System did not include a highway along I-69's route; instead a highway further west connecting South Bend, Indiana, with Kalamazoo was included. [27] This alternative highway was maintained on the 1955 plan for the "National System of Interstate and Defense Highways", [28] and numbered I-67 in August 1957. [29] By June 1958, this freeway had been shifted further east and renumbered I-69, connecting Indianapolis, Indiana, with Marshall; no connections north and east to Lansing, Flint or Port Huron were planned as part of the Interstate Highway System. [30] Around the same time, a section of M-146 near Port Huron was converted into an approach freeway for the Blue Water Bridge. [31] [32]

By the middle of 1960, the first section of freeway along M-78 was opened in the Lennon area. [33] The next year, the freeway had been extended as far southwest as Durand from the end at Lennon. [34] Also in 1961, the MSHD had proposed that the section of US 27 south of Lansing be built as an electronic highway under a bid through General Motors; [35] the testing for such a roadway was ultimately done at Ohio State University instead. [36]

1957 map showing the predecessor highways to I-69 along its route in Michigan (click to enlarge) .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{} US 27 M-78 M-21 Route of I-69 in 1957 annotated.png
1957 map showing the predecessor highways to I-69 along its route in Michigan (click to enlarge)
  US 27 Michigan 1948.svg US 27
  M-78 1948.svg M-78
  M-21 1948.svg M-21

By the start of 1962, M-78 was a freeway from Perry at the junction with M-47 all the way to Swartz Creek near Flint. [37] On December 12, 1962, I-96 was completed around the Lansing area, [38] and M-78 was rerouted to follow it. [39] A year later, I-496 was partially opened through the Lansing area, [40] and M-78 was routed to follow it as well; the former route through downtown was redesignated Business M-78 (Bus. M-78). [41] Around the same time, I-94 was extended along the Blue Water Bridge approach freeway. [42] [43]

The first freeway segment of M-21 on the east end was built from Wadhams to Port Huron in 1966. [44] [45] The next year, M-78's freeway was extended eastward to I-75/US 10/US 23 in Flint. [46] [47] On October 11, 1967, the first segment of I-69/US 27 was scheduled to open between the Indiana state line and Tekonsha. [2] By the end of the year, the freeway extended north to I-94 northwest of Marshall. [46] [47] The MSHD requested additional Interstate Highway mileage in 1968 under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968 including an extension of I-69 from Marshall to Port Huron; [48] this extension was approved as far as I-75/US 23 in Flint on December 13, 1968. [49]

A discontinuous section of M-78 freeway east of Flint was completed in 1969. [50] [51] The same year, I-475 was named the David Dunbar Buick Freeway, after the founder of Buick Motor Company in Flint; [52] the same legislation, House Concurrent Resolution 22 of 1969 named the M-78 freeway through Flint for Louis Chevrolet. In 1970, the I-496 freeway was completed and the Bus. M-78 designation was removed through Lansing. [53] [54] A freeway segment between Flint and Lapeer opened in 1971. M-21 was routed down M-13 to the new freeway where it joined the M-78 designation from M-13 east. The section of M-21 formerly between M-13 and Bus. M-54 was redesignated M-56. [55] [56] The M-78 designation was replaced by I-69 in 1973 after a Temporary I-69 (Temp. I-69) designation was extended northward from Charlotte through Lansing to Perry. [57] [58] On September 4 of that year, I-69's designation was officially extended by Congress to end at I-475 on the east side of Flint; [49] this extension, and all subsequent ones, was of non-chargeable mileage , or segments not financed through the Interstate Highway fund. [59]

Louis Chevrolet in 1911.jpg
David Dunbar Buick.jpg
Part of I-69 in Michigan is named for Louis Chevrolet (left) and David Dunbar Buick (right).

In 1980, a Flint-area politician wanted to dedicate a highway after the United Auto Workers (UAW). As a result, the David Dunbar Buick Freeway name was moved off I-475 and applied to I-69 in Flint. [60] The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) approved the extension of the I-69 designation eastward in 1983 so it would terminate at the international boundary at Port Huron; this approval was contingent on construction of the roadway to Interstate Highway standards and other appropriate approvals at the federal government level. [61] The remaining segment of freeway connecting Lapeer with Wadhams opened in 1984 as I-69 and several additional changes were made to the highway system at the same time. M-21 was shortened to Flint and replaced M-56 through the city. The former route of M-21 in Port Huron became BL I-69, and the remainder of that highway was turned back to local control. [62] [63] The I-69 designation was officially extended once more under Congressional legislation on February 10, 1987; this last extension designated I-69 all the way to I-94 in Port Huron to reflect the 1984 openings. [49]

