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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 U.S. Route 491 (pictured) was created in part due to large amounts of sign thefts from its former route number?
- ...that prior to its reconstruction, the Sioux Narrows Bridge, located along Ontario Highway 71, featured the longest single span of a wooden bridge in North America, at 64 meters (210 ft)?
- ...that plans were shelved for the Southside Connector over concerns that it would pollute aquifers that were later found to be polluted inadvertently by the military?
- ...that Wisconsin Highway 131 crosses nine bridges in 7.3 miles (11.7 km) between the communities of Rockton and Ontario?
- ...that the western terminus of Delaware Route 2 was cut back from the Maryland border to the eastern part of Newark in 2013 in order to reduce sign clutter in Newark?
In the news
- October 10: A section of US 17 / US 92 in Orange City is washed out by the flooding aftermath from Hurricane Milton.
- October 3: Caltrans announces that October 7, they will begin shifting traffic along US 395 to a new bypass of Olancha.
- September 27: Flooding from Hurricane Helene causes extensive damage to several highways in the region including a section of Interstate 40 near the North Carolina–Tennessee state line.
- September 24: The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission announces that an ongoing project to retrofit open road tolling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike will include improvements, and a possible rebuild to the interchange with Interstate 70 in Breezewood.
- September 16:Two new sections of Quebec Autoroute 85 near Saint-Honoré-de-Témiscouata open to traffic.
- September 13: NCDOT announces they will sign a freeway bypass around Goldsboro, North Carolina as Interstate 42.
- September 5: KDOT closes the eastbound Lewis and Clark Viaduct, which carries Interstate 70 across the Kansas River for urgent repairs, after bridge inspectors noticed failing gusset plates in the structure.
Ongoing: I-405 expansion (WA), I-695 closure from the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
Historic byways
- Nov. 1, 1973 – The final section of Interstate 75 in Michigan is completed between Alger and Roscommon and is dedicated by Governor William G. Milliken.
- Nov. 2, 1972 – The final section of Interstate 94 in Michigan is completed at the Indiana state line and is later opened to traffic after Indiana completes its part of the section.
- Nov. 3, 2022 – The Rhode Island Department of Transportation finishes renumbering Interstate exits from sequential exit numbers to mileage based exit numbers.
- Nov. 4, 1991 – In Oklahoma, U.S. Route 412 is rerouted onto the recently completed Cherokee Turnpike, with the old route becoming US-412 Scenic.
- Nov. 5, 2004 – A groundbreaking ceremony is held in Hughesville, Maryland, for the construction of a limited access bypass of Maryland Route 5.
- Nov. 6, 1927 – The first section of the Southern State Parkway opens near the Nassau County line with Queens, on Long Island in New York State.
- Nov. 7, 1940 – The original Tacoma Narrows Bridge (pictured) in Washington State, carrying Primary State Highway 14 over Puget Sound, collapses following a structural failure during high winds.
- Nov. 7, 1957 – The final section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Northeast Extension opens between PA 315 near Pittston and US 6/US 11 in Clarks Summit
- Nov. 8, 1915 – Construction begins on the Toronto–Hamilton Highway in Ontario, which is a predecessor to Ontario Highway 2 and Ontario Highway 401.
- Nov. 9, 1921 – President Warren G. Harding signs the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1921 into law, which will provide federal funding to improve state-maintained highways across the United States.
- Nov. 10, 2009 – A large rockslide in Tennessee occurs on the Ocoee Scenic Byway near Ocoee Dam No. 2, closing the highway for several months.
Selected pictures
The Interstate 10 and Interstate 45 interchange in Houston, Texas
The Hawks' Nest on New York State Route 97 adjacent to the Delaware River
The Alaskan Way Viaduct in Seattle
Pasadena Freeway in Elysian Park, with the Figueroa Street Tunnels on the left
A panoramic view of The Hite Crossing Bridge, which carries State Route 95 across the Colorado River in Utah
The Gulf of Mexico shoreline looking south along State Highway 87 towards Gilchrist, Texas, where beachfront houses once dotted the landscape. Hurricane Ike left little trace of their existence.
Dusk in North Miami Beach, Florida, along State Road 826
The George Washington Memorial Parkway near Rosslyn, Virginia, along the banks of the Potomac River, as seen from the Key Bridge
State Route 98 east of Kaibito, Arizona
The Colonial Parkway in Virginia during the springtime
State Route 190 in Death Valley in California
State Route 447 leaving Winnemucca Lake northbound toward Empire, Nevada
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