M-96 (Michigan highway)

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This article is about the state trunkline highway in Michigan. For the Interstate Highway, see Interstate 96.

BS I-94 at Kalamazoo
Major intersections
East end
BL I-94 at Marshall
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesKalamazoo, Calhoun
Highway system
←
BL I-96
→ M-97

M-96 is a

Emmett Township
.

The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in 1926 were given the M-96 number. Additional segments of trunkline were added to M-96, one of which was an Alternate US 12 in the years afterwards. Later, US 12 was moved after the completion of I-94 in southern Michigan. Additional US 12 segments were added to M-96 at that time. The last major changes to M-96 rerouted the highway through the Battle Creek area in late 1998.

Route description

M-96 starts at an intersection between King Highway and

Business Spur I-94 (BS I-94) east of downtown Kalamazoo. From this point, it follows King Highway over and then along the Kalamazoo River through a suburban residential area. The highway then follows Michigan Avenue east through Comstock and north of Morrow Lake. At Galesburg, M-96 turns northeast along Augusta Drive to Augusta, running through rural farmland. It turns eastward again, skirting the Fort Custer State Recreation Area and the Fort Custer National Cemetery. In Augusta, M-96 turns to follow Dickman Road to Battle Creek, passing north and east of the W. K. Kellogg Airport on Dickman and Helmer roads.[4][5]

On the north side of the airport, M-96

BL I-94.[4][5]

M-96 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) like other state highways in Michigan. As a part of these maintenance responsibilities, the department tracks the volume of traffic that uses the roadways under its jurisdiction. These volumes are expressed using a metric called annual average daily traffic, which is a statistical calculation of the average daily number of vehicles on a segment of roadway. MDOT's surveys in 2010 showed that the highest traffic levels along M-96 were the 22,953 vehicles daily between Capitol Avenue and I-194 in Battle Creek; the lowest counts were the 5,167 vehicles per day at the western terminus in Kalamazoo.[6] The only section of M-96 that has been listed on the National Highway System (NHS), is in the Battle Creek area between the western BL I-94/M-37 junction and the I-94 interchange.[7] The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.[8]

History

M-96 was formed as a state trunkline in late 1926 from parts of M-17. The section of M-17 between Galesberg and Battle Creek was not utilized for US 12 and became M-96.[2][3] In 1936, the Alternate US 12 trunkline was designated through the Battle Creek area along a section of highway that had previously been part of US 12.[9][10] This highway was added to M-96 three years later in 1939.[11][12]

A rerouting of trunklines in 1941 lead to the creation of a

BL I-94 in 1960 and M-96 was shortened to end at BL I-94/M-78 running on Capital Avenue.[19] M-37 was reextended in 1961 in Battle Creek to a concurrent routing with M-96 in 1961.[20]

M-89 was extended along the roadway used by M-96 west of Battle Creek to M-37 in 1965, truncating M-96 in the process.[21][22] M-96 was reextended back to Battle Creek along Dickman Road and Fort Custer Highway from Augusta east in 1971.[23][24] Several changes in Battle Creek were made to the area trunklines in 1998. M-96 was extended along BL I-94 (Dickman Road) to M-37 (Helmer Road) and along M-37 to Columbia Avenue. At Columbia, M-96 then turned west and M-37 turned east. M-96 rejoined BL I-94 along Michigan Avenue to I-94 and on to Marshall.[25][26]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
BS I-94 – Kalamazoo
Western terminus of BS I-94
BL I-94 west (Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Highway) / M-37
south (Skyline Drive)		Western end of BL I-94/M-37 concurrency
18.25129.372
 M-37 north (Helmer Road)		Eastern end of M-37 concurrency
18.35429.538
BL I-94
east (Dickman Road)		Eastern end of BL I-94 concurrency
Emmett Township
22.77636.654 I-194 / M-66Exit 2 on I-194/M-66
23.34637.572
 M-294 south (Main Street, Beadle Lake Road)
25.12940.441
BL I-94
west (East Michigan Avenue)		Western end of BL I-94 concurrency
28.26445.486
BL I-94 east (11 Mile Road) to I-94

 M-311
south (11 Mile Road)		Eastern end of BL I-94 concurrency
BL I-94 – Marshall
Roadway continues as BL I-94 at exit 36 on I-69
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. ^
    Michigan State Highway Department
    (November 1, 1926). Official Highway Condition Map (Map). [c. 1:823,680]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department.
  3. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1926). Official Highway Condition Map (Map). [c. 1:823,680]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department.
  4. ^
    OCLC 42778335, 786008212
    .
  5. ^ a b Google (September 1, 2011). "Overview Map of M-96" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
  6. ^ Bureau of Transportation Planning (2008). "Traffic Monitoring Information System". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
  7. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2005). National Highway System: Battle Creek Urbanized Area (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  8. ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  9. OCLC 12701143
    .
  10. OCLC 12701143, 317396365
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  11. OCLC 12701143
    .
  12. OCLC 12701143
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  13. OCLC 12701143
    .
  14. OCLC 12701143. Archived from the original
    on April 22, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017 – via Archives of Michigan.
  15. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  16. OCLC 12701120
    .
  17. OCLC 12701120, 367386492
    .
  18. OCLC 12701120, 51856742
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)
  19. OCLC 12701120, 81552576
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  20. OCLC 12701120, 51857665
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
  21. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  22. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  23. OCLC 12701120, 77960415
    .
  24. OCLC 12701120
    .
  25. OCLC 42778335
    .
  26. OCLC 42778335, 55974644
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

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