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Highways 180 through 199
M-183 | M-185 | M-186 | M-188 | M-189 | I-194 | I-196 | M-199 | Jump to Bottom
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Southern Terminus: |
Entrance to Fayette
Historic State Park southwest of Garden |
Northern Terminus: |
US-2 at Garden
Corners |
Length: |
16.376 miles |
| Map: |
Route Map of M-183 |
| Notes: |
Fayette, an 1800s iron-smelting
ghost town, became a state park in 1959. For about 25 years, Delta
Co Rd 483 served as the connection from the main highway to the park. Then
in the mid-1980s, the county transferred control of the northernmost 16.36
miles of the road to the state who redesignated it M-183, obviously basing
the new number on its former Co Rd 483 designation. The highway basically serves
as an access road to the park from US-2, seeing as it ends precisely at the park's
main entrance. From that point on to Fairport, the road remains in county control
as Co Rd 483. |
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History: |
1932 (Oct 29) -
A new 2.0-mile long state trunkline loop route is created in southeast Livingston
Co to serve as an access route into Dodge Brothers No.1 State Park (part
of present-day Island Lake State Recreation Area) southeast of Brighton.
The new route, designated M-183 and looping between US-16/Grand River Ave
and US-23/Whitmore Lake Rd, appears on very few maps and is likely not signed
in the field for its entire existence, if at all. |
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1960 (Jul 6) -
M-183 is cancelled as a state trunkline in its entirety, the portion along
Briggs Lake Dr is turned back to local control while a portion within the
state park becomes a park access road with the remainder abandoned as a public
roadway. Interestingly, the route at M-183's eastern terminus, US-16, had
been cancelled more than two months earlier on May 2 when it was relocated
to the new Brighton-Farmington Expressway (present-day I-96). |
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1969 (Summer) – As a result of the development of Fayette
Historic State Park, Co Rd 483, the access route from US-2 at Garden Corners, has seen a major increase in the amount of traffic. This has caused the asphalt surface of Co Rd 483 to deteriorate significantly, as it is receiving much more wear and tear than it would if it was still serving just local traffic. As it would cost over $200,000 to resurface the roadway—funds the Delta Co Road Commission cannot spare—the Road Commission has requested the Dept of State Highways to take over jursidiction of the portion of Co Rd 483 between US-2 at Garden Corners and the state park entrance southwest of Garden. Dept Director, Henrik E Stafseth is ordered to "study the situation." |
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1985 (Feb) – The northernmost
17 miles of Delta Co Rd 483 from the entrance to Fayette Historic State Park northerly through Garden to US-2 at Garden Corners is transferred to state
control. |
| Freeway/Expwy: |
No portion of M-183 is freeway or expressway. |
| Photographs: |
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| Weblinks: |
M-183 @ Michigan Highway Ends - photos of the termini of M-183 at Dan Garnell's excellent Michigan Highway Ends website. |
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PLEASE NOTE:
The M-185 route information has moved to its own page: M-185 Route Listing.
