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Planning map for the Detroit area freeways from 1955. The Michigan Highway Commission canceled the northern section of I-275 on January 26, 1977, after it spent $1.6 million (equivalent to $6.67 million in 2023 [54]) the year before purchasing land for the roadway. [97]
Michigan State Police Headquarters in East Lansing: M-39 in East Lansing 1937 [128] 1939 [129] M-144: 15.078: 24.266 Roscommon: Luzerne: 1940 [130] 1973 [131] M-145 — — Vandercook Lake: Jackson — — Designation used on paper for a proposed western bypass of Jackson; only one portion was designated on paper along Springport Road M-146: 5.13
The first of these revised assignments were shown on the 1971 state highway map; A-2 retained its number but B-1 was renumbered to H-40 in the Upper Peninsula. [6] Earl Rogers, the engineer-director of the County Road Association of Michigan stated at the time that the county road commissions would gradually phase in signage over the coming years.
US Highway number assignments on November 11, 1926, in Michigan. The US Highway System was approved on November 11, 1926. [1] At the time, 14 mainline highways were designated in Michigan. [2] Just two years later on November 12, 1928, US 102 was renumbered as part of an extended US 141, and the former designation was decommissioned. [11]
With more townships and municipalities considering allowing ORVs and golf carts on roads, Branch County commissioners will review a countywide law.
The Interstates in Michigan have their origins in World War II-era expressways built in the Detroit area. After the system was created in 1956, the state highway department completed its first border-to-border Interstate in 1960. The last highway was completed in 1992, giving Michigan a total of 13 Interstate freeways.
The first planning map in 1947 for what later became the Interstate Highway System showed a highway in the corridor. [44] The General Location of National System of Interstate Highways Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas Designated in September 1955, showed generalized plans for the locations of Interstate Highways as designated in 1955.
They alleged that the maps treated Black voters in Michigan's largest city unfairly, arguing that the commission drew the lines primarily based on race in violation of the 14th Amendment of the U ...