Interstate 194 (Michigan)

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Interstate 194 marker

Interstate 194

Sojourner Truth Downtown Parkway
The Penetrator
Map
I-194 highlighted in red
Route information
Auxiliary route of I-94
Maintained by MDOT
Length3.374 mi[1] (5.430 km)
Existed1961[2][3]–present
NHSEntire route
Major junctions
South end I-94 / M-66 in Battle Creek
Major intersections
  • M-96 in Battle Creek
  • BL I-94
    in Battle Creek
North end M-66 / Hamblin Avenue in Battle Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesCalhoun
Highway system
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M-194

Interstate 194 (I-194) is a 3.4-mile-long (5.5 km), north–south auxiliary Interstate Highway between downtown Battle Creek and I-94 in the southern portion of the city. The highway has been designated the Sojourner Truth Downtown Parkway by the state after the abolitionist Sojourner Truth, who was active in the Battle Creek area. Locals refer to the freeway by its semi-official nickname, "The Penetrator". I-194 is the only three-digit spur or loop route off I-94 in the state of Michigan and runs concurrently throughout its length with M-66, which continues both north and south from the termini of I-194. The freeway was initially opened in 1961 and completed in its current form in 1966. The highway was named in 1976 for Truth in honor of her local connections to the area.

Route description

Part of the much longer highway, I-194 starts when M-66 widens out to a full freeway just south of I-94 near Beckley Road. The start of I-194 is marked by the full cloverleaf interchange. It is numbered as exit 98 along I-94 and exit 1 using I-194's mileage along the I-194/M-66 freeway. The roadway crosses Minges Creek north of the I-94 interchange. To the west of the freeway are residential subdivisions; the eastern side is marked by gently-rolling, wooded terrain.[4] This section of I-194 carries 26,300 vehicles on average day according to surveys done by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in 2007.[5] Of these vehicles, 1,200 trucks were included in the totals.[6]

Photograph
Signage for I-194/M-66, the Sojourner Truth Downtown Parkway

After crossing Golden Avenue, I-194 curves to the northwest to meet the

Michigan Avenue.[4] All of I-194 is listed on the National Highway System, a system of strategically important highways,[7] and it is concurrent with M-66 for the length of the freeway.[8]

History

Planning map for Interstate freeways in Battle Creek

From its initial opening in 1961

auxiliary Interstate Highways "Penetrator" when planning the freeway network in the state;[12] a name which stuck to I-194.[13]

Born Isabella Baumfree in 1797,

Midwest and New England speaking against slavery and for women's rights. She lived in the area until her death in 1883. Her connection to the state of Michigan was honored by the state American Revolution Bicentennial Commission in 1976 which urged the Michigan Legislature to name a highway in her honor. Public Act 93 of 1976 named all of M-66 in Calhoun County as the Sojourner Truth Memorial Highway. The highway was dedicated to her on May 21, 1976.[14]

The Cereal City Development Corporation (CCDC) asked the Legislature to amend the memorial designation in 1993. They felt the highway was better known to locals as The Penetrator, and they wished to restore emphasis to Truth, they asked for the "Sojourner Truth Downtown Parkway" name to be applied to "M-66 between Interstate 94 and Hamblin".[14] The Legislature passed Public Act 208 of 1993 to affect the change, restoring "the link between Sojourner Truth and the City of Battle Creek, which was once the center of abolitionist sentiment in the state".[14]

Exit list

The entire highway is in Battle Creek, Calhoun County.

mi[1]kmExit[8]DestinationsNotes
0.0000.0001
Chicago

 M-66 south – Sturgis
Southern end of M-66 concurrency; signed as exits 1A (east) and 1B (west); I-94 exit 98B
2.0483.2962 M-96 (East Columbia Avenue)
3.1615.0873
BL I-94
(Dickman Road)
3.3745.430Hamblin Avenue

 M-66 north – Ionia		Northern end of M-66 concurrency; at-grade intersection
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  •  
    Michigan Highways portal

References

  1. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^
    OCLC 12701120, 81552576
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  3. ^
    OCLC 12701120, 51857665
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
  4. ^ a b c Google (November 14, 2008). "Overview Map of I-194" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 14, 2008.
  5. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2007). Battle Creek AADT Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
  6. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2007). Commercial Battle Creek AADT Map (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
  7. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (April 23, 2006). National Highway System, Michigan (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
  8. ^
    OCLC 42778335
    .
  9. OCLC 12701120, 81213707
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  10. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  11. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  12. OCLC 22646576
    .
  13. OCLC 33956507
    . Retrieved July 12, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^
    OCLC 57425393
    .

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