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Western Terminus: |
M-113, 3.5 miles
west of Fife Lake |
Eastern Terminus: |
US-131, 1/2
mile west of downtown Fife Lake |
Length: |
2.501 miles |
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Map: |
Route Map of M-186 |
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Notes: |
M-186 is a short connector
highway between US-131 and M-113. |
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History: |
1932
(Oct 29) - A
new 4.3-mile long connector trunkline designated M-186 links US-2 & US-41 at Rapid River with M-35 near Brampton. It mainly serves as a handy connection
for westbound US-2 traffic heading for northbound M-35 toward Gwinn and Negaunee. |
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1939 (July 13) - All of M-186 is cancelled as a state trunkline and turned
back to local control as part of an overall effort by the State Highway Dept to turn back any routes having a an average daily traffic count of 300 vehicles or less and M-186 has a traffic volume lower than that. While the jurisdictional transfer of M-69 elsewhere in Delta Co to County control as well as M-186 is vehemently opposed by County officials, only the transfer of M-69 is stopped, while the cancellation of M-186 and its transfer to County control goes ahead unimpeded. However, the M-186 designation would not be absent from Michigan's highway system for long... |
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1940 - (Aug 17) - Nearly five miles of new state trunkline alignment are
assumed into the system when US-131 is officially determined via its present-day
route between Walton Junction and the jct with present-day M-186 on the western
edge of Fife Lake. the former route of US-131 from Walton Junction northerly
4 miles is redesignated as an extension of M-113, while the east-west segment
from M-113 easterly to the new alignment on the west edge of Fife Lake receives
a brand-new route designation: M-186. |
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1979 (Jun 1) - A new angling "cut-off" route is determined as
a state trunkline, beginning on M-113 just
east of Hodge Rd (5 miles east of Kingsley) and trending slightly southeasterly,
crossing the existing M-113 approximately
1/4 mile north of the M-186 junction and ending on M-186 approximately one
mile east of M-113 (1-1/2 miles
west of US-131 at Fife Lake). A
quarter-century later this realignment has yet to be built and may have been
removed from
the books at some point during the 1990s. |
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Freeway/Expwy: |
No portion of M-186 is freeway or expressway. |
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Photographs: |
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Weblinks: |
M-186 @ Michigan Highway Ends - photos of the termini of M-186 at Dan Garnell's excellent Michigan Highway Ends website. |
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Southern Terminus: |
The old Penn Central
(Pennsylvania) Railroad grade near the VFW
National Home, 4.5 miles southeast
of Eaton Rapids |
Northern Terminus: |
M-50/M-99 in Eaton Rapids |
Length: |
4.559 miles |
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Map: |
Route Map of M-188 |
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Notes: |
M-188 was created to
be an access road serving the VFW
National Home southest of Eaton Rapids,
on the Ingham/Eaton county line. |
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Note2 |
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History: |
1932
(Nov 19) - A
new state trunkline spur route is determined providing highway access to
the V.F.W. National Home from Eaton Rapids in southeast Eaton Co. Certain
Michigan State Highway Dept maps only show the 1.7 mile portion of M-188
along Waverly Rd on the Eaton/Ingham Co line as being determined with the
portion from M-50/M-99 in Eaton Rapids to Waverly Rd indicating no determination
date! Whether this indicates a loss of the original determination information
or was simply an error on the maps is unclear. In any event, the full trunkline
from Eaton Rapids to the V.F.W Home was likely determined on the same date. |
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1940 - M-188 is hard-surfaced throughout. |
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Freeway/Expwy: |
No portion of M-188 is freeway or expressway. |
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Photographs: |
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Weblinks: |
M-188 @ Michigan Highway Ends - photos of the termini of M-188 at Dan Garnell's excellent Michigan Highway Ends website. |
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Southern Terminus: |
Wisconsin state line (connection w/STH-139) 7.8 miles south of downtown
Iron River |
Northern Terminus: |
US-2 in downtown
Iron River |
Length: |
7.771 miles |
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Map: |
Route Map of M-189 |
