Interstate 69 in Michigan
Route information | ||
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Maintained by MDOT | ||
Length | 202.317 mi[3] (325.598 km) | |
Existed | October 11, 1967[1]–present | |
History | Completed October 17, 1992[2] | |
Tourist routes |
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NHS | Entire route | |
Major junctions | ||
South end | Kinderhook | |
East end | 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 | ||
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Interstate 69 (I-69) is a part of the
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
Northward to Lansing
I-69 in Michigan begins at the Indiana state line southeast of
Curving around
In southern Eaton County, the freeway parallels the
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]
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]
Near
History
Predecessor highways
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
On November 11, 1926, the
Interstate Highway era
The first planning maps from 1947 for what later became the
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]
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
A discontinuous section of M-78 freeway east of Flint was completed in 1969.
In 1980, a Flint-area politician wanted to dedicate a highway after the
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.[2] 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]
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,
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
County | Location | mi[3] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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Branch | Kinderhook Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-69 south – Fort Wayne | Indiana state line | |
2.617 | 4.212 | 3 | Copeland Road – Kinderhook | |||
BL I-69 north (Fenn Road) – Coldwater | Southern terminus of BL I-69; signed as Fenn Road only southbound | |||||
Northern terminus of BL I-69; signed as US 12 only northbound | ||||||
Coldwater–Girard township line | 16.024 | 25.788 | 16 | Jonesville Road | ||
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 | |||||
24.627 | 39.633 | 25 | M-60 – Three Rivers, Jackson | |||
Fredonia Township | 31.532 | 50.746 | 32 | M-227 north (F Drive South) | Southern terminus of M-227 | |
west (Michigan Avenue) | Southern end of BL I-94 concurrency; eastern terminus of M-96 | |||||
BL I-94 east | Northern end of BL I-94 concurrency; exit 108 on I-94 | |||||
Convis Township | 41.896 | 67.425 | 42 | N Drive North | ||
Eaton | Walton Township | 48.229 | 77.617 | 48 | M-78 west – Bellevue, Olivet | Eastern terminus of M-78 |
50.406 | 81.121 | 51 | Ainger Road – Olivet | |||
BL I-69 north (Cochran Road) – Charlotte | Southern terminus of BL I-69; signed as Cochran Road only southbound | |||||
Charlotte | 59.549 | 95.835 | 60 | M-50 – Charlotte, Eaton Rapids | ||
61.108 | 98.344 | 61 | BL I-69 south (Lansing Road) – Charlotte | Northern terminus of BL I-69; signed as Lansing Road only northbound | ||
Potterville | 66.388 | 106.841 | 66 | M-100 north – Potterville, Grand Ledge | Southern terminus of M-100 | |
Windsor Township | 70.270 | 113.089 | 70 | Lansing Road | ||
Detroit | Southern end of I-96 concurrency; concurrency uses I-96 exit numbers; signed as exit 97 southbound | |||||
74.877 | 120.503 | 95 | I-496 east – Downtown Lansing | Western terminus of I-496 | ||
76.341 | 122.859 | 93 | 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 | ||
Watertown Township | 78.653– 80.292 | 126.580– 129.217 | 91 | 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 | 83.081 | 133.706 | 84 | Airport Road | ||
84.820 | 136.505 | 85 | DeWitt | Exit located at DeWitt Road | ||
86.315 | 138.911 | 87 | Old US 27 | |||
88.227– 88.256 | 141.988– 142.034 | 89 | US 127 – East Lansing, Lansing, Jackson, Clare | Signed as exits 89A (south) and 89B (north); exit 82 on US 127 | ||
Bath Township | 91.603 | 147.421 | 92 | Webster Road – Bath | ||
93.929 | 151.164 | 94 | Eastern terminus of BL I-69; East Lansing signed westbound only, Haslett and Okemos signed eastbound only | |||
Shiawassee | Woodhull Township | 97.319 | 156.620 | 98 | Woodbury Road – Laingsburg | |
Perry Township | 104.613 | 168.358 | 105 | M-52 – Owosso, Perry | ||
Shiawassee Township | 112.256 | 180.659 | 113 | Grand River Road – Bancroft | ||
Vernon Township | 117.408 | 188.950 | 118 | M-71 west – Durand, Corunna | Eastern terminus of M-71 | |
Shiawassee–Genesee county line | Venice–Clayton township line | 122.213 | 196.683 | 123 | M-13 north – Lennon, Saginaw | Southern terminus of M-13 |
Genesee | Swartz Creek | 127.186 | 204.686 | 128 | Morrish Road | |
128.343 | 206.548 | 129 | Miller Road | |||
Flint | 130.649 | 210.259 | 131 | Bristol Road – Bishop International Airport | Former M-121 | |
Detroit | Exit 117 on I-75/US 23 | |||||
Flint | 134.156 | 215.903 | 135 | Hammerberg Road | ||
135.556 | 218.156 | 136 | Saginaw Street – Downtown | Eastbound exit, entrance via 9th Street; westbound exit, entrance via 8th Street | ||
135.789– 135.812 | 218.531– 218.568 | 137 | Detroit | Exit 6 on I-475 | ||
137.085 | 220.617 | 138 | M-54 (Dort Highway) | |||
Burton | 138.087 | 222.229 | 139 | Center Road | ||
140.157 | 225.561 | 141 | Belsay Road | |||
Davison Township | 142.216 | 228.874 | 143 | Irish Road | ||
144.258 | 232.161 | 145 | M-15 – Clarkston, Davison | |||
Lapeer | Elba Township | 148.232 | 238.556 | 149 | Elba Road | |
Lapeer Township | 152.386 | 245.241 | 153 | Lake Nepessing Road | ||
Lapeer | 154.456 | 248.573 | 155 | M-24 – Lapeer, Pontiac | ||
Lapeer Township | 158.730 | 255.451 | 159 | Wilder Road | ||
Attica Township | 162.736 | 261.898 | 163 | Lake Pleasant Road | ||
Imlay City | 167.815 | 270.072 | 168 | M-53 – Imlay City, Almont | ||
St. Clair | Mussey Township | 175.231 | 282.007 | 176 | Capac Road – Capac | |
Riley Township | 179.647 | 289.114 | 180 | Riley Center Road | ||
183.695 | 295.628 | 184 | M-19 – Sandusky, Richmond | |||
Wales Township | 188.125 | 302.758 | 189 | Wales Center Road | ||
Kimball Township | 193.383 | 311.220 | 194 | Taylor Road | ||
195.676 | 314.910 | 196 | Wadhams Road – Wadhams | |||
Detroit | Western end of I-94 concurrency; exit 271 on I-94 | |||||
198.448 | 319.371 | 199 | 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 | ||
200.745 | 323.068 | 274 | Water 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 | ||
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 | |||||
201.689 | 324.587 | Toll Plaza (eastbound) U.S. Customs (westbound) | ||||
St. Clair River | 201.223– 202.317 | 323.837– 325.598 | Blue Water Bridge (tolled) | |||
Sarnia, London | Continuation into Ontario | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Business loops
In Michigan, I-69 currently has four
See also
- Michigan Highways portal
Notes
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- ^ AASHO was renamed the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on November 13, 1973.[20]
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External links
- Geographic data related to I-69 in Michigan at OpenStreetMap
- I-69 at Michigan Highways
- I-69 Recreational Heritage Route (Southwestern Michigan Planning Commission)