M-96 (Michigan highway)

This article is about the state trunkline highway in Michigan. For the Interstate Highway, see Interstate 96.

M-96 marker
M-96
Map
M-96 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length33.379 mi[1] (53.718 km)
Existed1926[2][3]–present
Major junctions
West end BS I-94 at Kalamazoo
Major intersections
East end I-69 / BL I-94 at Marshall
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesKalamazoo, Calhoun
Highway system
← BL I-96→ M-97

M-96 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs between Kalamazoo and Marshall. Its termini are both on business routes of Interstate 94 (I-94); the eastern one coincides with an intersection with I-69. Between Kalamazoo and Marshall it passes through Comstock, Galesburg, Augusta, and Battle Creek intersecting I-194/M-66 in Battle Creek and I-94 in Emmett Township.

The highway now known as M-96 was originally part of M-17. Parts of M-17 that were not used for US Highway 12 (US 12) in 1926 were given the M-96 number. Additional segments of trunkline were added to M-96, one of which was an Alternate US 12 in the years afterwards. Later, US 12 was moved after the completion of I-94 in southern Michigan. Additional US 12 segments were added to M-96 at that time. The last major changes to M-96 rerouted the highway through the Battle Creek area in late 1998.

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