List of unused highways in Michigan

An unused highway may reference a highway or highway ramp that was partially or fully constructed but was unused ["US&R and NY-TF1 Practice for the Real Thing." City of New York 20 June 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/news/05_06_20_usar_mobex.shtml] .] "Kentucky Model Access Management Ordinance." Kentucky Transportation Cabinet Oct. 2004. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://transportation.ky.gov/planning/traffic/access_files/KY%20Model%20Local%20AM%20Ordinance.pdf] .] ["Barrie (City) v. 1606533 Ontario Inc.", 2005 CanLII 24746 (ON S.C.). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/cas/onsc/2005/2005onsc14170.html] .] [Iowa House. 1998. House File 686., 77th, H.R. 0686. [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/BillHistory/HF/00600/HF00686.html] [http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/77GA/Legislation/HF/00600/HF00686/Current.html] .] ["PETITIONED PUBLIC HEALTH ASSESSMENT." New York City. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/hac/pha/brookfield/bal_p1.html] .] [House. 1993. LAND TITLE AMENDMENT ACT, 1993. 35th Parliament, 2nd sess., H.R. 78. [http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/35th2nd/h0721pm.htm] .] [Munroe, Tapan. "TRENDS ANALYSIS for PARKS & RECREATION: 2000 AND BEYOND." California Park & Recreation Society Jan. 1999. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cprs.org/pdf/trends2000.pdf] ] ["Chapter 5: Detailed Comparison of Alternatives – Seattle." SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Project, Washington Department of Transportation, 2 May. 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.sr520deiscomments.com/Pages/SR520_DEIS_Section7.pdf] [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/FEE76803-E971-4DEE-BA3D-06D6A2F64D6B/0/SR520DEIS_AppendixEPart1.pdf] .] [Anderson, Steve. "CT 11 Expressway." New York City Roads. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-11/] .] or later closed ["Leasing of Closed Highways Regulation", Alta. Reg. 36/1986. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/ab/laws/regu/1986r.36/20061113/whole.html] .] ["R. v. Sanders", 2004 NBPC 12 (CanLII). 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/nb/cas/nbpc/2004/2004nbpc12.html] .] ["HIGHWAY CLOSINGS", R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 599. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.canlii.ca/on/laws/regu/1990r.599/20061120/whole.html] .] . An unused ramp can be referred to as a stub ramp [PDFlink| [http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/transit/ptr_newsletter/2006_october.pdf Washington State Department of Transportation Public Transportation and Rail Division Monthly News, October 2006, page 4] |286 KiB , accessed December 28, 2006] , stub street [Sommer, Dick. "Ten Ways to Manage Roadway Access in Your Community." Ohio Department of Transportation, 2005. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/roadwayengineering/documents/access_management/10ways2005.pdf] .] [Bauserman, Christian E. "DELAWARE COUNTY ENGINEER’S DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION & SURVEYING STANDARDS." 18 May, 1998. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/prod/ROW/CtyCvy/delaware.pdf] .] , stub-out, or simply stub [Geiger, Gene. "Ohio DOT Constructs I-670 over a Water Treatment Sludge Lagoon in Columbus." Ohio LTAP Quarterly. Ohio Department of Transportation. 15:3 (1999) [http://www.dot.state.oh.us/ltap/Newsletters/1999/Q4/Fall%201999.pdf] .] ["CITY OF UNION, KENTUCKY." City of Union, Kentucky 23 June 2006. 15 Jan. 2007 [http://www.cityofunionky.org/files/19078672.htm] .] . The following is a list:

Michigan

=Monroe County=

*On U.S. Route 23, a stub exit exists within the median to connect a projected freeway once designated as part of a proposed Interstate 73 to supplant U.S. Route 223. Due to lack of funding, support in neighboring Ohio [cite web|url=http://www.interstate-guide.com/i-073.html|title=Interstate 73|publisher=AARoads] , and local opposition [cite web|url=http://www.aaroads.com/high-priority/corr05.html|title=Interstate 73/74 (Corridor 5)|publisher=AARoads] , I-73 in Michigan will not be built as of right now. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=monroe,+mi&layer=&ie=UTF8&z=17&ll=41.786969,-83.697163&spn=0.003688,0.006974&t=k&om=1]