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Notes: |
M-189 is a short highway
connecting Iron River and US-2 to the Wisconsin
highway system at STH-139. |
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History: |
1932
(Oct 29) - A
new 8.2-mile state trunkline is determined beginning at US-2 in downtown
Iron River and proceeding southerly to the Brule River at the Wisconsin state
line and a connection with an extension of Wisc STH-139 from Tipler, Wisc. |
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1936 - M-189 is hard-surfaced throughout. |
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Freeway/Expwy: |
No portion of M-189 is freeway or expressway. |
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Continue on: |
STH-139 into
Wisconsin - Wisconsin Highways Website |
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Photographs: |
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Weblinks: |
M-189 @ Michigan Highway Ends - photos of the termini of M-189 at Dan Garnell's excellent Michigan Highway Ends website. |
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Southern Terminus: |
I-94 at Exit 98
in southeastern Battle Creek |
Northern Terminus: |
Cnr of Hamblin Ave & M-66/Division St in downtown Battle Creek |
Length: |
3.452 miles -
according to MDOT data
3.38
miles - according to Route Log and Finder List - Interstate
Highways, FHWA |
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Map: |
Route Map of I-194 |
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Notes: |
I-194 runs concurrently
with M-66 for its entire length. |
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This highway, also known as the Sojourner Truth Downtown
Parkway, is the only three-digit Interstate spur or loop route from I-94 in
Michigan. |
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History: |
1961
(Jan 6) - Six miles of new limited-access highway are assumed into the state
trunkline system on this date, beginning near Graham Lake north of Joppa
in Leroy Twp south of Battle Creek proceeding northerly to Columbia Ave on
the south side of Battle Creek. The approximately 2-mile portion of this
route from I-94/US-12 northerly to Columbia Ave is designated as part of
I-194 as well as carrying the M-78 and BL
I-94 designations as well. At Columbia
Ave, I-194 terminates while M-78 and BL
I-94 turn westerly via Columbia to
the previous route of M-78 via Capital Ave. |
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1964-65 - In 1964, the BL
I-94 designation is removed from the I-194/M-78 freeway when the new Dickman Rd–M L King Dr routing is completed, while the
M-78 designation is replaced through Battle Creek, including on the I-194
freeway, in 1965. |
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1965 (Feb) - The entire northerly extension of the I-194 spur freeway into downtown Battle Creek is put into jeopardy when a landowner at the proposed Columbia Ave interchange refuses to sell the state the land necessary for the upgraded interchange required by the City of Battle Creek. State Highway Dept officials fear the completion of the freeway may not occur at all due to the property aquisition issues. |
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1965 (July 28) - The northernmost portion of I-194/M-66 from Columbia Ave
northerly to BL I-94/Michigan Ave is assumed into the state trunkline system,
however it will not open
to traffic until late 1966. |
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1966 (late Oct) - The final 1.6 miles of the I-194/M-66 freeway is completed
and opened to traffic from Columbia Ave to BL
I-94/Michigan Ave this year, with this final segment costing $5.2 million to construct. |
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Freeway: |
Entire route of I-194 is freeway. |
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NHS: |
Entire route. |
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Photographs: |
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Weblinks: |
I-194 @
Michigan Highway Ends - photos of the termini of I-194 at
Dan Garnell's excellent Michigan
Highway Ends website. |
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I-194
Michigan - listing at Kurumi's
3 Digit Interstates website. |
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Interstate
194 Michigan - listing at Interstate-Guide.com, part of the AARoads.com empire. |
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Southern Terminus: |
I-94 at Exit 34
northeast of Benton Harbor |
Eastern Terminus: |
I-96/M-37 at
Exit 37 on the eastern edge of Grand Rapids |
Length: |
80.630 miles - according to MDOT data
80.65 miles - according to Route Log and Finder List - Interstate Highways, FHWA |
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Map: |
Route Map of I-196 |
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Notes: |
I-196 as originally proposed and completed in the late-1950s and early-60s and today's version run via two different routes from Grand Rapids westerly.
