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M-123 is a state trunkline highway in the eastern Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. 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.
Part of Dix–Toledo Highway; labeled "I-75 connector" on state maps; previously part of US 25 and later Connector 3 [234] Connector 25: 0.265: 0.426 BL I-69/BL I-94 in Port Huron: M-25 in Port Huron 1973 [240] current Labeled "I-94 connector" on state maps; previously part of US 25 [240] and later Connector 13 [234] Connector 30: 0.629: 1.012
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.
M-123 also has a rare signed concurrency with a County-Designated Highway in Michigan; in Trout Lake, there is an overlap between H-40 and M-123. All of M-123 north of M-28 is a Scenic Heritage Route within the Michigan Heritage Route system. That section runs along Whitefish Bay and through the Tahquamenon Falls State Park, providing access to ...
The byway starts at an intersection with M-123 south of Paradise in the Hiawatha National Forest where it runs eastward along Lake Superior Shoreline Road through birch forests. The roadway runs parallel to the North Country Trail , a hiking trail that spans several northern U.S. states; the trail crosses the road near Naomikong Creek. [ 3 ]
The first of these revised assignments were shown on the 1971 state highway map; A-2 retained its number but B-1 was renumbered to H-40 in the Upper Peninsula. [6] Earl Rogers, the engineer-director of the County Road Association of Michigan stated at the time that the county road commissions would gradually phase in signage over the coming years.
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