Michigan's CRAZY Highway Railroad Crossings

Interstate 94 is an east–west highway connecting the Great Lakes and northern Great Plains regions of the United States. Its western terminus is just east of Billings, Montana, at a junction with I-90 and its eastern terminus is in Port Huron, Michigan. It’s the only east–west interstate with a direct connection to Canada, crossing over the Blue Water Bridge into Sarnia, Ontario. I-94 is especially busy between Chicago, Illinois and Detroit, Michigan.

When the interstate was built through Michigan’s Jackson and Calhoun Counties in the late 1950s, engineers encountered a significant challenge in the form of a railroad line just east of Albion: New York Central System’s Springport Branch. The lightly used rail line extended just over 10 miles between Albion and Springport but would impede traffic on I-94 unless an overpass was constructed.

Train traffic didn’t justify the cost of building a bridge, so what resulted was one of about 6 at-grade railroad crossings in the State of Michigan on 4-lane divided highways. In this video, we review the history of 4 interstate highway-grade crossings and also visited the sites to show you what these locations look like today.

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