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It is one of only a few highways in Michigan that curve around and form a U-shape. In fact, M-123 has three intersections with only two state trunklines; it meets M-28 twice as a result of its U-shaped routing. M-123 also has a rare signed concurrency with a County-Designated Highway in Michigan; in Trout Lake, there is a concurrency with H-40.
7 Mile Road—runs from Kelly Road in eastern Detroit to Whitmore Lake, with brief interruption in Northville. 8 Mile Road— M-102 (8 Mile Road/Base Line Road)—northern border of Detroit and Wayne County; widely considered the socioeconomic dividing line between the city and its northern suburbs. Divided highway, designated M-102 from ...
M-134 is also one of only two highways to utilize a ferry in Michigan; the other is US Highway 10 (US 10) which crosses Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, to Ludington. Most of the mainland portion of M-134 is also part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour , and since 2015, it has been a Pure Michigan Byway under the name M-134 North Huron Byway .
The Michigan Trail, another auto trail from the 1920s, "followed just about every major trunk line at that time in the Lower Peninsula and covered over a thousand miles [1,600 km] of state highways." [118] The Michigan Trail started in Toledo, Ohio, and ran to Detroit; its branches extended to New Buffalo, Grand Rapids, and Port Huron.
According to a 2006 regional planning committee report, US 2 is a key highway for Michigan, providing its main western gateway. The roadway plays "an important role in the transportation of goods across the northern tier of states in the Midwest", [3] and is listed on the National Highway System (NHS) for its entire length. [4]
The North Country Trail has been added to the National Parks Registry, and 550 of its 4,800 miles stretch across the state's Upper Peninsula.
Map of the pre-statehood Indian trails. The first major overland transportation corridors in the future state of Michigan were the Indian trails. [9] Two of these trails are relevant to US 12. The St. Joseph Trail ran between the Benton Harbor–St. Joseph area and Detroit by way of what is now Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, Jackson, and Ann Arbor.
Several counties in the state of Michigan use a Mile Road System to name different roads and streets. The most commonly known system is that of Detroit , including 8 Mile Road , the dividing line between Detroit and its northern suburbs as well as Wayne County and Oakland , Macomb and Washtenaw counties.