Another segment of freeway opened in 1987 in Clinton County between US 127 near DeWitt and Temp. I-69 near Bath. [64] [65] This section was connected to the existing freeway at Perry in 1991. [66] [67] The final segment of I-69 to be completed was located southwest of Lansing. It opened on October 17, 1992, when the ribbon was cut by Governor John Engler. This segment marked the last in the state to complete Michigan's portion of the Interstate Highway System. [3] At the time it was completed, I-69 was concurrent with US 27 from the state line north to the DeWitt area (exit 87) and then concurrent with US 127 to exit 89 before running alone to Port Huron. [68]

Since completion

A second span of the Blue Water Bridge between Port Huron and Point Edward opened in July 1997. [69] The St. Johns Bypass on US 27 opened on August 31, 1998; [70] US 27 was extended along I-69 about two miles (3.2 km) to the connect to the bypass, and US 127 was simultaneously removed from I-69. [71] The next year, MDOT petitioned AASHTO to decommission the US 27 designation in the state; the change was approved on April 16, 1999. [72] The state waited until 2002 to make the change. [73]

New signage with Canadian and American flags being erected in 2013 to reflect a reconfigured interchange near the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron I-94 New border crossing sign.JPG
New signage with Canadian and American flags being erected in 2013 to reflect a reconfigured interchange near the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron

On July 23, 2001, the Michigan Legislature declared that I-69 from exit 105 in Shiawassee County east to exit 135 in Genesee County would be named the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. [74] In October 2001, the legislature consolidated the various legislation that created memorial highway designations in the state. Public Act 142 of 2001 extended the merged Chevrolet–Buick Freeway name to all of I-69 in Genesee County, and restored the David Dunbar Buick Freeway name to I-475. [52] The I-69 Recreational Heritage Route (now a Pure Michigan Byway) was created on October 8, 2004, to follow the freeway in Branch and Calhoun counties. [75] The Branch County segment was also dedicated as the Purple Heart Trail on July 17, 2006. [76]

In 2011, construction began to widen I-94/I-69 approaching the Blue Water Bridge, [77] a project completed in 2012. [78] The widening project added dedicated lanes for local traffic and for Blue Water Bridge traffic [77] with a new permanent welcome center opened in 2015, [79] replacing the temporary one near Capac. [80] The lane configuration changes have confused drivers in the area, especially those with outdated GPS devices, [81] a problem first noted as the department was preparing to reopen the freeway in October 2012. [82] As a result, MDOT installed updated signs complete with American and Canadian flags to help prevent drivers from heading to Canada by mistake. [83]

In late 2013, construction began to reconstruct and reconfigure the I-94/I-69 interchange near Port Huron. The project will improve 3.7 miles (6.0 km) of freeway, replace several bridges and ramps and cost $76 million. In June 2014, MDOT closed the ramps from I-69 eastbound to BL I-69 through the interchange until later in the year. [84] The project was completed in September 2015. [85]

