Business Routes of Interstate 94 in Michigan - Marshall Business Loop

Marshall Business Loop

Interstate 94 Business Loop or BL I-94 is a 5.52 miles (8.88 km) highway looping from the I-94 freeway through downtown Marshall. It follows the routing of a former BUS US 12. The highway begins at exit 108 on I-94 where it runs concurrent with I-69 until it intersects with Michigan Avenue at exit 36 near downtown Marshall. From there it is follows Michigan Avenue and Partello Road to its eastern terminus at I-94's exit 112.

The original routing of BUS US 27 was commissioned in 1960 with the completion of the I-94/US 12 freeway bypass of Marshall. It followed US 27 (Kalamazoo Avenue) to Michigan Avenue. From there, BUS US 12 followed the current routing of BL I-94 along Michigan Avenue and Partello Road. It was redesignated as BL I -94 in late 1960 as a preparation to move the US 12 designation to its current routing along the former US 112.

The portion of BL I-94 along US 27 (Kalamazoo Avenue) became BUS US 27 with the completion of the I-69/US 27 freeway bypass on December 15, 1967. BL I-94 was rerouted and cosigned with BUS US 27 along Michigan Avenue and the new freeway on the west end. On January 11, 2001. BL I-94 inside the city of Marshall was designated a Historic Heritage Route.