Interstate 496
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| Interstate 496 Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System |
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| Length: | 11.78 mi[1] (18.96 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1970 | ||||||||
| West end: |   I-96/I-69 in Lansing, MI |
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| South end: | I-96 in Lansing, MI |
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Interstate 496 (abbreviated I-496) is an Interstate highway that passes through downtown Lansing, Michigan and is a "child" of Interstate 96. I-496 is also known as the R.E. Olds Freeway. I-496 has both of its termini on I-96, the western one feeding only to and from Interstate 96 and Interstate 69 (which run concurrently) and the southern one feeding to and from US-127, a freeway that coincides with the north-south segment of I-496. Note that US-127 continues as freeway through Lansing to the north and to Jackson, Michigan in the south.
Named after one of the pioneers of the automobile industry, it is heavily traveled by commuters who work in nearby automobile factories, as well as Michigan state government, and should be avoided at shift changes due to congestion. I-96 is generally a better long-distance route (by Michigan standards). I-496's maximum speed limits range from 70 mph (110 km/h) in the western and southern suburbs to 55 mph (90 km/h) through the downtown area between exits 4 and 9.
The western terminus looks as if it could accommodate a westward extension, having been built with unusually long and widely-separated ramps. These ramps were built to accommodate a once-proposed alignment of I-69 that was never built, Interstate 69 having been built along a route more to the south and east than that alignment. Any discussion of any highway leading westward from the western terminus of I-496 is pure speculation as of 2006.
Ironically, while the highway bears R.E. Olds' name, the construction of the highway forced the demolition of the house that he built in 1903. Attempts to move the Olds Mansion, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, failed, and the house was demolished in order to continue the construction of the Interstate. [2]
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[edit] Route description
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- Western Terminus On/Off-Ramps (2x2 lanes)
- On/Off-Ramp through Exit 1 (3x3 Lanes)
- Exit 1 through Exit 7 (2x2 Lanes)
- Exit 7 through Exit 9 (3x3 Lanes)
- Exit 9 through Exit 11 (2x2 Lanes)
- Exit 11 through Southern Terminus (3x3)
- Southern Terminus On/Off-Ramps (1 Lane)
[edit] Exit list
| County | Location | Exit Number | Destinations | Notes |
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| Eaton | Delta Township | 1 | Creyts Rd | |
| Eaton/Ingham | Delta Township/Lansing, MI | 3 | Waverly Rd | |
| Ingham | Lansing, MI | 4 | Lansing Rd | |
| 5 | Martin Luther King Jr Blvd/M-99 | |||
| 6 | Walnut St | |||
| 7 | Cedar St/Bus I-96 & Pennsylvania Ave via River St | |||
| 8 | North US-127 | This and the next one have separate ramps but are listed as both being exit 8 | ||
| East Lansing, MI | 8 | Trowbridge Ave | This starts the Southern Leg of the Interstate and its overlapping on US 127 | |
| Lansing, MI | 11 | Dunckel Rd | ||
| 106B | I-96 | This exit number is off from US 127 |
[edit] See also
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Auxiliary routes of Interstate 96 | |
| Current and Future (F) | Former | |
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[edit] References
- ^ Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation.
- ^ Michigan Time Traveler. Lansing Newspapers in Education, Michigan Historical Center.
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