M-96 (Michigan highway)
State highway in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties in Michigan, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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M-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township.
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Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 33.379 mi[1] (53.718 km) | |||
Existed | 1926[2][3]–present | |||
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West end | BS I-94 at Kalamazoo | |||
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East end | I-69 / BL I-94 at Marshall | |||
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Country | United States | |||
State | Michigan | |||
Counties | Kalamazoo, Calhoun | |||
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The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in 1926 were given the M-96 number. Additional segments of trunkline were added to M-96, one of which was an Alternate US 12 in the years afterwards. Later, US 12 was moved after the completion of I-94 in southern Michigan. Additional US 12 segments were added to M-96 at that time. The last major changes to M-96 rerouted the highway through the Battle Creek area in late 1998.