When was i75 built in michigan

Concurrently with US Formerly designated, in part, as US Formerly designated as US Opening ceremonies are held at the Levering—Cheboygan interchange present-day Exit with State Highway Commissioner John C Mackie the featured speaker and a celebration of local veterans included.

Most of the existing route of US-2 through downtown Saint Ignace is redesignated as BL I , while the portion of former US-2 along Mackinac Tr from BL I northerly to the former connection to the freeway segment remains an unsigned state trunkline highway for four more days.

Coupled with the freeway opening the previous day in Cheboygan Co plus the existing five-mile long Straits ot Mackinac Bridge and the portion of freeway between Castle Rock and M , this newly-opened section creates a mile long, continuous segment of I running from US north of Indian River present-day Exit northerly across the Mackinac Bridge to M at present-day Exit I and US continue northerly from there to the freeway terminus at Kawkawlin.

While the Regardless, this portion of highway becomes the second section of I in Michigan to be opened with I signs in place and posted at the time of its opening. The old southbound US lanes are still evident in the present-day as an extended grassy area on the west side of I's southbound lanes. A northerly extension of this short segment of freeway and a southerly connection with the new US expressway past Houghton Lake would open to traffic in less than two months.

Instead of the usual ribbon-cutting ceremony, Gov. Swainson participated in a log- cutting ceremony to open the new highway, reminiscient of the Saginaw area's role in the lumbering era a century earlier. This segment of freeway is also officially determined as a state trunkline route eight days later on Nov The 8. The TO I then turns northerly concurrently with the brand-new US expressway to the southern end of the completed I segment at present-day Exit between Higgins Lake and Grayling.

Hopefully, further research will clear up this point. This segment will not become officially determined as a state trunkline highway route, however, until halfway through November. The former 8. From the Dixie Hwy interchange northwest of Clarkston present-day Exit 93 northwesterly to US , the US designation is relocated onto the new I freeway, with the Additionally, on this date, the entire Route markers are removed from the former route of US-2 along Mackinac Tr, which will be jurisdictionally transferred to the county in In addition, with the completion of I around the east side of Pontiac, a new BL I routing is created to run through downtown Pontiac and replacing the BUS M designation, beginning at the Square Lake Rd interchange present-day Exit 75 and ending at the M interchange present-day Exit While a short portion of freeway is scheduled for completion within two weeks time, the entire freeway being determined today will not be fully completed and opened to traffic for six more years.

I traffic following the TO I route begins using the new frontage roads while the new freeway is being constructed in between. Construction is underway to connect this new segment with the Walter P Chrysler Frwy north of downtown via a new high-level bridge spanning the Rouge River. On Nov 1 , a mile segment of freeway is completed and opened to traffic as US from 3 miles south of Kawkawlin northerly to end at existing US three miles south of Standish.

The former route of M from US in Standish to M is retained as an unsigned state trunkline route for more than four months. Located essentially parallel to the current I, the Dixie Highway was the main route between Detroit and Toledo until the early s, when Telegraph Road was built a short distance to its west.

Both roads are still in use, but have mainly carried local traffic since the opening of I in It was hoped that the new expressway would relieve some of the heavy truck traffic clogging Telegraph Road.

Although I does not follow exactly the route of either of the earlier roads, the importance of traffic flow through the corridor is evident. Survey work for the new expressway was completed by June , and bridge work on the approximately mile route began during the biennium.

An Exhibits section includes 7 pages of fold-out maps that show the proposed road alignment, the Davison interchange, and traffic count data. The tape is silent with the exception of a brief segment in the police station. The b-roll then begins, picking up where tape A man and a bo. Black and white photograph showing an aerial view of the Detroit River shoreline above the Ambassador Bridge with a view to the north. Through the center of the image runs I and I The Michigan Central Station is visible in the center right of the photograph.

I can be seen in the foreground with cars driving west. Dated June, Mounted black and white photographic print of an aerial shot of the construction of I Taken facing south above Delray.

The bents are all in place to support the elevated sections of the road, including the bridge over the Rouge River visible in the photo's top left. A collapsed home is visible in the bottom left corner. Delray Junction, homes, and factories fill the landscape. Black and white aerial photograph of Michigan Central Station, and surrounding neighborhoods, from roughly 14th Street to 22nd Street from west to east, and Porter Street at the south.

Bagley Street and Vernor Highway run through the center. The town folks also installed automatic signal lights and ultimately sidetracked motorists around the town, or onto the Norris Freeway.

James Jim Leach of LaFollette says that in the '50's and '60's, the Tennesseeans and Kentuckians followed this route north and overtook Ohio, Indiana and Michigan without firing a shot. It was considered the first interstate highway that linked the far South with the industrious North.

Fisher was an entrepreneur and land speculator, he being a former resident of Indiana. The highway system was nothing new to him, as he had been associated with the early building of the Lincoln Highway, which was constructed from San Francisco to New York.

His goal was to connect Miami with a route to Indiana. Fisher's labors resulted in the formation, in , of The Dixie Highway As-association, which was conceived as a private proposal to promote good roads. From to , the Association met in Chattanooga, Tennessee. These gatherings decided routing, road conditions, and to publish a monthly magazine, namely, The Dixie Highway. Much lobbying by the local communities to get the highway run through their town along the proposed route was the order of business.