for a new highway that bypassed downtown along what is now Freedom Road. In 1956, the designation was decommissioned when mainline US 16 was rerouted out of downtown Farmington, replacing US 16A. At the same time, the former route of the mainline through downtown was redesignated Bus. US 16. Farmington business loop Business US Highway 16 (Bus. US 16) was a business loop through downtown Farmington along Grand River Avenue. Its western terminus was at the junction of US 16 and Grand River Avenue west of the city, and the eastern terminus was at the intersection between US 16 and Grand River Avenue southeast of Farmington. This highway was the original route of US 16 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 1956, 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 Bus. US 16. The original plans for I-96 called for it to replace US 16 and to run parallel to Grand River Avenue all the way from Farmington into downtown Detroit. In 1959, the Farmington bypass freeway was given the I-96 designation in addition to the US 16 moniker, and the business route was redesignated as Business Loop I-96 two years later. See also Notes References Further reading External links Historic US 16 at Michigan Highways Historic US 16 Timeline at Michigan Highways Former M-126 at Michigan Highways Unsigned Old BS I-96 at Michigan Highways The Old Plank Road at A Brief History of East Lansing, Michigan 16 Michigan Interstate 96 Transportation in Muskegon County, Michigan Transportation in Ottawa County, Michigan Transportation in Kent County, Michigan Transportation in Ionia County, Michigan Transportation in Clinton County, Michigan Transportation in Ingham County, Michigan Transportation in Livingston County, Michigan Transportation in Oakland County, Michigan Transportation in Wayne County, Michigan