interstate michigan interstate state michigan mile bypass route serves downtown area flint parent passes west city starts southwest runs suburbs flint passing downtown intersects crosses freeway turns westerly connect north flint near component freeway state trunkline highway system planned 1950s built 1970s trunkline named freeway honor contributions flint early automotive industry founder renamed freeway honoring labor union active flint time flint changed chevrolet freeway chevrolet freeway borne names officially route description starts partial interchange southwest start exit freeway proceeds northward suburban residential area baseball field complex continues northward interchange near memorial gardens cemetery commercial properties north maple road freeway crosses suburb burton runs miles crossing city flint freeway curves northeast near crossing street follows western shore lake turns northward run downtown flint south level stack interchange crosses line north interchange freeway runs northwesterly skirts eastern edge downtown flint near campus curves run parallel crossing industrial area interchange complex northwest river provides access highway runs north northwesterly parallel rail line operated north carpenter road freeway exits city flint enters interstate turns east cross meeting interchange street interchange road terminates interchange exit maintained michigan_department_of_transportation mdot like state highways michigan maintenance responsibilities department tracks volume traffic uses roadways jurisdiction volumes expressed metric called annual average daily traffic statistical calculation average daily number vehicles segment roadway mdot surveys showed highest traffic levels vehicles daily north interchange flint lowest counts vehicles day west road interchange interstate highway listed national_highway_system network roads important country economy defense mobility history freeway corridor proposed 1950s yellow book early proposal contained proposed freeways flint area including loop route freeway near downtown area designated construction funded federal government opened traffic early 1970s section built northward second section built bus north town sections opened november september respectively final section opened memorial highway designations carried different memorial highway designations history scottish born immigrant moved detroit parents age quit school supplement family income father death 1880s supplier detroit area process created cheaper white produced method permanently coating cast iron allowed production white lower cost later sold business patents profits sale started working gasoline engines later automobiles eventually moved operations detroit managed fledgling making number car building company country later built foundation company create honor contributions flint manufacturing base proposed naming freeway passed city plant employees use new freeway work passed concurrent resolution add founded detroit august labor union struggled gain members strike started december workers stopped loading tool dies night shift locking plant dies destined shipment plants union activity weaker organized plants flint january workers plant sat job later joined sit strike heat shut plants january food deliveries stopped sparking riot governor mobilized national_guard troops peace plants second riot occurred february national_guard troops surrounded striking plants flint governor ordered action president encouraged parties sit agreement signed recognizing striking plants country local politician wanted honor automotive pioneers flint workers worked plants came maturity flint result strikes appropriate location memorial highway designation passed house concurrent resolution renaming flint east west freeway chevrolet freeway freeway dedicated new labor day public act consolidated memorial highway designations state passing act expanded chevrolet encompass act restored future proposed mdot connected southern board approved study investigate economic impact extension study examine extension impact existing transportation hub bishop international airport rail terminal built complex proposals freeway connection late 1990s indefinitely postponed exit list entire highway
Interstate 475 (Michigan)