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(abbreviated '''I-94''') is a long Interstate Highway connecting the Great Lakes and Intermountain region of the United States . Its western terminus is in Billings, Montana at a junction with Interstate 90 ; its eastern terminus is the U.S. side of the Blue Water Bridge in Port Huron, Michigan , at the Ontario , Canada border.
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Bolded cities are officially-designated Control Cities for signs.
- Miles City, Montana
- Dickinson, North Dakota
- Jamestown, North Dakota
- Fergus Falls, Minnesota
- Saint Cloud, Minnesota
- Tomah, Wisconsin
- Waukesha, Wisconsin
- Racine, Wisconsin
- Kenosha, Wisconsin
- Waukegan, Illinois
- Gary, Indiana
- Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Interstate 90 in Billings, Montana
- Interstate 194 in Bismarck, North Dakota
- Interstate 29 in Fargo, North Dakota
- Interstate 35W in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Interstate 35E in St. Paul, Minnesota ; joined for .27 miles (.43 km)
- Interstate 90 in Tomah, Wisconsin ; joined for 91.76 miles (147.67 km), until Madison, Wisconsin .
- Interstate 39 at Portage, Wisconsin . They stay joined for 30 miles (48 km).
- Interstate 43 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Interstate 90 in Chicago, Illinois ; joined for 15.39 miles (24.77 km).
- Interstate 290 in Chicago, Illinois
- Interstate 55 in Chicago, Illinois
- Interstate 57 in Chicago, Illinois
- Interstate 80 in Lansing, Illinois ; stay joined for 18.53 miles (29.82 km) until Lake Station, Indiana .
- Interstate 65 in Gary, Indiana
- Interstate 90 in Lake Station, Indiana
- Interstate 196 near Benton Harbor, Michigan
- Interstate 69 in Marshall, Michigan
- Interstate 275 in Romulus, Michigan
- Interstate 96 in Detroit, Michigan
- Interstate 75 in Detroit, Michigan
- Interstate 696 in Roseville, Michigan
- Interstate 69 in Port Huron, Michigan {Link without Title}
- Between Port Huron, MI and Chesterfield Township, MI (2 lanes on each side)
- Between Chesterfield Township and US 23 (3+ lanes on each side)
- Between US 23 and Michigan State Highway 14 (2 lanes on each side)
- Between Michigan State Highway 14 and c. milepost 166 (3 lanes on each side)
- Between milepost 166 and Interstate 196 (2+ lanes on each side)
- Between Interstate 196 and Indiana state line (3 lanes on each side - a 4th lane is to be added westbound in 2006 between Exit 30 and Exit 29 {Link without Title} )
Interstate 94 in Indiana is a shorter stretch of highway that still maintains at least 6 through lanes from Illinois to Michigan.
- As part of the Borman Expressway -- 6 lanes as of 2005 (3x3). Construction is currently underway to expand this section to 8 lanes (4x4).
- East of the Interstate 80/Interstate 90 intersection to the Michigan state line -- 6 lanes (3x3)
Interstate 94 runs through downtown Chicago, resulting in some odd lane configurations:
From north to south:
The following sections are being expanded as of 2005 to make ramps safer and to have consistent amounts of lanes:
- From the Stevenson Expressway to the 47th Avenue Slip -- 14 lanes (4x4 express, 3x3 local)
- Between the 47th Avenue and 51st Avenue Slip Ramps -- 14 lanes (3x3 express, 4x4 local)
- 51st Avenue to the Chicago Skyway (Interstate 90) -- 12 lanes (4x4 express, 2x2 local), expanding to 14 by 2007 .
- Chicago Skyway to Interstate 57 -- 8 lanes (4x4)
The following sections have no expansion plans:
- Ramps to/from Bishop Ford Expressway -- 4 lanes (2x2), with 6 lanes (3x3) between Michigan Avenue and Cottage Grove Avenue
- Cottage Grove Avenue to Tri-State Tollway and Interstate 80 -- 6 lanes (3x3)
The following sections are being expanded as of 2005 to widen ramps and through lanes, primarily for the Tri-State Tollway:
- Three lanes each way from Minnesota border to Exit 4 (US 12)
- Two lanes each way from exit #4 to junction with Interstate 90
- Together with I-90, two lanes each way until junction with Interstate 39 (I-90/94 unified exit #108)
- Together with I-39/90, three lanes each way until suburban Madison
- 3+ lanes each way through suburban Madison
- Departs from I-39/90 at unified I-39/90 exit #138A as I-94 exit #240, thence two lanes each way east to exit #290 near Pewaukee
- 3 lanes each way from exit #290 to exit #294 near Pewaukee.
- 3+ lanes each way through suburbs and city of Milwaukee.