A Detroit-Muskegon freeway was proposed in the mid-1950s to connect those endpoints with Lansing and Grand Rapids, replacing the existing two-, three-,
and four-lane undivided US-16 routing. The Michigan State Highway Dept had planned on simply relocating US-16 onto the new freeway, however the entire route was also assumed into the Interstate Highway System in 1956-57, thus meaning an Interstate designation would follow. After sveral numbering schemes were proposed, it was decided I-96 would be assigned to the route from Detroit through Lansing to Grand Rapids, then southwesterly via Holland before turning southerly to Benton Harbor. The portion of the Detroit-Muskegon Freeway from Grand Rapids to Muskegon was designated as a spur route, assigned I-196. |
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By
1961, all of I-196 (Grand Rapids-Muskegon) was complete, as was I-96 from the eastern end of I-196 toward Lansing and for the next two years, the I-96 freeway approaching Grand Rapids simply "turned into" I-196, as the I-96 "crosstown" freeway at Grand Rapids was not yet built. Approximately a year before this east-west crosstown freeway through Grand Rapids was completed, and just before certain
Lakeshore segments of I-96/US-31 were to open, State Highway Dept officials petitioned AASHO to flip the I-96 and I-196 desginations west of Grand Rapids. This was granted in October 1963 and the two routes took on their present-day appearance, although the Jenison-to-Holland portion of I-196 would not be completed for more than a decade. |
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I-196
is also known as the Gerald R Ford Frwy, named for the 38th president who spent much of his life in the Grand Rapids area. In local usage, Grand Rapidians tend to favor calling this highway "The Ford Freeway" (or just "The Ford") over "I-196." Traffic reporters refer to the junction of "the Ford and US-131 downtown." Also see an article (2000) from Michigan History magazine by Tom Shawver titled "The Ford Freeway Funnies." |
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This
is one of a handful of "direction-changing" routes in Michigan. At the US-31 junction south of Holland, I-196 changes from a north-south highway to an east-west one. The directional markers mounted with the route markers confirm this, although no specific signage is in place announcing the change as there is along M-5 in Novi and formerly featured along I-69 at Lansing. |
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History: |
1957
(Dec 30) -
A 9-mile segment of US-16 freeway, which is under consideration for inclusion in the new Interstate Highway System, is assumed into the state trunkline system on this day in Ottawa Co. The new freeway consists of two segments on new alignment as well as a portion of existing trunkline converted to freeway standards. From existing US-16/State Rd on the west side of Coopersville (west of 68th Ave) easterly, bypassing Coopersville to the south, back to existing US-16/Ironwood Dr at 40th Ave is assumed into the state trunkline system. From 40th Ave easterly to 24th Ave, existing US-16/Ironwood Dr is "twinned" and all intersecting roads are closed or grade-separated, converting the highway to a full freeway. From 24th Ave easterly to 8th Ave, the freeway again departs the existing highway onto new alignment bypassing Marne to the north and merges back into existing US-16 at 8th Ave. The two portions of existing US-16 not assumed into the new freeway (through Coopersville and through Marne) are turned back to local control. |
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1958-59 - With Interstate numbering schemes finalized, the Muskegon-Grand Rapids freeway being built as a relocation of US-16 is also designated as part of I-196. |
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1960 - Sources indicate the first I-196 route markers appear along the US-16 freeway from west of Coopersville to east of Marne. |
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1961 - New segments of freeway open between Muskegon and Grand Rapids,
completing the I-196 freeway in its entirety:
- (Sept 18)
- The five-mile long segment of the I-196/US-16 freeway in northern Ottawa Co from Nunica to Coopersville is partially completed and partially opened to traffic. Beginning at 112th Ave (present-day Exit 10) at Nunica, the eastbound lanes of the new I-196/US-16 freeway are opened for five miles to just west of Coopersville. Two-way traffic is maintained on the eastbound lanes while the westbound lanes are completed.
- (Nov 15–25)
- The I-196/US-16 freeway from US-31 in Norton Shores southeasterly
to the western end of the "Nunica–Coopersville" freeway segment
(opened in Sept) is completed and opened to traffic on Nov 15. A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the $10 million segment are held at the Muskegon/Ottawa Co line between Fruitport and Nunica. Ten days later on Nov 25, this new segment of freeway is officially added to the state trunkline system. The former route of US-16 from US-31 to Coopersville
is turned back to local control.
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– A seven-mile long segment of I-96/US-16 and I-196/US-16 freeway is completed and opened to traffic on the northeast side of Greater Grand Rapids. Beginning at BUS
US-131/Plainfield Ave (present-day Exit 33), I-196/US-16 continues easterly then southerly for four miles to the future location of the I-96/M-21 freeway interchange as it connects into downtown Grand Rapids. From that location—just west of the US-131/East Beltline Ave interchange (present-day Exit 38)—southeasterly to the end of the existing freeway at Cascade Rd, the new freeway is signed as I-96/US-16. (At this time, I-96 is
planned to head westerly through downtown Grand Rapids, then
southwesterly to Holland and south to Benton Harbor. I-196,
on the other hand, is the spur route from Grand
Rapids northwesterly to Muskegon.) The route of BUS US-16 through downtown Grand Rapids is left
intact from
the new I-96/US-16 freeway
(at present-day Exit 40A-B) westerly and northwesterly through Grand Rapids to Walker. This segment of freeway cost $7.5 million to construct and initially opens to "local traffic only" until the westerly extension of the freeway across the Grand River is completed and opened to traffic in one month.