Exit list

CountyLocationmi [1] kmExitDestinationsNotes
Branch Kinderhook Township 0.0000.000South plate blue.svg
I-69.svg I-69 south – Fort Wayne 		Indiana state line
2.6174.2123Copeland Road – Kinderhook
Ovid–Coldwater township line9.70115.61210North plate green.svg
Business Loop 69.svg BL I-69 north (Fenn Road) – Coldwater 		Southern terminus of BL I-69; signed as Fenn Road only southbound
Coldwater 12.60720.28913South plate green.svg
Business Loop 69.svgUS 12.svg BL I-69 south / US 12  – Quincy, Coldwater 		Northern terminus of BL I-69; signed as US 12 only northbound
Coldwater–Girard township line16.02425.78816Jonesville Road
Calhoun Tekonsha Township 22.54636.28423 Tekonsha, Girard Exit for Old US 27 which follows Main Street in Tekonsha and Marshall Road in Branch County; signed as Tekonsha northbound and Girard southbound
24.62739.63325M-60.svg M-60  – Three Rivers, Jackson
Fredonia Township 31.53250.74632North plate.svg
M-227 rectangle.svg M-227 north (F Drive South)		Southern terminus of M-227
Marshall 36.207–
36.217		58.270–
58.286		36East plate green.svg
Business Loop 94.svg BL I-94 east (Michigan Avenue) – Marshall
West plate.svg
M-96.svg M-96 west (Michigan Avenue)		Southern end of BL I-94 concurrency; eastern terminus of M-96
Marshall Township 38.132–
38.150		61.368–
61.396		38I-94.svg I-94  – Detroit, Chicago
East plate green.svg
Business Loop 94.svg BL I-94 east		Northern end of BL I-94 concurrency; exit 108 on I-94
Convis Township 41.89667.42542N Drive North
Eaton Walton Township 48.22977.61748West plate.svg
M-78.svg M-78 west – Bellevue, Olivet 		Eastern terminus of M-78
50.40681.12151Ainger Road – Olivet
Carmel–Eaton township line56.67691.21157North plate green.svg
Business Loop 69.svg BL I-69 north (Cochran Road) – Charlotte 		Southern terminus of BL I-69; signed as Cochran Road only southbound
Charlotte 59.54995.83560M-50.svg M-50  – Charlotte, Eaton Rapids
61.10898.34461South plate green.svg
Business Loop 69.svg BL I-69 south (Lansing Road) – Charlotte 		Northern terminus of BL I-69; signed as Lansing Road only northbound
Potterville 66.388106.84166North plate.svg
M-100 rectangle.svg M-100 north – Potterville, Grand Ledge 		Southern terminus of M-100
Windsor Township 70.270113.08970Lansing Road
Delta Charter Township 72.720–
72.743		117.031–
117.069		72East plate blue.svg
I-96.svg I-96 east – Detroit 		Southern end of I-96 concurrency; concurrency uses I-96 exit numbers; signed as exit 97 southbound
74.877120.50395East plate blue.svg
I-496.svg I-496 east – Downtown Lansing 		Western terminus of I-496
76.341122.85993East plate green.svg
Business Loop 69.svgM-43.svg BL I-69 east / M-43 (Saginaw Highway) – Grand Ledge 		Signed as exits 93B (east) and 93A (west); western terminus of BL I-69; signed as M-43 only southbound
Clinton Watertown Township 78.653–
80.292		126.580–
129.217		91West plate blue.svg
I-96.svg I-96 west – Grand Rapids 		Northern end of I-96 concurrency; I-69 changes from north–south to east–west; signed on I-69 westbound as exit 81 with access to and eastbound entrance from Frances Road
DeWitt Township 83.081133.70684Airport Road
84.820136.50585 DeWitt Exit located at DeWitt Road
86.315138.91187Old US 27
88.227–
88.256		141.988–
142.034		89US 127.svg US 127  – East Lansing, Lansing, Jackson, Clare Signed as exits 89A (south) and 89B (north); exit 82 on US 127
Bath Township 91.603147.42192Webster Road – Bath
93.929151.16494West plate green.svg
Business Loop 69.svg BL I-69 west – East Lansing, Haslett, Okemos 		Eastern terminus of BL I-69; East Lansing signed westbound only, Haslett and Okemos signed eastbound only
Shiawassee Woodhull Township 97.319156.62098Woodbury Road – Laingsburg
Perry Township 104.613168.358105M-52.svg M-52  – Owosso, Perry
Shiawassee Township 112.256180.659113Grand River Road – Bancroft
Vernon Township 117.408188.950118West plate.svg
M-71.svg M-71 west – Durand, Corunna 		Eastern terminus of M-71
Shiawassee–Genesee county line Venice–Clayton township line122.213196.683123North plate.svg
M-13.svg M-13 north – Lennon, Saginaw 		Southern terminus of M-13
Genesee Swartz Creek 127.186204.686128Morrish Road
128.343206.548129Miller Road
Flint 130.649210.259131Airport Sign.svg Bristol Road – Bishop International Airport Former M-121
Flint Township 132.466–
132.479		213.183–
213.204		133I-75.svgUS 23.svg I-75  / US 23  – Saginaw, Ann Arbor, Detroit Exit 117 on I-75/US 23
Flint 134.156215.903135Hammerberg Road
135.556218.156136Saginaw Street – Downtown Eastbound exit, entrance via 9th Street; westbound exit, entrance via 8th Street
135.789–
135.812		218.531–
218.568		137I-475.svg I-475  – Saginaw, Detroit Exit 6 on I-475
137.085220.617138M-54.svg M-54 (Dort Highway)
Burton 138.087222.229139Center Road
140.157225.561141Belsay Road
Davison Township 142.216228.874143Irish Road
144.258232.161145M-15.svg M-15  – Clarkston, Davison
Lapeer Elba Township 148.232238.556149Elba Road
Lapeer Township 152.386245.241153Lake Nepessing Road
Lapeer 154.456248.573155M-24.svg M-24  – Lapeer, Pontiac
Lapeer Township 158.730255.451159Wilder Road
Attica Township 162.736261.898163Lake Pleasant Road
Imlay City 167.815270.072168M-53.svg M-53  – Imlay City, Almont
St. Clair Mussey Township 175.231282.007176Capac Road – Capac
Riley Township 179.647289.114180Riley Center Road
183.695295.628184M-19.svg M-19  – Sandusky, Richmond
Wales Township 188.125302.758189Wales Center Road
Kimball Township 193.383311.220194Taylor Road
195.676314.910196Wadhams Road – Wadhams
Port Huron Township 198.472–
198.497		319.410–
319.450		198West plate blue.svg
I-94.svg I-94 west – Detroit 		Western end of I-94 concurrency; exit 271 on I-94
198.448319.371199East plate green.svg
Business Loop 69.svg BL I-69 east – Downtown Port Huron 		Eastbound exit from I-69 and I-94 (exit 271); westbound entrance to I-69 and I-94; I-69 begins using I-94's mileposts for exit numbers; western terminus of BL I-69
200.745323.068274Water Street, Lapeer Avenue – Port Huron Signed as 274A (Lapeer Avenue) and 274B (Water Street) eastbound; indirect access to Lapeer Avenue via Lapeer Connector (former M-146); no direct eastbound entrance to Blue Water Bridge
Port Huron 201.301323.963275North plate.svg
M-25.svgLake Huron Circle Tour.svg M-25 north / LHCT  – Lexington
West plate green.svg
Business Loop 69.svgWest plate green.svg
Business Loop 94.svg BL I-69 west / BL I-94 west – Downtown Port Huron 		Western end of LHCT concurrency; eastbound last exit before Canada; eastern terminus of BL I-69/BL I-94; southern terminus of M-25; signs eastbound omit BL I-69/BL I-94 and Lexington; no exit number westbound
201.689324.587Toll Plaza (eastbound)
US Customs (westbound)
St. Clair River
Canadian border 		201.223–
202.317		323.837–
325.598		 Blue Water Bridge (tolled)
Ontario 402 crown.svgLake Huron Circle Tour.svg Highway 402 east / LHCT  – Sarnia, London Continuation into Ontario
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business loops

