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M-55 is a state trunkline highway in the northern part of the US state of Michigan. M-55 is one of only three state highways that extend across the Lower Peninsula from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan; the others are M-46 and M-72. The highway crosses through rural forest and farmlands to connect Manistee with Tawas City. M-55 crosses two of the ...
A directly photographed image: Exposure mode: Auto exposure: White balance: Auto white balance: Focal length in 35 mm film: 29 mm: Scene capture type: Standard: GPS time (atomic clock) 22:33:10.1: Speed unit: Kilometers per hour: Speed of GPS receiver: 0.56: Reference for direction of image: True direction: Direction of image: 84.468571428571 ...
M-60 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It runs from the Niles area at a junction with US Highway 12 (US 12) to the Jackson area where it ends at Interstate 94 (I-94). The trunkline passes through a mix of farm fields and woodlands, crosses or runs along several rivers and connects several small towns of the ...
On September 1, 2008, a Detroit-bound M1 coach was pulled over by Michigan State police after officers noticed the bus swaying and speeding outside Benton Township, Michigan. The bus's driver was arrested when he was found to have a blood alcohol level of .07, well above the .04 limit for commercial bus operators. It was the first drunk driving ...
Connected the State Highway Ferry Docks with the Fort Michilimackinac State Historic Park and US 31: M-108: 1.069: 1.720 I-75 near Mackinaw City: Michigan Welcome Center in Mackinaw City 1960 [90] 2010 [91] M-109: 6.831: 10.993 M-22 near Empire: M-22 in Glen Arbor: c. 1929 [24] current
1958 planning map for Michigan's Interstate Highways. The Interstate Highway System was authorized by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, [1] and the state had already designed several freeways for its portion of that system. Seizing the opportunity brought by a 1957 state law, the department sold $700 million in bonds (equivalent to $5.81 ...
Birmingham was a stagecoach stop in the 19th century between Detroit and Pontiac. In 1839, the railroad tracks were extended to Birmingham with two steam trains a day running to Detroit. On June 18, 1896, the Oakland Railway, the electric interurban, was constructed to Birmingham; it provided service to Detroit in 40 minutes. This service ended ...
The first state road agency, the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD), was created on July 1, 1905. At first the department administered rewards to the counties and townships for building roads to state minimum specifications. In 1905, there were 68,000 miles (110,000 km) of roads in Michigan.