- (Dec 22)
– Approximately 11 miles of new I-196/US-16 freeway (future I-96) is completed from the eastern
end of the existing freeway segment at Marne, across the north
side of Walker, across the Grand River and into Grand Rapids to the western end of
the existing freeway segment at BUS US-131/Plainfield Ave. This fills the final gap in the overall Muskegon–Lansing freeway. The former route of US-16 from present-day Exit 24 near Marne southerly to Grandville and
easterly through Wyoming to the new I-96/US-16 freeway (at present-day Exit 43) is redesignated as M-11.
The 11-mile freeway cost $9.4 million to construct and opens one year ahead of schedule, in part because of the State Highway Dept's coordination with the contractor constructing the massive US-131 freeway interchange just west of the Grand River. The Dept requested the contractor complete the east-west portion of the interchange to allow Lansing-to-Muskegon through traffic to use the completed freeway early. Also on this same day, the remainder of the Detroit–Muskegon freeway (I-96 and I-196) around the city of Grand Rapids, 14.97 miles total, is officially assumed into the state trunkline highway system
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1961 (Sept 30) - The I-96/US-31 freeway (to be redesignated I-196/US-31 within two years) from I-94 northeast of Benton Harbor northerly to the Van
Buren/Allegan Co line at South Haven is determined as part of the state trunkline
highway system. The only portion completed and opened to traffic at this
time, however, is the first 7-mile segment from I-94 to US-31/US-33/Hagar
Shore Rd near the Berrien/Van Buren Co line. |
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1963 (Apr 30) – The State Highway Dept begins installing milemarkers along the "Muskegon–Detroit Freeway" between Muskegon and the Eaton/Ingham Co line at Lansing. Milemarkers will start at Mile 0 where I-196 begins at US-31 southeast of Muskegon and increase toward Detroit. It is interesting to note the State Highway Dept is choosing to mark the "Muskegon–Detroit Freeway" as one route even though it bears two different route designations: I-196 from Muskegon to Grand Rapids and I-96 from there to Detroit. The department has been actively campaigning to have the entire freeway from Muskegon to Detroit—which replaced the former US-16 designation—given one route number, although it has been rebuffed to date in that effort. |
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1963 (Oct 21) – The American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO)—whose current president is Michigan's own State Highway Commissioner, John C Mackie—approves the redesignation of all of I-196 (Muskegon to Grand Rapids) as a westerly continuation of I-96, while existing I-96 from Benton Harbor northerly to Holland, then northeasterly to Grand Rapids, is requested by Mackie to be redesignated as I-67. AASHO members, however, wishing to reserve the I-67 designation for future Interstate system expansion, instead authorize the State Highway Dept to use either the I-196 or I-194 designations on the Benton Harbor–Grand Rapids freeway. (Interestingly, the "Battle Creek Penetrator" freeway has been designated and signed as I-194 since 1961!) Mackie has been campaigning to flip-flop the I-96 and I-196 route designations since they were originally assigned in the late-1950s, wanting what is constantly referred to as the "Detroit–Muskegon Freeway" to bear a single route number, much like the former route the freeway replaced: US-16. State Highway Dept planners choose to designate the Benton Harbor–Grand Rapids freeway as I-196 and signs along the initial 22½ miles of I-96/US-31 freeway are swapped out and now display I-196 and US-31 route markers instead (the remainder of the route from South Haven past Holland to Grand Rapids is not yet complete). The I-196 freeway from Muskegon to the east side of Grand Rapids is similarly re-signed as I-96. Muskegon's BS I-196 leading from the western terminus of the freeway at US-31 to the Mart Dock downtown is accordingly redesignated as BS I-96. Interestingly, with this change, the entire length of I-96 outside of Metropolitan Detroit is now complete and open to traffic. I-196, which had been complete as a route for two years, now becomes only partially complete again and wouldn't be completely open to traffic for more than a decade. The actual swapping out of the route markers will be completed by early 1964. |