In Michigan, I-69 currently has four business loops. These highways, each designated Business Loop I-69 (BL I-69), provide access from the main freeway through the downtown districts of adjacent cities. They follow former routings used by I-69's predecessor highways (US 27, M-78 and M-21) as well as connecting roads. [8] [33] The cities served by these loops are: Coldwater, Charlotte, Lansing, and Port Huron. [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Michigan State Highway Department was reorganized into the Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation on August 23, 1973. [13] The name was shortened to its current form in 1978. [14]
  2. ↑ AASHO was renamed the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on November 13, 1973. [20]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">M-21 (Michigan highway)</span> State highway in Michigan, United States

M-21 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan connecting the cities of Grand Rapids and Flint. The highway passes through rural farming country and several small towns along its course through the Lower Peninsula. Following the course of a handful of rivers, M-21 also connects some of the state's freeways like Interstate 96 (I-96), US Highway 127 (US 127) and I-75. The highway is used by between 1,700 and 36,000 vehicles daily.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 475 (Michigan)</span> Interstate Highway in Genesee County, Michigan, United States

Interstate 475 (I-475) is a north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway in the US state of Michigan. I-475 is a 16.9-mile (27.2 km) bypass route that serves the downtown area of Flint while its parent, I-75, passes through the west side of the city. I-475 starts southwest of Grand Blanc and runs through suburbs of Flint before passing through downtown. There, it intersects I-69 and crosses the Flint River. The freeway turns westerly to connect back to I-75 north of Flint near Mount Morris.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">M-13 (Michigan highway)</span> State highway in Michigan, United States

