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| '''Old BL I-96''' was a former ] of ], and is now a 3.9 mile segment of unsigned state trunkline along ] through the city of ], a northwestern suburb of ] in the ] of ]. The eastern terminus is at the ]/Grand River Avenue junction southeast of Farmington and its western terminus is at the junction of M-5 and Grand River Avenue west of the city. | |||
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| This highway was the original route of ] though downtown Farmington. In 1933, US 16 was routed onto a bypass route which had been constructed south of the city (the present-day Freedom Road) and the route through Farmington was retained as state trunkline. In 1957, a new bypass freeway was built just to the south of the old bypass as part of the "Brighton-Farmington Expressway" and the route through downtown was designated as "BUS US-16". | |||
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| The original plans for ] called for it to replace US-16 and to run parallel to Grand River Avenue all the way from Farmington into downtown Detroit. Around 1959-1960, the Farmington bypass freeway was resigned as I-96 and in 1961, the business route was redesignated as "BL I-96". In 1977, as the Jeffries Freeway was completed, I-96 was rerouted along it south through ] and then east into Detroit, the portion of freeway bypassing Farmington was redesignated as ] (now part of M-5). Simultaneously, the Business Loop I-96 designation through downtown Farmington was removed and Grand River Avenue became an unsigned state trunkline, a status it has retained to this day. | |||
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