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The 1955 planning map for the Grand Rapids area Interstate Highways included a freeway roughly along the M-6 corridor before I-96 and I-196 were shifted north and east to their current locations. [18] An increase in the state gas tax was approved in 1972 with the goal to finance local road projects in the state, including the South Beltline.
Road Map of Kent County, Michigan (Map). 1 in:1.5 mi. Grand Rapids, MI: Kent County Road Commission. OCLC ...
M-44 Connector, or Conn. M-44, is a 4.185-mile (6.735 km) connector route state trunkline highway running along Plainfield Avenue in the Grand Rapids area. [1] It connects I-96/M-37 near Lamberton Lake with M-44 running along East Beltline Avenue near the Grand River. In between, the highway passes through a commercial area.
The last state map to show the I-296 designation was published in 1979, as the 1980 map lacks any reference to the designation. [16] [17] Other maps, like the one published by the Kent County Road Commission, occasionally show I-296, [18] and FHWA includes the designation in their Route Log and Finder List for the Interstate Highway System. [7]
Like other state highways in Michigan, I-196 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). In 2011, the department's traffic surveys showed that on average, 77,500 vehicles used the highway daily between Lane Avenue and US 131 in Grand Rapids and 12,778 vehicles did so each day north of the split with US 31 near Holland.
Starting with the enactment of a new state constitution in 1850, the state was prohibited from being "a part to, or interested in, any work of internal improvement"; this provision ended the state government's involvement in Michigan's roads. [40] Grand River Avenue, once a part of M-16 and later US 16, was originally an Indian trail converted ...
M-45 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that is also called Lake Michigan Drive. The highway runs from Agnew near Lake Michigan to the west side of Grand Rapids in the western Lower Peninsula. Lake Michigan Drive continues in each direction from M-45's termini, extending west of US Highway 31 (US 31) and east of Interstate ...
The first M-11 originally ran along Lake Michigan between the Indiana state line near New Buffalo and Mackinaw City on July 1, 1919. [10] On November 11, 1926, the New Buffalo–Benton Harbor segment was used for US 12 and the Watervliet–Mackinaw City section was used for US 31; between Benton Harbor and Watervliet, M-11 was used for a concurrent US 12/US 31. [11]