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1963 (Dec 16, Noon) - The 5½-mile segment of the Benton Harbor–Holland freeway from existing US-31/Blue Star Hwy (present-day Exit 41) northeast of Saugatuck to existing US-31/Blue Star Hwy–Washington Ave on the south edge of Holland is completed and opened to traffic. Having received approval from AASHO less than two months prior, this segment opens as I-196/US-31 instead of as I-96/US-31, as the route was originally intended to be designated. On this same date, the completed portions of I-196/US-31 freeway in Allegan Co—from the Van Buren Co line at South Haven northerly to existing US-31 (present-day Exit 36) south of Douglas and from existing US-31 (present-day Exit 41) northeast of Saugatuck to existing US-31 at the southern end of the existing US-31 bypass of Holland. The former route of US-31 from Hagar Shores in Berrien Co to south of Douglas and from northeast of Saugatuck to the south side of Holland is turned back to local control. |
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1964 - Two additional segments of I-196 are determined as state trunkline
highways and likely open to traffic at the same time:
- (July 31)
- The I-196/US-31 Douglas/Saugatuck "bypass" is
determined as a state trunkline highway route and simultaneously opened to traffic from existing US-31 at Exit 36 to existing US-31 at Exit
41. The twin spans over the Kalamazoo River are the final pieces remaining before the segment could be opened. The former route of US-31 is cancelled as a trunkline route and turned back to local control.
- (Dec 14-21) - The 12.5-mile I-196/M-21 freeway through Grand Rapids is opened
to traffic on Dec 14 and is officially assumed into the trunkline
system one week later on Dec 21, from existing M-21/Chicago Dr at Exit
69 in Grandville through downtown Grand Rapids to its terminus at I-96,
where M-21 now continues the short distance via I-96 easterly to its
existing routing along E Fulton St. This segment of freeway cost $40 million to construct.
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1972 (Dec 29) - A portion of the "in-town" business routing
for the I-196/M-21 freeway through Grand Rapids, designated BUS M-21, is
turned back to local control, specifically the portion from US-131 easterly
via Franklin St, northerly via Eastern Ave and easterly again via E Fulton
St. At this point, BUS M-21 becomes a spur routing from I-196/M-21 at Exit
69 through Grandville and Wyoming to US-131 in Grand Rapids. |
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1973 (Mar 12) – The final segment of I-196 freeway is assumed into the
state trunkline system from the
existing I-196/US-31 freeway south of Holland at Exit 44 northeasterly past
Zeeland and Hudsonville to the western end of the existing freeway at M-21/Chicago
Dr (Exit 69). Sources also seem to indicate the BS
I-196 designation debuts at
this time in Wyoming and Grand Rapids. The remainder of the former BUS M-21
through the City of Grandville via Chicago Dr becomes an unsigned state trunkline
for the time being. |
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1974 (June–July) - All interchanges along the entire (completed) length of I-196 from I-94 near Benton Harbor to Holland and from M-21/Chicago Dr (present-day M-121) at Jenison to I-96 east of Grand Rapids are posted with exit numbers corresponding to the nearest milemarker. The freeway is milemarked from south to north from Benton Harbor to Holland, continuing from west to east from Jenison through Grand Rapids. The first exit on I-196/US-31 north of I-94 at Red Arrow Hwy is at Mile 1 and, therefore, will be numbered as Exit 1. The last exit on I-196 at Fuller Ave in Grand Rapids is near Mile 79 and is now numbered as Exit 79. Those interchanges on the yet-to-be-completed segment of I-196 from Holland to Jenison will be numbered upon completion of the freeway later in the year. |
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1974 (Sept 26) – The Michigan State Legislature approves naming I-196 between Benton Harbor and Grand Rapids after President Gerald R. Ford, the first President to ever come from the State of Michigan and East Grand Rapids native. Sen Robert VanderLaan of Kentwood is the primary sponsor of the legislation while Sen Milton Zaagman of Grand Rapids, Sen Charles Zollar of Benton Harbor and Sen Gary Byker of Hudsonville are all co-sponsors. The resolution to name the freeway is "in recognition of Gerald Ford's outstanding record of public service of our notable statesman." |
