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Interstate 275 (I-275) in the US state of Michigan is a western bypass around the Detroit metropolitan area, completed on January 14, 1977. The freeway is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation as part of the larger state trunkline highway system. It runs through the western suburbs near Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, terminating in an interchange with I-75 near Newport, northeast of Monroe. Early planning maps for the Interstate Highway System in the 1950s included a highway roughly parallel to the modern I-275. As plans developed through the 1960s and into the early 1970s, the freeway was to run from I-75 near Newport north to Novi and connect back to I-75 near Davisburg, but the state canceled the northern section after local opposition. Additional plans to extend the highway through Oakland County were kept on the drawing boards through the 1980s, but failed to materialize. Highway M-5, the Haggerty Connector, opened along part of the former I-275/M-275 right-of-way between 1994 and 2000. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ...that upon the opening of Legacy Parkway (pictured) over 2,000 acres (8.1 km2) of protected areas were created as well?
- ...that the Thousand Islands Parkway was the final two-lane section of Highway 401?
- ...that U.S. Route 20 in Massachusetts used to be part of the Boston Post Road, one of the earliest roads established in the United States?
- ...that M-78, a state highway in Michigan, was extended several times and converted into a freeway, but now follows its original 1919 routing?
- ...that the Delaware Turnpike and Northeast Expressway connecting Wilmington, Delaware to Baltimore, Maryland were dedicated by President John F. Kennedy one week before his assassination and were named the John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway in his honor?
In the news
- December 30: A rockslide forces the closure of Colorado State Highway 96 west of Pueblo.
- December 22: The middle span of the bridge carrying BR-226 and BR-230 over the Tocantins River collapses and a tanker truck carrying sulfuric acid falls into the river.
- December 18: A new Main Street interchange is dedicated along I-15 in St. George.
- November 11: Interstate 57 is designated along a stretch of U.S. Route 67 in Arkansas.
- November 1: The Daniel Carter Beard Bridge, which carries Interstate 471 over the Ohio River and the Ohio–Kentucky line, remains partially open while repairs are made from a fire.
- October 30: Flooding in and around Valencia, Spain kills dozens and destroys several roads including the A-7.
- October 30: Interstate 26 in Tennessee has partially reopened from the damage from Hurricane Helene, with one narrow lane in each direction. Significant truck width and weight restrictions in effect on the temporary portion.
Ongoing: Interstate 40 closure at the NC–TN state line from Hurricane Helene • I-695 closure from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Historic byways
- Jan. 6, 2024 – The Utah Department of Transportation holds the grand opening of the West Davis Corridor (State Route 177).
- Jan. 7, 1937 – The State Highway Commission of Kansas realigns some existing routes and establishes several new state highways.
- Jan. 8, 2013 – The final span of the Clive Avenue Bridge in East Chicago, Indiana, is felled by explosives.
- Jan. 9, 1971 – One of the first segments of Corridor B opens in Tennessee.
- Jan. 10, 1912 – The West Michigan Lake Shore Highway Association forms to promote a section of the road that would become U.S. Highway 31 in Michigan.
- Jan. 10, 2019 – The U.S. Route 301 toll road in Delaware opens to traffic
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Interstate 80 is a major urban freeway though the East Bay, north of the Bay Bridge, in the San Francisco Bay Area (seen here in Berkeley, California).
Northbound, Interstate 15 makes a steep descent from Mountain Pass into the Ivanpah Valley. In the middle distance, the casinos of Primm straddle the freeway right at the Nevada border, while those of Jean are further off, to the left; Las Vegas is immediately on the far side of the hills on the horizon.
The Dalton Highway and the Alaska Pipeline run generally parallel to each other; this segment is between the Arctic Circle and Coldfoot.
Signposts for Nevada's State Route 206 and State Route 207, in front of Jobs Peak of the Carson Range
Hairpin curve on U.S. Route 44 and New York State Route 55 near Gardiner, New York
A view of Interstate 90 in Washington as it passes through Snoqualmie Pass
Looking west over Interstate 235 in Des Moines, Iowa, from the Edna M. Griffin Memorial Bridge
State Route 309 between Kenton and Marion, Ohio
State Highway 103 at Echo Lake in Colorado
M-28 and M-64 near Lake Gogebic
Tree canopy on the Merritt Parkway in Connecticut
State Route 123 in Tennessee heading east toward North Carolina
County Highway 98 in Jackson County, Alabama
The western portal of the McClure Tunnel, which connects State Route 1 to the western terminus of Interstate 10 in Santa Monica, California.
Nebraska Link 53C northbound approaching U.S. Route 30 in Bushnell, Nebraska
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