=Berrien County=

*The freeway portion carrying U.S. Route 31, which is the St. Joseph Valley Parkway in other sections, ends at a completed diamond at exit 24, and the pavement continues north for about one-half mile. [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=14&ll=42.093,-86.378&spn=0.003832,0.0078] The plans to employ this stretch of unused pavement are still active [cite web|url=http://www.michiganhighways.org/indepth/US-31Freeway_Berrien.html|title=US-31 Freeway in Berrien County|title=US-31 Connection to I-94 Study|publisher=Michigan Highways] [cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9621_11058_22860---,00.html|publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation|title=US-31 Connection to I-94 Study] .

*Interstate 94 was extended from the town of New Buffalo to the Indiana border in 1963. However, due to delays in the completion of Indiana's section of I-94 to connect with it, the freeway was closed to traffic west of the present-day exit 1, forcing traffic to use M-239 and Indiana State Route 39 to transfer to Interstate 80/Interstate 90 (Indiana Toll Road) to continue to Chicago. This left approximately one mile of completed, but unused freeway blocked off to traffic, dead-ending at the state line. Following the completion of the connecting section in Indiana in 1972, the barricades forcing traffic into the exit, known to locals as the "Cornfield Roadblock," were removed, opening the unused stub to traffic [cite web|url=http://michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys90-99.html#I-094|title=Michigan Highways: Highways 90 through 99] . A ramp from M-239 to southbound I-94 was not built until after 1978, which supported all traffic exiting at Exit 1 until Indiana completed its I-94 portion, as seen [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=16&X=652&Y=5780&W=1&qs=%7cnew+buffalo%7cmi%7c here] .

=Mason County=

*The U.S. Route 10/U.S. Route 31 interchange has an implication of a northward extension of the U.S. 31 freeway, and a stub that would carry southbound U.S. 31 is located at the end of the ramp which currently carries southbound U.S. 31 [cite web|url=http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys30-39.html#US-031|title=Highways 30 through 39|publisher=Michigan Highways] . [http://terraserver-usa.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=16&X=1373&Y=12167&W=3]

=Saginaw County=

*The U.S. Route 10/M-47 interchange has an implication of a northward extension of M-47, as stubs exist north of the ramps. The interchange was partially rebuilt in 2006 [cite web|url=http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-140387--,00.html|title=M-47 work starts Monday, April 17, in Saginaw and Bay counties] , but a field check states that the north side of the interchange was undisturbed [cite web|url=http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/greatlakesroads/message/10829|title=Bay County observations] . [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=15&ll=43.5968,-84.139&spn=0.003832,0.0078]

=Washtenaw County=

*Just north of the Lenawee County border, M-52 encounters a cloverleaf which was graded but never paved. This was intended as the U.S. Route 112/M-52 interchange [cite web|url=http://groups.google.com/group/misc.transport.road/msg/ebcce6e0b20d4962|title=Mich DOT ROW maps (was Re: The Missing Stanwood-to-Remus Segment of Michigan M-20)|last=Bessert|first=Chris] , but where the two intersected was relocated. U.S. 112 has since been decommissioned and replaced by U.S. Route 12 [cite web|url=http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/HistoricUS-112.html|title=Historic US-112] . [http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&t=h&om=1&z=15&ll=42.076,-84.012&spn=0.003832,0.0078] [http://www.michiganhighways.org/photos/US-112_M-52_interchange.jpg]

=Arenac County=

*The short freeway carrying U.S. Route 23 between Interstate 75 and M-13 contains a stub at its east end which would lead from a bridge carrying U.S. 23 westbound traffic over the roadway currently carrying U.S. 23 to the north and M-13 to the south. [http://maps.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&ll=43.9507,-83.9698&spn=0.004634,0.016694&t=k&z=16] This extension would be a freeway whose construction is highly contested [cite web|url=http://www.michiganhighways.org/indepth/US-23_sunriseside.html|title=The Tug-of-War that is the US-23 Freeway] .

ee also

*List of unused highways in the United States
*List of unused highways
*List of ghost towns

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