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M-157 (Michigan highway)

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State highway in Roscommon County, Michigan, United States
M-157 markerM-157
Roscommon Road
M-157 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length1.193 mi (1.920 km)
Existed1932–present
Major junctions
South end M-55 near Prudenville
North end M-18 near Prudenville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesRoscommon
Highway system
← M-156→ M-158

M-157 is a short state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway is entirely within Roscommon County in the Lower Peninsula. It is the fourth-shortest state highway in the system, and it serves as a connector route between M-18 and M-55 just east of Prudenville. The current roadway was built and designated as M-157 in the 1930s.

Route description

Southern terminus signage at M-55

M-157 begins at an intersection with M-55 east of Prudenville and Houghton Lake. The trunkline angles to the northwest before turning north near Ryan Lake. Serving as a short connector, the highway travels north through the Roscommon State Forest terminating just over a mile later at a junction with M-18. A newspaper article in 1972 describing the shortest highways in the state to "important places" listed M-157 as a "short-cut" between the two highways. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) conducts surveys in 2008 that showed 496 vehicles per day, on average.

History

Northern terminus signage at M-18

M-157 was originally designated in 1931 as a connector route between M-55 and US 27 (present-day M-18). Just a year later, that version was decommissioned, and the road obliterated. A new alignment, the present-day routing of M-157, was then commissioned just to the east.

Major intersections

The entire highway is in Backus Township, Roscommon County.

mikmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000 M-55 – Houghton Lake, West Branch
1.1931.920 M-18 – Prudenville, Roscommon
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^ Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (October 1, 1932). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). . Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC 12701053.
  3. ^ Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (May 1, 1933). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). . Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC 12701053. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2016 – via Archives of Michigan.
  4. Michigan Department of Transportation (2009). Michigan: Official Department of Transportation Map (Map). c. 1:975,000. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. § H10. OCLC 42778335.
  5. "Overview Map of M-157" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  6. "Just Smidgins of Highways". Lansing State Journal. April 17, 1972. p. B1. ISSN 0274-9742. Retrieved October 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Bureau of Transportation Planning (2008). "Traffic Monitoring Information System". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
  8. Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (July 1, 1931). Official Highway Service Map (Map). . Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC 12701053. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2016 – via Archives of Michigan.
  9. Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (October 1, 1931). Official Highway Service Map (Map). . Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC 12701053.

External links

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  • M-157 at Michigan Highways

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