M-13 is a 73.339-mile (118.028 km) north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Saginaw Bay region of the US state of Michigan. It runs from Interstate 69 (I-69) south of Lennon to US Highway 23 (US 23) near Standish. The southern section of the trunkline runs along a pair of county lines in a rural area dominated by farm fields. The highway directly connects the downtown areas of both Saginaw and Bay City. North of the latter city, the Lake Huron Circle Tour follows M-13 along the Saginaw Bay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">M-59 (Michigan highway)</span> State highway in Michigan, United States

M-59 is an east–west state trunkline highway that crosses the northern part of Metropolitan Detroit in the US state of Michigan. It runs between Howell at Interstate 96 (I-96) and I-94 on the Chesterfield–Harrison township line near the Selfridge Air National Guard Base. While primarily a multi-lane surface highway, it is a full freeway from just east of downtown Pontiac near Opdyke Road to just east of the Mound Road/Merrill Road exit in Utica. The various surface highway segments are named either Highland Road, Huron Street or Hall Road, with the latter known as an area for shopping and dining. The rural sections west of Pontiac pass through Oakland County lake country, passing through two state recreational areas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">M-53 (Michigan highway)</span> State highway in Michigan, United States

M-53 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that connects Detroit to The Thumb region. The highway starts in Detroit at a connection with M-3 and ends in Port Austin, Michigan at M-25. In between, the trunkline passes through the northern suburbs of Metro Detroit, connects to freeways like Interstate 69 (I-69) and provides access to rural farmland. In Macomb County, M-53 follows the Christopher Columbus Freeway and POW/MIA Memorial Freeway, while the remainder of the highway is known as Van Dyke Avenue in the metro area or Van Dyke Road elsewhere. The highway has also been named the Earle Memorial Highway for one of the pioneers of the Good Roads Movement and Michigan's highway system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">M-57 (Michigan highway)</span> State highway in Michigan, United States

M-57 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The 105.377-mile (169.588 km) highway connects US Highway 131 (US 131) near Rockford on the west end to M-15 near Otisville in the Lower Peninsula. In between, the mostly rural highway passes through farmland and connects several highways and smaller towns together. Three of these highways are freeways: US 131, US 127 and Interstate 75 (I-75). Along the way, between 3,700 and 22,300 vehicles use the highway daily.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 27 in Michigan</span> Former U.S. Highway in Michigan

US Highway 27 (US 27) is a part of the US Highway System that now runs from Miami, Florida, to Fort Wayne, Indiana. In the US state of Michigan, it was a north–south state trunkline highway that entered the state south of Kinderhook and ended south of Grayling. Its route consisted of a freeway concurrency with Interstate 69 (I-69) from the state line north to the Lansing area before it followed its own freeway facility northward to St. Johns. From there north to Ithaca, US 27 was an expressway before continuing as a freeway to a terminus south of Grayling.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">M-54 (Michigan highway)</span> State highway in Genesee and Saginaw counties in Michigan, United States

M-54 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that bypasses the city of Flint. It is named Dort Highway for much of its length, in honor of Flint carriage and automobile pioneer Josiah Dallas Dort. The portion from the north end of Dort Highway to Clio Road is part of the historic Saginaw Trail, and was also part of the old Dixie Highway. The modern highway runs for 30.276 miles (48.724 km) through Genesee and Saginaw counties from connections with Interstate 75 (I-75) near Grand Blanc on the south to Birch Run on the north. The highway serves mostly suburban and urban sections of the Flint area. Outside of the city, it also passes through agricultural areas in northern Genesee County and southeastern Saginaw County. It also shares a short east–west section with M-83 near Birch Run.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">M-146 (Michigan highway)</span> Former state highway in St. Clair County, Michigan, United States

M-146 was a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that initially served as a bypass for traffic going around Port Huron and as a short cut for traffic between U.S. Highway 25 and M-21. Later it connected to the Blue Water Bridge before it was truncated to its final form. Segments of M-146 still exist today as state highways as part of Interstate 94 (I-94) and I-69 and the Lapeer Connector.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Interstate 94 in Michigan</span> Interstate Highway in Michigan, United States

Interstate 94 (I-94) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Billings, Montana, to the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. In Michigan, it is a state trunkline highway that enters the state 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. Heading farther east, I-94 passes through rural areas in the middle of the southern Lower Peninsula, crossing I-69 in the process. I-94 then runs through Jackson, Ann Arbor, and portions of Metro Detroit, connecting Michigan's largest city to its main airport. Past the east side of Detroit, the Interstate angles northeasterly through farmlands in The Thumb to Port Huron, where the designation terminates on the Blue Water Bridge at the Canada–United States border.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 23 in Michigan</span> U.S. Highway in Michigan

