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Interstate 96 is an intrastate Interstate highway entirely within the state of Michigan. Its western terminus is U.S. Highway 31, on the western boundary of Norton Shores southeast of Muskegon. Its eastern terminus is Interstate 75 near the Ambassador Bridge in Detroit. From Detroit to Grand Rapids, it parallels Grand River Avenue, never straying more than a few miles from the decommisioned U.S. Highway 16.
In Detroit, I-96 is known as the Jeffries Freeway from its eastern terminus to the junction with Interstate 275 and M-14.
Length
| Miles | km | state
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| 192 | 311 | Michigan
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| 192 | 311 | Total
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Major cities on route
Junctions with other interstates
Possibly the best known junction on I96 is not with an interstate, but with Michigan State Highway 39, the Southfield Freeway, called "Malfunction Junction" by locals.
Spur routes
Notes
- I-96 is an intrastate Interstate.
- While I-696 is part of the original Interstate highway system as outlined in 1956-58 with the first portion opening in 1962, the section portion was not completed until 1979 with the last link in the middle completed in 1989.
External links/Reference
- Interstate 96 (http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys90-99.html#I-096) at Michigan Highways
- Interstate 196 (http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys180-199.html#I-196) at Michigan Highways
- Interstate 296 (http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys250-696.html#I-296) at Michigan Highways
- Interstate 496 (http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys250-696.html#I-496) at Michigan Highways
- Interstate 696 (http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys250-696.html#I-696) at Michigan Highways
- 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005" - newest feature- interstate mileage by state
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