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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.
In late 1940, a southerly bypass of downtown Battle Creek opened. US 12 was rerouted out of downtown to follow Columbia Avenue. The former route was redesignated Business US Highway 12 (Bus. US 12). [39] [40] In 1958 or 1959, a section of the route of Bus. US 12 was split onto a one-way pairing of streets through downtown Battle Creek.
It is a tributary of the Kalamazoo River, joining it at Battle Creek, Michigan; the Kalamazoo River empties into Lake Michigan. The river's drainage basin is approximately 196,750 acres (796.2 km 2 ) and covers northern Calhoun County , southern Eaton County , and southeastern Barry County in southwest Michigan.
Battle Creek is a city in northwestern Calhoun County, Michigan, United States, at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 52,731. [8]
Michigan has had several special routes related to both routings of US 12 in the state. Before 1962, US 12 followed what is now the I-94 corridor, and there was an alternate route in the Kalamazoo area (1931–1954) as well as business routes in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Marshall, Albion, and Jackson. After the 1962 realignment of US 12, these ...
It is part of the Battle Creek, Michigan Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the township population was 9,198. [3] Most of the township lies north of the Kalamazoo River and the city of Battle Creek. Three small noncontiguous areas of the township lie south of the Kalamazoo River.
MDOT is the agency responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operations of the State Trunkline Highway System, which includes the Interstate Highways in Michigan.. These highways are built to Interstate Highway standards, [6] meaning they are all freeways with minimum requirements for full control of access, design speeds of 50 to 70 miles per hour (80 to 113 km/h) depending on type of ...
Goguac Lake is a 352-acre (1.42 km 2) lake in the city of Battle Creek, located in Calhoun County in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Michigan.With a maximum depth of 66 feet (20 m), the lake is home to many fish species, including Crappie, Bluegill, Pike, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Rock Bass and Walleye.