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Benton Harbor is a city in Berrien County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is 46 miles southwest of Kalamazoo and 71 miles southwest of Grand Rapids . According to the 2020 census , its population was 9,103. [ 4 ]
Twin Cities Area Transportation Authority (TCATA) is an urban/rural transit provider that provides fixed-route and dial-a-ride bus transit service throughout the Benton Harbor, Michigan-Saint Joseph, Michigan area. It was established in 1974. [2] [3] It is funded through federal grants and state and local funds.
M-63 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from M-139 at Scottdale through the cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph to Interstate 196/US Highway 31 (I-196/US 31) at exit 7 just outside Hagar Shores.
M-139 is a state trunkline highway entirely within Berrien County in the US state of Michigan.The highway starts at US Highway 12 (US 12) southwest of Niles and runs through rural areas of the county to terminate at an intersection with Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) in Benton Harbor.
I-196 begins just northeast of Benton Harbor–St. Joseph; US 31; M-63; M-139; The St. Joseph railway station is serviced daily by Amtrak's Pere Marquette passenger train. Twin Cities Area Transportation Authority (TCATA) provides public transit throughout the St. Joseph-Benton Harbor area. It was originally a dial-a-ride system.
In 1919, the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) [b] signposted the highway system for the first time, [21] and the future US 12 corridor was assigned two numbers. From the state line north through Benton Harbor to Watervliet, it carried the original M-11 designation, and, from Watervliet eastward, it was the original M-17.
During World War II, the state highway department bypassed downtown South Haven, shifting US 31 out of downtown. [12] [13] US 31 was given the Blue Star Highway designation on October 10, 1948. [14] US 31 between the Benton Harbor and Holland areas was slated to become an Interstate Highway when that system debuted in the late 1950s. [15]
Business Loop Interstate 94 (BL I-94) is a 10.7-mile (17.2 km) state trunkline highway and business loop that runs from I-94 through the downtowns of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph. The highway begins at exit 23 on I-94 in Lincoln Township where it runs along Lakeshore Drive, passing through the community of Shoreham .