I-475 is a 16.9-mile (27.2 km) bypass route that serves the downtown area of Flint while its parent, I-75, passes through the west side of the city.

I-475 was renamed in 1981 the UAW Freeway, honoring the United Auto Workers, a labor union which was active in Flint.

From this start at exit 111, the freeway proceeds northward through a suburban residential area next to a baseball field complex.

As I-475 continues northward, it has an interchange with Hill Road near the Crestwood Memorial Gardens cemetery and several commercial properties.

[5] North of this interchange, the freeway runs more northwesterly as it skirts the eastern edge of downtown Flint.

I-475 then runs north and northwesterly[3][4] parallel to a rail line operated by Lake State Railway.

[6] North of Carpenter Road, the freeway exits the city of Flint and enters Genesee Township.

The Interstate turns to the west to cross into Mount Morris Township before meeting an interchange for Saginaw Street.

The 1955 General Location of National System of Interstate Highways, an early proposal for what would become the Interstate Highway System, contained an inset of the proposed freeways in and around the Flint area, including a loop route freeway near the downtown area.

In the 1880s, he was a plumbing supplier in the Detroit area, inventing a process that created a cheaper white bathtub.

Buick produced a method for permanently coating cast iron with vitreous enamel, which allowed the production of white baths at lower cost.

The National Guard troops surrounded the 12 striking plants in Flint, but the governor never ordered them into action.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt encouraged the two parties to sit down once more, and an agreement was signed, recognizing the UAW in the 17 striking plants across the country.

The study will also examine how such an extension will impact an existing intermodal transportation hub at Bishop International Airport and a rail terminal being built at the former Buick City complex.