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1974 (Dec 8) – The final 24½-mile segment of the I-196/Gerald R Ford Frwy is completed and opened to traffic between the northern end of I-196 southwest of Holland and the western end of the freeway at M-21/Chicago Dr in Grandville, completing an 11-year effort to construct the Benton Harbor-Grand Rapids freeway. The freeway is dedicated in an 11:00 am ceremony at the 44th St interchange in Grandville attended by President Ford's brothers Thomas, Richard and James who brought personal greetings and thanks from the President. The freeway opens to traffic immediately following the ceremony. For the second time, I-196 is completed in its entirety—the
first time being completed in 1961 when it occupied the Muskegon-Grand Rapids
routing now occupied by I-96. The former connection between completed segments of I-196 freeway, M-21 along Chicago Dr, has its route markers removed between Grandville and Main Ave at Zeeland, becoming an unsigned state trunkline, known internally within the Dept of Transportation & State Highways as OLD M-21, while the portion of M-21/Chicago Dr from Main Ave around the south side of Zeeland, is redesignated as part of the new BL
I-196 routing at Holland/Zeeland. |
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1974 (Dec 11) - The short connection from former M-21/Chicago Dr easterly to
the new I-196/Gerald R Ford Frwy at Exit 55 east of Zeeland via Byron Rd is transferred
to state control. This short new connector is then paired with former M-21 around the south side of Zeeland to US-31 at the Chicago Dr interchange on
the eastern edge of Holland and designated as an I-196
Business Connection.
Official maps seem to indicate only the portion of the former M-21 from US-31 to I-196 at Exit 55 receives this designation, meaning it would be signed
as BS I-196. However, by 1976 official maps show the route continuing through
downtown Holland and back to I-196 at Exit 44, meaning the route may have
been designated as BL I-196 (as a loop route) from day one, however. |
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1982 - Two segments of former M-21 via Chicago Dr in Grandville are
turned back to local control:
- (Aug 31) - Chicago Dr from the eastbound I-196
off-ramp at Exit 69 easterly to Wilson Ave downtown is turned back
to local control.
- (Oct 20) - Chicago Dr through the I-196 interchange (Exit 69) from
the Ottawa/Kent Co line easterly to the eastbound I-196 off-ramp is turned
back to local control.
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1985 (Dec 1) - The remainder of former BUS M-21/Chicago Dr in the City
of Grandville is turned back to local control, from Wilson Ave downtown easterly
to the Grandville/Wyoming city limit. |
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2016 (July 25) – The West Michigan Pike Historic Byway is officially unveiled at a ceremony in Muskegon's Heritage Park. Running from the Indiana state line south of New Buffalo up Michigan's west coast to Ludington, the Byway runs along two segments of I-196:
- From M-63 at Exit 7 near Hagar Shores in northern Berrien Co to southern jct of BL
I-196 at South
Haven at Exit 18.
- From northern jct of BL
I-196 in South Haven at Exit 20 to the US-31 split at Exit 44 south of Holland.
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Freeway: |
Entire route of I-196 is freeway. |
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NHS: |
Entire route. |
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Circle Tour: |
Lake Michigan Circle Tour: Two
segments:
- From M-63 at Exit 7 near Hagar Shores in northern Berrien Co to southern jct of BL
I-196 at South
Haven at Exit 18.
- From northern jct of BL
I-196 in South Haven at Exit 20 to the US-31 split at Exit 44 south of Holland.
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Pure Michigan Byway: |
West Michigan Pike Historic Byway : Two
segments:
- From M-63 at Exit 7 near Hagar Shores in northern Berrien Co to southern jct of BL
I-196 at South
Haven at Exit 18.
