Editing Interstate 96 (section)

{{short description|Interstate Highway in Michigan, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}
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{{Infobox road
|state=MI
|type=I
|route=96
|map={{maplink-road|from=Interstate 96.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=I-96 highlighted in red
|map_alt=I-96 runs west-northwest to east-southeast across the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
|established=1959<ref name=newsigns/>
|history= Completed November 21, 1977<ref name=kulsea/>
|length_mi=192.032
|length_ref=<ref name=PRFA/>
|direction_a=West
|terminus_a={{Jct|state=MI|US|31}} in [[Norton Shores, Michigan|Norton Shores]]
|junction=<!-- Major junctions only; Only 5-8 most major intersections and cities belong here; please read [[WP:USRD/STDS]] for more info -->
*{{Jct|state=MI|US|131}} in [[Walker, Michigan|Walker]]
*{{Jct|country=USA|I|196}} in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]]
*{{Jct|state=MI|I|69}} near [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]]
*{{Jct|state=MI|I|496|US|127}} in Lansing
*{{Jct|state=MI|US|23}} in [[Brighton, Michigan|Brighton]]
*{{Jct|state=MI|I|275|I|696|M|5}} in [[Farmington Hills, Michigan|Farmington Hills]]
*{{Jct|state=MI|I|275|M|14}} near [[Livonia, Michigan|Livonia]]
*{{Jct|state=MI|US|24}} in [[Redford Charter Township, Michigan|Redford]]
*{{Jct|state=MI|I|94}} in [[Detroit]]
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{Jct|state=MI|I|75}} in Detroit
|counties=[[Muskegon County, Michigan|Muskegon]], [[Ottawa County, Michigan|Ottawa]], [[Kent County, Michigan|Kent]], [[Ionia County, Michigan|Ionia]], [[Clinton County, Michigan|Clinton]], [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton]], [[Ingham County, Michigan|Ingham]], [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston]], [[Oakland County, Michigan|Oakland]], [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne]]
|previous_type=M
|previous_route=95
|next_type=BL
|next_route=96

}}
'''Interstate&nbsp;96''' ('''I-96''') is an east–west [[Interstate Highway System|Interstate Highway]] that runs for approximately {{convert|192|mi|km}} entirely within the [[Lower Peninsula of Michigan|Lower Peninsula]] of the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is at an interchange with [[U.S. Route 31 in Michigan|US Highway&nbsp;31]] (US&nbsp;31) and [[U.S. Route 31 Business (Muskegon, Michigan)|Business US&nbsp;31]] (Bus. US&nbsp;31) on the eastern boundary of [[Norton Shores, Michigan|Norton Shores]] southeast of [[Muskegon, Michigan|Muskegon]], and the eastern terminus is at [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|I-75]] near the [[Ambassador Bridge]] in [[Detroit]]. From [[Grand Rapids, Michigan|Grand Rapids]] through [[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]] to Detroit, the freeway parallels Grand River Avenue, never straying more than a few miles from the decommissioned [[U.S. Route 16 in Michigan|US&nbsp;16]]. The [[Wayne County, Michigan|Wayne County]] section of I-96 is named the '''Jeffries Freeway''' from its eastern terminus to the junction with [[Interstate 275 (Michigan)|I-275]] and [[M-14 (Michigan highway)|M-14]]. Though maps still refer to the freeway as the Jeffries, the portion within the city of Detroit was renamed by the state legislature as the '''Rosa Parks Memorial Highway''' in December 2005 in honor of the late [[Rosa Parks|civil rights pioneer]]. There are four [[List of auxiliary Interstate Highways|auxiliary Interstates]] as well as two current and four former [[business route]]s associated with I-96.

Grand River Avenue originated as an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] trail before Michigan statehood. It later was used as a wagon road across the state. The roadway was included in the [[Michigan State Trunkline Highway System|State Trunkline Highway System]] in 1919 as M-16 and later the [[United States Numbered Highway System]] as US&nbsp;16. Construction of a freeway along the length of the corridor was proposed in the 1940s, and included as part of the Interstate Highway System in the mid-1950s. This construction was started in 1956 and initially completed across the state to Detroit in 1962. The proposed route for the Jeffries Freeway in Detroit was moved in the 1960s; it was built in the 1970s. I-96 was completed on November 21, 1977, in the Detroit area, closing the last gap along the route. Since then, additional interchanges and lanes have been added in places to accommodate traffic needs.