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In the U.S. state of Michigan, Interstate 69 passes through the large cities of Lansing and Flint. At Lansing, it changes direction from north-south to east-west. In Flint, I-69 is also known as the Chevrolet-Buick Freeway, as a tribute to the Flint automotive industry. A 30-mile (48 km) stretch of I-69 between Flint and Perry is designated as the Pearl Harbor Memorial Highway. Until 2002, US 27 was cosigned with I-69 from the state line north to the Lansing area.
[edit] Route description
I-69 starts in Michigan at the state line just south of Kinderhook. This is just north of an interchange with the Indiana Toll Road. I-69 runs north passing through Coldwater and Marshall. Near Olive, I-69 begins to turn in a northeasterly direction passing through the Lansing metropolitan area. Here I-69 is cosigned on with I-96, the only such palindromic pairing in the entire Interstate Highway System. I-69 is signed east-west from Lansing through Flint to Port Huron. At the eastern terminus, I-69 joins I-94 to cross the Blue Water Bridges at the Canadian border over the St. Clair River.
I-69 is currently the only mainline Interstate highway in Michigan that's outside of the Metro Detroit area.
[edit] History
Temporary Interstate 69 between Charlotte and Morrice was a divided highway originally designated as part of M-78. I-69 also replaced part of M-21 east of Flint. The 12-mile (19 km) stretch of I-69 between Charlotte and I-96 was opened in October 1992. It completed Michigan's original state-wide Interstate Highway System, although plans for a northern stretch of I-275 outside Detroit were abandoned because of local opposition.[1]
[edit] Exit list
| County |
Location |
# |
Destinations |
Notes |
| Branch |
Kinderhook Township |
3 |
Copeland Road - Kinderhook |
Ovid Township,
Coldwater Township |
10 |
 I-69 BL north (Fenn Road) – Coldwater |
| Coldwater |
13 |
 I-69 BL south / US-12 – Quincy, Coldwater |
Coldwater Township,
Girard Township |
16 |
Jonesville Road |
| Calhoun |
Tekonsha Township |
23 |
Tekonsha, Girard |
| 25 |
 M-60 – Three Rivers, Jackson |
| Fredonia Township |
32 |
F Drive South (M-227) |
| Marshall |
36 |
 I-94 BL (Michigan Avenue) – Marshall |
| Marshall Township |
38 |
 I-94 – Detroit, Chicago |
| Convis Township |
42 |
N Drive North |
| Eaton |
Walton Township |
48 |
 M-78 – Bellevue, Olivet |
| 51 |
Ainger Road - Olivet |
Carmel Township,
Eaton Township |
57 |
I-69 BL north (Cochran Road) – Charlotte |
| Charlotte |
60 |
 M-50 – Charlotte, Eaton Rapids |
| 61 |
I-69 BL south (Lansing Road) – Charlotte |
| Potterville |
66 |
 M-100 – Potterville, Grand Ledge |
| Windsor Township |
70 |
Lansing Road |
| Delta Charter Township |
72 |
 I-96 east – Detroit |
South end of I-96 overlap |
| 75 |
 I-496 – Downtown Lansing |
| 76 |
 I-69 BL east / M-43 (Saginaw Highway) – Grand Ledge |
Signed as exits 93B (east) and 93A (west) |
| Clinton |
Watertown Township |
81 |
I-96 west – Grand Rapids |
North end of I-96 overlap; I-69 changes from north-south to east-west |
| 84 |
Airport Road |
| DeWitt Township |
| 85 |
DeWitt |
| 87 |
Old US-27 |
| 89 |
 US-127 – East Lansing, Lansing, Jackson, Clare |
Signed as exits 89A (south) and 89B (north) |
| Bath Township |
92 |
Webster Road - Bath |
| 94 |
I-69 BL west – East Lansing |
| Shiawassee |
Woodhull Township |
98 |
Woodbury Road - Laingsburg |
| Perry Township |
105 |
 M-52 – Owosso, Perry |
| Shiawassee Township |
113 |
Bancroft |
| Vernon Township |
118 |
 M-71 – Durand, Corunna |
| Venice Township |
123 |
 M-13 – Lennon, Saginaw |
| Genesee |
Clayton Township |
| Swartz Creek |
128 |
Morrish Road |
| 129 |
Miller Road |
| Flint |
131 |
Bristol Road |
Former M-121 |
| Flint Township |
133 |
  I-75 / US-23 – Saginaw, Ann Arbor, Detroit |
| Flint |
135 |
Hammerberg Road |
| 136 |
Saginaw Street - Downtown |
| 137 |
 I-475 – Saginaw, Detroit |
| 138 |
 M-54 (Dort Highway) |
| 139 |
Center Road |
| Burton |
| 141 |
Belsay Road |
| Davison Township |
143 |
Irish Road |
| 145 |
 M-15 – Clarkston, Davison |
| Lapeer |
Elba Township |
149 |
Elba Road |
| Lapeer |
153 |
Lake Nepessing Road |
| Lapeer Township |
155 |
 M-24 – Lapeer, Pontiac |
| 159 |
Wilder Road |
| Attica Township |
163 |
Lake Pleasant Road |
| Imlay City |
168 |
 M-53 – Imlay City, Almont |
| St. Clair |
Mussey Township |
176 |
Capac Road - Capac |
| Riley Township |
180 |
Riley Center Road |
| 184 |
 M-19 – Sandusky, Richmond |
| Wales Township |
189 |
Wales Center Road |
| Kimball Township |
194 |
 M-21 (Taylor Road) |
| 196 |
Wadhams Road - Wadhams |
| Port Huron Township |
198 |
I-94 west – Detroit |
West end of I-94 overlap |
| 199 |
I-69 BL east – Downtown Port Huron |
Eastbound exit and westbound exit |
| 274 |
Water Street, Lapeer Avenue - Port Huron |
| Port Huron |
|
 I-69 BL west / I-94 BL west / M-25 (Pine Grove Avenue) – Lexington, Downtown Port Huron |
| Blue Water Bridge over the St. Clair River to Highway 402 |
[edit] References
[edit] External Links
I-69 towards Angola, IN
Hwy 402 at Canadian border towards Sarnia, ON
