Editing Interstate 96 (section)

===Construction of the Jeffries Freeway===
The Detroit Expressway and Transit System plan, prepared in 1945 for the city of Detroit, included a Grand River Expressway, which was to parallel Grand River Avenue into downtown and relieve [[traffic congestion|congestion]] on that artery. A rail line would be built in the [[median (road)|median]] of the freeway west of West Chicago Street, where [[streetcar]]s would exit onto the existing surface tracks on Grand River Avenue into downtown. The plan called for a future conversion to [[rapid transit]] with a grade-separated route to downtown.<ref>{{cite book |last = Andrews |first = W. Earle. |title = Detroit Expressway and Transit System |year = 1945 |location = New York |publisher = Detroit Transportation Board |oclc = 7195393 }}</ref> The [[Department of Street Railways]] determined in 1947 that the operation would cost $6&nbsp;million per year (equivalent to ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US-GDP|6000000|1947|r=-5}}}}/yr in {{inflation-year|US-GDP}}{{inflation-fn|US-GDP|name-list-style=amp}}), and the planned transit line was dropped from the plans. By 1961, the proposed highway was renamed the Jeffries Freeway, after [[Edward Jeffries]], who served as [[List of mayors of Detroit|Detroit mayor]] from 1940 to 1948.<ref>{{cite news |work = [[The Detroit News]] |title = Detroit Will Stay Accessible During I-75 Shutdown |date = January 18, 1999 |issn = 1055-2715 |oclc = 137348716 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last = Malo |first = Alger F. |date = January 1961 |title = The Relation of Mass Transportation to Total Transportation in Detroit |magazine = [[Traffic Quarterly]] |location = New York |publisher = [[Eno Foundation|Eno Foundation for Highway Traffic Control]] |volume = 15 |issue = 1 |pages = 226–41 |issn = 0041-0713 |oclc = 1695558 }}</ref>

[[File:I-96 Express and Local lanes.jpg|thumb|Approaching where the Jeffries Freeway (I-96) splits into Express and Local lanes in Detroit|alt=Photograph showing]]
Originally, the route of I-96 from the east end of the existing freeway in Farmington through Detroit, named the Jeffries Freeway (commonly referred to as simply "the Jeffries"), was to closely parallel Grand River Avenue (formerly US&nbsp;16).<ref name="YBD">{{cite map |map-url = http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Detroit,_Michigan_1955_Yellow_Book.jpg |title = General Location of National System of Interstate Highways Including All Additional Routes at Urban Areas Designated in September 1955 |author = Bureau of Public Roads |location = Washington, DC |publisher = US Government Printing Office |map = Detroit and Environs |scale = Scale not given |page = 41 |date = September 1955 |oclc = 4165975 |access-date = September 6, 2010 |via = Wikimedia Commons }}</ref> However, by 1963, several [[freeway revolt]]s were taking place in urban locations throughout the country, including Detroit. Several of Detroit's planned freeways were modified, scaled back, or outright cancelled. To minimize the impact to existing communities and businesses, it was decided that the Jeffries Freeway would no longer utilize the Grand River Avenue corridor. Instead, the new I-96 freeway corridor would partially use [[right-of-way (transportation)|right-of-way]] from the [[C&O Railroad]] through the city of Livonia (ultimately being built over Schoolcraft Road), and utilize the planned I-275 freeway bypassing Detroit to the west to connect back to the existing freeway.<ref name=study>{{cite book |type = Report |author = Michigan State Highway Department |year = 1964 |title = I-96 Freeway Planning and Route Location Study, City of Detroit |volume = 1 |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan State Highway Department |page = 20 }}</ref>

The first piece of the Jeffries Freeway connected the [[Fisher Freeway]] (I-75) with the [[Edsel Ford Freeway]] (I-94) in 1970.<ref name=MDSH70>{{cite MDOT map |year= 1970 |section= E8 |inset= Detroit }}</ref><ref name=MDSH71>{{cite MDOT map |year= 1971|section= E8 |inset= Detroit }}</ref> It was extended northwest to Livernois Avenue (exit&nbsp;188A) in July 1971,<ref name=barnettJ>{{cite book |first = LeRoy |last = Barnett |year = 2004 |title = A Drive Down Memory Lane: The Named State and Federal Highways of Michigan |location = Allegan Forest, Michigan |publisher = Priscilla Press |pages = 120–1 |isbn = 1-886167-24-9 |oclc = 57425393 }}</ref> and then to Grand River Avenue at Schaefer Highway (exit&nbsp;185) in 1973.<ref name=MDSH73>{{cite MDOT map |year= 1973 |sections= E7–E8 |inset= Detroit }}</ref><ref name=MDSHT74>{{cite MDOT map |year= 1974 |sections= E7–E8 |inset= Detroit }}</ref> In 1976, the freeway was extended west to the [[Southfield Freeway]] (exit 183), and the entire I-275 concurrent section was opened.<ref>{{cite book |type = Report |title = Economic Report of the Governor |last = Milliken |first = William |year = 1975 |location = Lansing, Michigan |publisher = [[Governor of Michigan|Office of the Governor]] |page = 37 |author-link = William Milliken }}</ref> The final piece was completed on November 21, 1977, connecting the Detroit section to I-275.<ref name=kulsea/> The I-96 designation was assigned along the I-275 freeway south to the Jeffries Freeway, and eastward along the new freeway to the M-39 interchange; the remaining stub of I-96 around Farmington was redesignated as an extension of [[M-102 (Michigan highway)|M-102]] (now [[M-5 (Michigan highway)|M-5]]).<ref name=MDSHT77>{{cite MDOT map |year= 1977 |sections= D5, E5–E5 |inset= Detroit }}</ref><ref name=MDSHT78>{{cite MDOT map |year= 1978 |sections= D5, E5–E5 |inset= Detroit }}</ref>