- South from suburban Milwaukee, 3 lanes each way to Illinois border
- 3 lanes in both directions from North Dakota border to US-75 (Moorhead).
- 2 lanes in both directions from US-75 to MN-101 (Rogers).
- 3 lanes in both directions from MN-101 to I-494 (Maple Grove).
- 4 lanes eastbound between I-494 and US 169, 4 lanes westbound between Boone Avenue and Hemlock Lane (Brooklyn Park).
- 3 lanes each direction from Boone Ave to Brooklyn Blvd.
- 4 lanes each direction between Brooklyn Blvd to I-94 split from I-694.
- 2 lanes each direction transitioning from I-694 mainline to I-94 mainline.
- 4 lanes in both directions from I-694/MN-252 to Dowling Avenue (Minneapolis).
- 5 lanes (with the exception of 4 under Broadway bridge) in both directions from Dowling Avenue to I-394/US-12/Lyndale/Hennepin Aves.
- 3 lanes westbound, 2 lanes eastbound until Lowry Hill Tunnel.
- 3 lanes each direction from Lowry Hill tunnel to MN-280 (Saint Paul).
- 4 lanes (with the exception of 3 under Snelling Avenue bridge) each direction from MN-280 to I-35E.
- 3 lanes each direction from I-35E to White Bear Avenue, with short segment of 5 lanes each direction between US 10/61 and Mounds Blvd.
- 2 lanes each direction from White Bear Avenue to MN-120 (being expanded to 3 lanes in each direction).
- 3 lanes each direction from MN-120 to Wisconsin border.
- 2 lanes in each direction through most of the state, 3 lanes in each direction in the Fargo area from 45th Street exit to the Red River (Minnesota state line).
- 2 lanes each direction from western terminus at I-90 to North Dakota border
- Interstate 94 is the only east-west interstate to form a direct connection into a foreign country (Canada). No such interstate ends at the U.S.-Mexico Border . At Port Huron, I-94 crosses the Blue Water Bridge into Sarnia, Ontario and becomes Highway 402 , which can be used by motorists going to Toronto . With the only other "officially" designated as an east-west Interstate corridor doing so being Interstate 69 .
- Through much of Michigan , Interstate 94 follows the route of Old U.S. Highway 12 . In the 1990s Michigan set up an "emergency Interstate" system. This system is designed as a permanent set of Detour s for Interstates in case an impassable problem occurs on the Interstates (in the case of I-94 in this area, the problem is usually very heavy Lake Effect Snow in the winter months and construction in the summer)
- Through North Dakota , Interstate 94 follows the route once taken by U.S. Highway 10 west from Fargo .
- Interstate 494 was originally planned to serve as a loop in Chicago, Illinois and follow Lake Shore Drive along Lake Michigan . After local opposition prevented I-494 from being completed, the number was completely dropped. Portions of the old I-494 exist as US 41 /Lake Shore Drive.
- The I-494/I-694 loop in the Twin Cities has a speed limit of 60 mph (95 km/h) in most places. All highways within the loop are 55 mph (90 km/h), and Minnesota highways outside the loop can go up to 65 mph (105 km/h); 70 mph (110 km/h) if they are Interstate highways.
- 40 miles (64 km) north of the Twin Cities near Otsego , the Minnesota Department Of Transportation (Mn/DOT) operates the Minnesota Road Research Facility , which studies the effect of traffic on various road surface types. Westbound traffic is redirected onto 3.5 miles (5.5 km) of pavement outfitted with thousands of Sensor s. There is a straight-through bypass (the original highway) that can be used when researchers are examining the road up close.
- The stretch from Portage, Wisconsin to Madison, Wisconsin in which I-94 runs Concurrently with I-39 and I-90 is the longest such stretch of three interstates in the country.
- U.S. 52 follows I-94 from St. Paul, Minnesota to Bismarck, North Dakota . It is very poorly signed in Minnesota , but is signed very well on maps and in North Dakota.
- Some parts of I-94 in Illinois are still signed North and South, especially along the Tri-State Tollway . This is because Interstate 94's alignment between Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois is north-south. Most signs on the mainline have been replaced with East-West signage in recent years, as of 2005 . Mileposts along the portion of I-94 that are part of the Tri-State Tollway reflect the distance from the southeastern (Indiana-border) terminus of the tollway, leading to a counterintuitive ''increase'' in the mile numbers as one proceeds "west".
- In 2005, I-94 welcomed its first SPUI interchange after a reconfiguration of its junction with US-24 ( Telegraph Road ) in Michigan . Formerly the intersection, designed during World War II was one of the nation's more unusual full interchange designs. Only two bridges were used and left hand exits were used throughout. {Link without Title}
- 2005 Rand McNally "The Road Atlas 2005"
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