US Highway 23 (US 23) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway that runs from Jacksonville, Florida, to Mackinaw City, Michigan. In the US state of Michigan, it is a major, 362-mile-long (583 km), north–south state trunkline highway that runs through the Lower Peninsula. The trunkline is a freeway from the Michigan–Ohio state line near Lambertville to the city of Standish, and it follows the Lake Huron shoreline from there to its northern terminus. Serving the cities of Ann Arbor and Flint, US 23 acts as a freeway bypass of the Metro Detroit area. Overall, the highway runs through rural areas of the state dominated by farm fields or woodlands; some segments are urban in character in the Ann Arbor, Flint and Tri-Cities areas. The section from Flint north to Standish also carries Interstate 75 (I-75) along a concurrency that includes a segment that carries almost 70,000 vehicles on a daily basis.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Business routes of U.S. Route 10 in Michigan</span> Routes of a highway in Michigan

There are three business routes of US Highway 10 (US 10) in the state of Michigan. They serve as connections from the main highway into Reed City, Clare, and Midland. Additionally, there were another two business routes that connected US 10 to the downtowns of Flint and Pontiac. All these business routes are, or were, former sections of US 10 that were marked Business US Highway 10 after the main highway was realigned to bypass the downtowns of the cities.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Business routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan</span> List of business route highways in Michigan

There are currently eight business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94) in the US state of Michigan. These business routes connect I-94 to the downtown business districts of neighboring cities. Seven of the eight routes are business loops which bear the Business Loop I-94 designation while one is a business spur that bears the Business Spur I-94. These loops are former routings of I-94's two predecessors in Michigan: US Highway 12 (US 12) or US 25. The westernmost BL I-94 runs through the twin cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph along the former routing of US 12 and US 31/US 33 that now includes a section of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour in the state. The loops in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion, and Jackson were also formerly segments of US 12 which were later designated as separate version of Business US Highway 12 through their respective cities before becoming BL I-94s in 1960. The BL I-94 in Kalamazoo was converted into BS I-94 in 2019. The route of the business loop through Ann Arbor was previously US 12 and then later M-14 before receiving its current moniker. The BL I-94 through Port Huron was previously US 25 and then Business US Highway 25.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Business routes of Interstate 69 in Michigan</span> List of highways in Michigan

There are currently four business routes of Interstate 69 (I-69) in the US state of Michigan. Designated Business Loop Interstate 69, they are all former routings of I-69's predecessor highways, US Highway 27 (US 27), M-78 or M-21, in whole or in part. The BL I-69 in Coldwater and the one in Charlotte were both parts of US 27 before the freeway bypassed those two cities in 1967 and the early 1970s, respectively. The BL I-69 through Lansing and East Lansing was previously part of M-78 and Temporary I-69 until it was redesignated in 1987. Before 1984, the loop in Port Huron was originally part of M-21 and was initially a business spur numbered Business Spur Interstate 69. It was later redesignated when it was extended to run concurrently with that city's BL I-94 which was originally part of I-94's predecessor, US 25. Each business loop follows streets through each city's downtown areas and connects to I-69 on both ends, giving traffic a route through the downtown and back to the freeway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">U.S. Route 10 in Michigan</span> U.S. Highway in Michigan

US Highway 10 (US 10) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from West Fargo, North Dakota, to the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway enters Michigan on SS Badger, which crosses Lake Michigan between Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and Ludington. As the highway crosses the state, it is a two-lane undivided highway between Ludington and Farwell and a freeway from Farwell east to the highway's terminus in Bay City. US 10 runs concurrently with US 127 in the Clare area along a section of freeway that includes a welcome center in the median. Outside of the Clare and Midland areas, US 10 runs through rural areas of West and Central Michigan in a section of the Manistee National Forest as well as farmfields.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Business routes of U.S. Route 23 in Michigan</span> Routes of a highway in Michigan

There have been five different business routes of US Highway 23 in the state of Michigan. These business routes were designated along former sections of US Highway 23 (US 23) to provide signed access from the main highway to the downtowns of cities bypassed by new routings of US 23. Two are still extant, connecting through downtown Ann Arbor and Rogers City. Three others have been decommissioned. The former Business US 23 in Fenton was split in half during the 1970s and later completely turned back to local control in 2006. The former business loops through Saginaw and Bay City were renumbered as business loops of Interstate 75 in the 1960s.

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