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It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the "East Beltline" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township.
I-196 / M-21 – Holland, Grand Rapids Chicago Drive: Roadway continues westward on Chicago Drive as an unsigned state trunkline highway: 1.661: 2.673: 28th Street: Grade separation with a ramp from eastbound Chicago Drive to eastbound 28th Street; remaining connections are made via Wallace Avenue: Wyoming: 3.126: 5.031: I-196 / M-21 – Holland
US 16) was a bypass route of US 16 in the Grand Rapids area. The highway became a part of the state highway system c. 1930 as a part of M-114, which was a beltline around the Grand Rapids area. [61] By 1942, the trunkline was completed and reassigned a Byp. US 16 designation along the southern and western legs.
The facility opened as the Kent County Airport and later became Kent County International Airport. In December 1999, the airport was renamed for Gerald R. Ford, the 40th Vice President and the 38th President of the United States. Ford represented the Grand Rapids area in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1973.
The southern section of M-37 follows the path of an early Indian trail that connected the St. Joseph Trail near Kalamazoo and Battle Creek to the Grand River Trail near present-day Alto. [19] These trails "were narrow and permitted only single-file travel." [20] In the Grand Rapids area, Alpine Avenue was originally constructed as a plank road ...
The highway crosses Fred Meijer White Pine Trail State Park, a rail trail that runs north through the area. US 10 continues east around the north side of town and runs parallel to the Pere Marquette State Trail, an east–west rail trail that follows the Ludington Division of the Pere Marquette Railway. The highway intersects the business loop ...
By 1945, a Bypass US 131 was created around the south and east sides of Grand Rapids, following 28th Street and East Beltline Avenue, while the main highway continued to run through downtown unchanged. [43] A decade later, mainline US 131 was rerouted around Grand Rapids over the former bypass route, and Business US 131 (Bus. US 131) was ...
Grand Rapids Airport may refer to: Gerald R. Ford International Airport (IATA: GRR) near Grand Rapids, Michigan, US; Grand Rapids–Itasca County Airport (IATA: GPZ ...