INTERSTATE 96 BUSINESS (FARMINGTON, MICHIGAN)

'Old BL I-96' was a former Business Loop of I-96, and is now a mile segment of unsigned state trunkline along Grand River Avenue through the city of Farmington, a northwestern suburb of Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan. The eastern terminus is at the M-5/Grand River Avenue junction southeast of Farmington and its western terminus is at the junction of M-5 and Grand River Avenue west of the city.

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History

This highway was the original route of US 16 though downtown Farmington. In 1933, US 16 was routed onto a bypass route which had been constructed south of the city (the present-day Freedom Road) and the route through Farmington was retained as state trunkline. In 1957, a new bypass freeway was built just to the south of the old bypass as part of the "Brighton-Farmington Expressway" and the route through downtown was designated as "BUS US 16".
The original plans for I-96 called for it to replace US 16 and to run parallel to Grand River Avenue all the way from Farmington into downtown Detroit. Around 1959-1960, the Farmington bypass freeway was resigned as I-96 and in 1961, the business route was redesignated as "BL I-96". In 1977, as the Jeffries Freeway was completed, I-96 was rerouted along it south through Livonia and then east into Detroit, the portion of freeway bypassing Farmington was redesignated as M-102 (now part of M-5). Simultaneously, the Business Loop I-96 designation through downtown Farmington was removed and Grand River Avenue became an unsigned state trunkline, a status it has retained to this day.

External links

★ Old I-96 at Michigan Highways

★ Historic US-16 at Michigan Highways

★ I-96 at Michigan Highways

References

1. Michigan Highways: Unsigned State Trunklines List Bessert, Christopher J.