- From northern jct of BL
I-196 in South Haven at Exit 20 to the US-31 split at Exit 44 south of Holland.
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Memorial Highways: |
The following Memorial Highway designations have been officially assigned to parts of I-196 by the Michigan Legislature:
- Gerald R. Ford Freeway – "Highway I-196 in Kent, Ottawa, and Allegan counties..." [but not Van Buren and Berrien?] "Gerald R. Ford Jr. (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) served as the 38th president of the U.S. from 1974 to 1977 and was the only president never to have been elected to the office of president or vice president. He previously served as the leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, and as the 40th vice president of the United States from 1973 to 1974. When President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, Ford succeeded to the presidency, but was defeated for election to a full term in 1976."
- Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Price Memorial Highway – "The portion of highway I-196 in the city of Holland..." "Sgt. Daniel Price was assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, Camp Pendleton, Calif. He had received a Bronze Star with combat V, Purple Heart, three Combat Action Ribbons and three Good Conduct Medals during his ten years in the Marines, which also included six tours in Iraq and Afghanistan."
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Business Connections: |
BL I-196 - SOUTH HAVEN. From Exit 18 to Exit 20. |
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BL I-196 - HOLLAND-ZEELAND. From Exit 44 to Exit 55. |
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BS I-196 - WYOMING. From 72 to the Wyoming/Grand Rapids municipal boundary. |
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Photographs: |
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Weblinks: |
I-196 @ Michigan Highway Ends - photos of the termini of I-196 at Dan Garnell's excellent Michigan Highway Ends website. |
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I-196
Michigan - listing at Kurumi's
3 Digit Interstates website. |
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Interstate
196 Michigan - listing at Interstate-Guide.com,
part of the AARoads.com empire. |
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The
Ford Freeway Funnies - article in the July/August 2000 issue
of Michigan
History magazine. |
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Western Terminus: |
I-94 at Exit 119 northwest of Albion |
Eastern Terminus: |
BL I-94/Eaton St in Albion north of downtown (cnr of Austin St & Eaton
St) |
Length: |
4.030 miles |
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Map: |
Route Map of M-199 |
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Notes: |
One of several jurisdictional transfers in Calhoun Co part of the "Rationalization"
effort in 1998. |
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While only six blocks separate M-199 from M-99, the two routes do not meet.
It is clear, however, M-199's designation is derived from its proximity to
M-99. |
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History: |
1933
(July 12) - On the same day the former route of US-41 from the south side
of Stephenson to one mile north of Daggett in central Menominee Co is turned
back to local control, bypassed to the east by a new alignment of US-41,
two short state trunkline spurs from the new route of US-41 into the "downtowns" of
both Daggett and Stephenson are determined. Daggett's 0.4-mile spur is designated
M-199, while nearby Stephenson's 0.3-mile spur is given the M-200 designation. |
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1939 (Aug 13) - After just over six years in existence, the Daggett (M-199)
and Stephenson (M-200) spurs are cancelled and turned back to local control. |
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1998 (Oct 31) - As one of several state trunkline
transfers in the Rationalization program, Michigan Ave from BL
I-94/Eaton St westerly to 25-1/2 Mile Rd, then
northerly via 25-1/5 Mile & 26 Mile Rds to I-94 at
Exit 119 is transferred to state control and designated M-199. |
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2001 (Jan 24) - M-199 route markers are erected along the route of the
new highway. |
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2004 (Apr) - M-199 is finally signed along I-94 when a freeway sign replacement
project replaces the signage at Exit 119. |
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Freeway/Expwy: |
No portion of M-199 is freeway or expressway. |
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Photographs: |
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Weblinks: |
M-199 @ Michigan Highway Ends - photos of the termini of M-199 at Dan Garnell's excellent Michigan Highway Ends website. |
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M-199
on Austin Avenue - a page on Historical
Albion Michigan from the Morning
Star, February 25, 2001, includes a history of the route from the
1830s to today. |
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M-183 | M-185 | M-186 | M-188 | M-189 | I-194 | I-196 | M-199 | Jump to Bottom |
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