Freeway Revolts

[sirrealone]

From MichiganHighways.org:

The freeway portion of M-53 from Sterling Heights to Washington in Macomb County is the "Christopher Columbus Freeway." Plans, which were never realized, were to continue the M-53 freeway southerly via the Mound Rd corridor through Sterling Heights and Warren into Detroit to a proposed connection with an extended Davison Frwy, then on to the I-94/Edsel Ford Frwy in Detroit. A full freeway-to-freeway interchange was constructed on I-696/Walter P Reuther Frwy at Mound Rd in anticipation of the completion of the "Mound Road Freeway."

[ghettopalmetto]

North
I-73 - Would've resigned US-127 from Grayling, down through Lansing to Jackson, then cut diagonal across Lenawee / Monroe county toward Toledo.

The I-73 project is pretty-much dead--Ohio won't upgrade its segment of the proposed route in order to receive the designation. Which is pretty surprising, considering how pro-highway ODOT is.

North Carolina, on the other hand, already has some segments designated as "I-73". South Carolina has proposed building its segment of I-73, with some leaders saying the multi-billion project is "necessary"--as if Ohioans have been unable to find Myrtle Beach without an Interstate Highway leading them directly to the surf. Frankly, I don't see it ever reaching construction phase.