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.

Part of the much longer highway, I-194 starts when M-66 widens out to a full freeway just south of I-94 near Beckley Road.

To the west of the freeway are residential subdivisions; the eastern side is marked by gently-rolling, wooded terrain.

[4] This section of I-194 carries 26,300 vehicles on average day according to surveys done by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in 2007.

[13] Born Isabella Baumfree in 1797, Sojourner Truth settled in the Battle Creek area in the 1840s.

[14] The Cereal City Development Corporation (CCDC) asked the Legislature to amend the memorial designation in 1993.

[14] The Legislature passed Public Act 208 of 1993 to affect the change, restoring "the link between Sojourner Truth and the City of Battle Creek, which was once the center of abolitionist sentiment in the state".