Interstate 94
Interstate 94 is a long interstate highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States. It stretches from Billings, Montana at Interstate 90 to the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan, at the Ontario, Canada border.
Length
| Miles | km | state
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| 249 | 403 | Montana
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| 352 | 570 | North Dakota
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| 260 | 421 | Minnesota
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| 351 | 569 | Wisconsin
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| 81 | 131 | Illinois
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| 45 | 73 | Indiana
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| 275 | 446 | Michigan
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| 1,613 | 2,613 | Total
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Major cities along the route
- Bismarck, North Dakota
- Fargo, North Dakota
- Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Madison, Wisconsin
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (East-West Freeway, North-South Freeway)
- Chicago, Illinois (Tri-State Tollway, Edens Expressway, Dan Ryan Expressway, Bishop Ford Freeway, Kingery Expressway)
- Gary, Indiana (Borman Expressway, Tri-State Highway)
- Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Detroit, Michigan (Willow Run Freeway, Detroit Industrial Freeway, Edsel Ford Freeway)
Intersections with other Interstates
- Interstate 90 in Billings, Montana
- Interstate 29 in Fargo, North Dakota
- Interstate 35 in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
- Interstate 90 in Tomah, Wisconsin. They stay joined until Madison, Wisconsin.
- Interstate 39 at Portage, Wisconsin. They stay joined for 30 miles.
- Interstate 43 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Interstate 90 in Chicago, Illinois. They stay merged for a few miles.
- Interstate 55 in Chicago, Illinois
- Interstate 57 in Chicago, Illinois
- Interstate 80 in South Holland, Illinois. They stay joined until Portage, Indiana.
- Interstate 65 in Gary, Indiana
- Interstate 90 in Portage, Indiana
- Interstate 69 in Marshall, Michigan
- Interstate 96 in Detroit, Michigan
- Interstate 75 in Detroit, Michigan
- Interstate 69 in Port Huron, Michigan
Spur routes
Notes
- Interstate 94 is the only east-west interstate to form a direct connection into Canada (no such interstate ends at the Mexican border). At Port Huron, I-94 crosses the Blue Water Bridge into Sarnia, Ontario and becomes ON Provincial Route 402, which can be used by motorists going to Toronto.
- Through much of Michigan, Interstate 94 follows the route of Old U.S. Highway 12.
- Through North Dakota, Interstate 94 follows the route once taken by U.S. Highway 10 west from Fargo.
- Interstate 494 was originally planned to serve as a loop in Chicago and follow Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan. After local opposition prevented I-494 from being completed, the number was completely dropped. Portions of the old I-494 exist as US 41/Lake Shore Drive.
- The I-494/I-694 loop in the Twin Cities has a speed limit of 60 mph in most places. All highways within the loop are 55 mph, and Minnesota highways outside the loop can go up to 65 mph; 70 mph if they are Interstate highways.
- 40 miles north of the Twin Cities near Otsego, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) operates the Mn/ROAD research facility, which studies the effect of traffic on various road surface types. Westbound traffic is redirected onto 3.5 miles of pavement outfitted with thousands of sensors. There is a straight-through bypass (the original highway) that can be used when researchers are examining the road up close.
See also
External links/Reference
- at Michigan Highways
- at Michigan Highways
- 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005" - newest feature- interstate mileage by state
