Avoiding US-23 on the trip from Ann Arbor to Lansing

This morning's trip to Lansing went via back roads - I-94 to Chelsea, then M-52 north through Stockbridge and back to I-96 at Webberville. It avoided the vast tie-ups with north-of-Ann Arbor construction traffic.

The other route that is reasonable to Lansing is I-94 to Jackson, then US-127 north; it's a bit longer, but freeways all the way.

UPDATE: No maps yet, but here are some suggestions and more details on alternate routes.

Rather than I-94 to Chelsea, you can take the back roads there. Huron River Drive to Dexter-Chelsea Road is a nice slow way, or going a bit further north you can take North Territorial over and pick up M-52 just north of town.

Jeff Lopez-Stuit notes: "There's another fun route from north territorial - hadley road north through unadilla, and then west on doyle rd until you get to stockbridge, then m-52 north".

Comments

[Lou Rosenfeld]

Hey, don't forget all the nice ways to avoid taking I94 to Chelsea...

[Leslie]

Depending on where you live in A2, you could also take Scio Church Rd all the way to Chelsea. Jackson Rd turns into Old US-12, and goes from A2 to Chelsea as well. Then as you said, you could take M-52 (aka Main St.) to I-96 to Lansing.

'Tis the season for Michigan construction! M-DOT has some handy tools and maps on their website http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/. But they are not always up to the minute accurate.