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mi [1] km Destinations Notes; Ferrysburg: 0.000: 0.000: US 31 / LMCT – Grand Haven, Holland, Muskegon: Exit 104 on US 31; indirect access to northbound US 31 via Pine and Third streets: Crockery Township: 6.494: 10.451: M-231 (120th Avenue) Provides westbound exit and eastbound entrance for I-96 [13] 7.101: 11.428: I-96 east – Grand Rapids
M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the "East Beltline" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96). As a state highway, M-44 dates back to around July 1, 1919, and it was routed along a section of its modern route at that time.
The Grand River Road was a major route for settlers headed inland to Grand Rapids in 1836, as the shortest route for travelers coming from Detroit. [ 20 ] In 1850, the Michigan State Legislature established the Lansing and Howell Plank Road Company, [ 21 ] which set about converting various Indian trails into the Lansing–Howell Plank Road, a ...
M-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan.Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest–southeast route. The western terminus is at exit 52 along Interstate 96 (I-96) near Alto a few miles east of the metro Grand Rapids area, and its eastern terminus is in downtown Monroe at US Highway 24 (US 24, Telegraph Road).
The freeway numbered I-196 is the second in the state to bear the number. Originally to be numbered as part of the I-94 corridor in the state, the Benton Harbor–Grand Rapids freeway was given the I-96 number in the 1950s while another Interstate between Muskegon and Grand Rapids was numbered I-196. That I-196 was built in the late 1950s and ...
[20] In the Grand Rapids area, Alpine Avenue was originally constructed as a plank road. These roads were at least 8 feet (2.4 m) wide covered with wood planks 3 inches (76 mm) thick. [21] A portion of M-37 follows the route of the Muskegon, Grand Traverse and Northport State Road, which was later renamed the Newaygo and Northport State Road.
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The expected date of completion for M-231 was set for sometime in 2016 pending funding availability. MDOT planned to build 1.4 miles (2.3 km) of the new highway in 2013, including the bridges over the Grand River and Little Robinson Creek. [19] Grand River bridge in August 2015. Bridge construction was delayed over Grand River flooding in ...