Business routes of U.S. Route 131
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Country | United States | |
State | Michigan | |
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There are six business routes of US Highway 131 in the state of
Constantine
Location | Constantine |
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Length | 3.656 mi[2] (5.884 km) |
Existed | October 30, 2013[1]–present |
Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been studying a freeway upgrade for US 131 through St. Joseph County for several years. In late 2005, MDOT decided not to pursue an upgrade of the highway, but rescinded that decision in April 2006[5] under political pressure in the state.[6] The department began building a two-lane bypass west of Constantine.[7] The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, which is in charge of US Highway numbering assignments and routings, approved the relocation of the US 131 designation out of Constantine on November 16, 2012. The group's Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering also approved the creation of a business route for the old highway through town.[8] The bypass opened on October 30, 2013,[1] and the business route designation was put into service that day.[9]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in St. Joseph County.
Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Constantine Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 131 – Three Rivers, Middlebury | ||
Constantine | 1.770– 1.974 | 2.849– 3.177 | Bridge over St. Joseph River | ||
Constantine Township | 3.656 | 5.884 | US 131 – Three Rivers, Middlebury | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Three Rivers
Location | Three Rivers |
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Length | 2.982 mi[2] (4.799 km) |
Existed | 1953[10][11]–present |
Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a three-mile-long (4.8 km)
The Three Rivers Bypass opened in the middle of 1953, and the former route of the highway through downtown was redesignated as the business loop at that time.[10][11]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in Three Rivers, St. Joseph County.
mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.000 | 0.000 | US 131 / M-60 west – Kalamazoo, Constantine, Cassopolis | Western end of M-60 concurrency | ||
1.003 | 1.614 | M-60 east – Jackson M-86 east – Coldwater | Eastern end of M-60; western terminus of M-86 | ||
2.982 | 4.799 | US 131 – Constantine, Kalamazoo | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Kalamazoo
Location | Kalamazoo |
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Length | 4.198 mi[2] (6.756 km) |
Existed | 1964[14][15]–present |
Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a 4.2-mile-long (6.8 km)
On December 7, 1959, the I-94/US 12 freeway opened on the south side of Kalamazoo,[18] and US 12 was shifted to follow the new freeway. The former route through downtown Kalamazoo and along Stadium Drive was redesignated Bus. US 12.[19] The next year, it was renumbered BL I-94.[20] In 1963, the US 131 freeway opened on the northwest side of Kalamazoo. US 131 followed M-43 eastward from the end of the freeway into the downtown area to reconnect to its original routing along Westnedge and Park.[21][22] The next year, another section of US 131 opened southwest of Kalamazoo, and US 131 was rerouted out of downtown completely.[14][22] The freeway section north of downtown opened in 1964, and Bus. US 131 was designated along it into downtown and along BL I-94 back out to the US 131 freeway west of downtown.[14][15] Later in 1965, Kalamazoo and Michikal avenues were transferred to state jurisdiction to set up the one-way pairing east–west through downtown. Kalamazoo and Michikal are then signed as southbound Bus. US 131 from Westnedge Avenue to Stadium Drive while Main Street and Michigan Avenue continued to serve northbound traffic only between Stadium Drive and Park Street.[15][23] In January 2019, the City of Kalamazoo accepted jurisdiction of the streets that formed sections of state highways within the city. In doing so, Bus. US 131 was truncated such that it only runs north of downtown on its freeway segment through Kalamazoo Township to the US 131 freeway.[24]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in Kalamazoo Township, Kalamazoo County. All exits are unnumbered.
mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.000 | 0.000 | Eastern end of freeway | |||
0.671 | 1.080 | Douglas Avenue | Half-folded diamond interchange | ||
4.198 | 6.756 | US 131 north / M-43 east – Grand Rapids | Northbound exit and southbound entrance only | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Grand Rapids bypass
Location | Grand Rapids |
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Length | 14.253 mi[2] (22.938 km) |
Existed | 1945[25]–1953[26][27] |
Bypass US Highway 131 (Byp. US 131) was a
By 1945, Byp. US 131, along with the other various bypass routes, was designated along the Grand Rapids beltline system, replacing M-114. Byp. US 131 followed the south beltline (28th Street) and East Beltline Avenue between Division Avenue and Plainfield Avenue, allowing north–south traffic to bypass downtown Grand Rapids.[25] In late 1949, M-37 was rerouted onto 28th Street between Kalamazoo and East Beltline/Broadmoor avenues.[28][29] Then in 1953, US 131 was rerouted onto the beltlines to replace its bypass route; the former mainline through downtown was redesignated Bus. US 131.[26][27]
Major intersections
The entire highway was in Kent County.
Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Western end of Byp. US 16/Byp. M-21 concurrency | |||||
Paris Township | 1.924 | 3.096 | M-37 north (Kalamazoo Avenue) – Grand Rapids | Western end of M-37 concurrency | |
4.188 | 6.740 | M-37 south (Broadmoor Avenue) – Hastings | Eastern end of M-37 concurrency | ||
Byp. US 16 west | Northern end of Byp. US 16 concurrency | ||||
7.710 | 12.408 | Byp. M-21 west | Northern end of Byp. M-21 concurrency | ||
Plainfield Township | 14.253 | 22.938 | US 131 (Plainfield Avenue/Northland Drive) – Cadillac, Grand Rapids | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Grand Rapids business loop
Location | Grand Rapids |
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Length | 2.419 mi[2] (3.893 km) |
Existed | 1953[26][27]–December 2017[30] |
Business US Highway 131 (BUS US 131) was a 2.4-mile-long (3.9 km)
The designation was created when US 131 was rerouted on the Grand Rapids beltline system in 1953. Previously, a
In 1986, the city and state transferred jurisdiction over some streets at the northern end of the business loop, smoothing out the routing of the northern end of Bus. US 131 and eliminating some extra turns between Plainfield Avenue and Leonard Street.[37][38] The construction of the Van Andel Arena in 1995 and 1996 severed the connection from southbound Bus. US 131 to US 131.[39][40] This gap was rejoined with the reconstruction of the "S-Curve" in 1999.[41][42] In August 2017, the city and MDOT announced that jurisdiction of the business loop was being transferred to city control, decommissioning the trunkline in the process.[43] Jurisdiction was transferred in December, and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials approved the removal of the designation in May 2018.[30]
Major intersections
The entire highway was in Grand Rapids, Kent County.
mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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0.000 | 0.000 | US 131 – Cadillac, Kalamazoo | Exit 84B on US 131 | ||
2.419 | 3.893 | US 131 (I-296) – Cadillac, Kalamazoo | Exit 87 on US 131 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Big Rapids
Location | Big Rapids |
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Length | 6.860 mi[2] (11.040 km) |
Existed | 1983[44][45]–present |
Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a 6.9-mile-long (11.1 km)
In 1983 with the extension of the US 131 freeway west of Big Rapids to the interchange with 19 Mile Road, the former route of US 131 through Big Rapids on State Street and Northland Drive north of Perry Street was designated as a business loop, using M-20 (Perry Street) to connect back to the freeway on the southern end. At the time, 19 Mile Road between the freeway Northland Drive was used by the mainline to connect to its pre-existing routing north of Big Rapids to Reed City.[44][45] The US 131 freeway was completed north of 19 Mile Road in 1986, and Bus. US 131 was extended over the 19 Mile Road portion of US 131 to connect with its parent route at exit 142 northwest of Big Rapids.[47][48]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in Mecosta County.
Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Big Rapids Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 131 / M-20 west – Cadillac, Grand Rapids, White Cloud | Western end of M-20 concurrency; exit 139 on US 131 | |
Big Rapids | 2.814 | 4.529 | M-20 east (Maple Street) – Mount Pleasant | Northern end of M-20 concurrency | |
B-96 west (19 Mile Road) | Exit 142 on US 141; eastern terminus of B-96; roadway continues as B-96 | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Cadillac
Location | Cadillac |
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Length | 5.597 mi[2] (9.007 km) |
Existed | 2001[49]–present |
Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a 5.60-mile-long (9.01 km)
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) started construction of a freeway bypass of Cadillac in 1999.[51] With the completion of the southern half of the bypass in 2000, M-55 was rerouted out of town along the new freeway.[52] Once the northern half of the bypass was completed on October 30, 2001, US 131 was rerouted out of town along the new highway to the end of the freeway where it joined the old alignment north of town. Mitchell Street through downtown Cadillac was redesignated as Bus. US 131.[49]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in Wexford County.
Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Clam Lake Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 131 / M-55 – Petoskey, Grand Rapids, Manistee, Lake City | Exit 177 on US 131 | |
Haring Township | 5.597 | 9.007 | US 131 – Petoskey, Grand Rapids | Exit 183 on US 131 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Manton
Location | Manton, Michigan |
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Length | 5.667 mi[2] (9.120 km) |
Existed | 2003[53][54]–present |
Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) is a 5+2⁄3-mile-long (9.1 km)
With the completion of the Manton Bypass in 2003, US 131 was rerouted out of downtown Manton. The former route through town was designated Bus. US 131, using M-42 to connect back to the freeway east of town.[53][54]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in Wexford County.
Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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Cedar Creek Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 131 – Cadillac, Petoskey M-42 east – Lake City | Eastern end of M-42 concurrency; exit 191 on US 131 | |
Manton | 0.976 | 1.571 | M-42 east – Lake City | Western end of M-42 concurrency at western terminus of M-42 | |
Liberty Township | 5.667 | 9.120 | US 131 – Cadillac, Petoskey | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- Michigan Highways portal
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External links
- Constantine Bus. US 131 at Michigan Highways
- Three Rivers Bus. US 131 at Michigan Highways
- Kalamazoo Bus. US 131 at Michigan Highways
- Former Grand Rapids Bus. US 131 at Michigan Highways
- Big Rapids Bus. US 131 at Michigan Highways
- Cadillac Bus. US 131 at Michigan Highways
- Manton Bus. US 131 at Michigan Highways