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Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials ... Road Map of Kent County, Michigan (Map). 1 in:1.5 mi. Grand Rapids, MI: ...
In 1919, the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) [a] signposted the highway system for the first time, [14] and two different highways followed sections of the future US 27 corridor. The original M-29 ran from the Indiana state line north to Lansing. The second highway was M-14 from Lansing north to Cheboygan. [15]
US Highway 16 (US 16), also called Grand River Avenue for much of its length in the state, was one of the principal roads prior to the post-World War II construction of freeways in the state of Michigan. Before the creation of the United States Numbered Highway System in 1926, the highway had been designated as a state highway numbered M-16.
1928-1932 and 1938-1940 Automobile Legal Association Green Book: large scale maps (not very detailed - only major routes) and major city inset maps; turn-by-turn directions can also be used to find old routings through cities; also contains rough route logs (i.e. cities passed through) for some of the longer routes in all eastern states; 1938 ...
Roads on the National Register of Historic Places in Michigan (1 P) Pages in category "Historic trails and roads in Michigan" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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.
US Highway 12A (US 12A) was an alternate route of US 12 in the Kalamazoo area. The highway followed Michigan Avenue from Kalamazoo eastward along the north side of the Kalamazoo River to Comstock, where it terminated at an intersection with M-96. The highway was formed in 1931 when US 12 was rerouted in the area.
The county-designated highways in Michigan comprise a 1,241.6-mile-long (1,998.2 km) system of primary county roads across the US state of Michigan.Unlike the State Trunkline Highway System, these highways have alphanumeric designations with letters that correspond to one of eight lettered zones in the state.