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Interstate 275 (abbreviated '''I-275''') in the U.S. State of Michigan is a western bypass of the Detroit metropolitan area. According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the length is 29.97 miles while the Michigan Department Of Transportation (MDOT) reports the length as 35.01 miles. This discrepancy is due to a disagreement over the northern terminus. According to the FHWA, I-275 ends at the junction with I-96 / M-14 along the boundary between Livonia and Plymouth Township . MDOT considers I-275 to extend north Multiplex ed with I-96 to the junction with I-696 and M-5 along the boundary between Farmington Hills, Michigan and Novi, Michigan . Road signs and most maps support MDOT's view. The southern terminus is the junction with I-75 in Newport, Michigan , northeast of Monroe, Michigan . HISTORY -1968: The Michigan Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration identify the routing of I-275/I-96 from 5 Mile Rd to the current Northern terminus at I-696. -1972: The remaining route from I-96 South to I-75 is identified. -1973: Construction begins on Phase I of I-275 between Ford Rd and Schoolcraft Ave. -1975: Phase I of I-275 is opened to traffic, construction commences on Phase II between I-96 and I-696. -1976: Phase II opens to traffic, construction commences on Phase III between Ford Rd and I-75. -1977: Phase III and the Jeffries Freeway opens to traffic. -1978: MDOT cancels phase IV which would have brought the freeway to it's original destination, I-75 near Clarkston including an important interchange with M-59 in growing Oakland County. Ramps and bridges already built for this phase sit abandoned for nearly 20 years. This makes I-275's name unique, as an even first number usually means that the freeway rejoins its original parent freeway. I-275, to this day, does not. -1994: M-5 (Haggerty Connector / Haggerty Freeway) opens to traffic following the original route intended for I-275, M-5 is completed to 12 Mile Rd as a fully-functional limited access freeway. -1996, 1998, 2002: Subsequent phases of M-5 open to traffic, with the road abruptly ending at Pontiac Trail in Commerce Township. MDOT officially cancels any and all future plans to extend the road any further North and begins to examine the possibility of building a new freeway approximately following Milford Road some 10 miles West of the original alignment. This road, if built, would be called the "West Oakland Connector". MAJOR CITIES Bolded cities are officially-designated Control Cities for signs.
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