 Interstate 194 ( I @-@ 194 ) is a 3 @.@ 4 @-@ mile @-@ long ( 5 @.@ 5 km ) , north – south freeway between downtown Battle Creek and I @-@ 94 in the southern portion of the city . The highway has been designated the Sojourner Truth Downtown Parkway by the state after the abolitionist Sojourner Truth , who was active in the Battle Creek area . Locals refer to the freeway by its semi @-@ official nickname , " The Penetrator " . I @-@ 194 is the only three @-@ digit spur or loop route off I @-@ 94 in the state of Michigan and runs concurrently throughout its length with M @-@ 66 , which continues both north and south from the termini of I @-@ 194 . The freeway was initially opened in 1961 and completed in its current form in 1966 . The highway was named in 1976 for Truth in honor of her local connections to the area . 
