H-63 (Michigan county highway)

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BL I-75 near St. Ignace
Major intersections

  •  To M-123 near St. Ignace

  •  To M-134 near St. Ignace
  • Rudyard
  • Kinross
  • Dafter
North end
BS I-75 in Sault Ste. Marie
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesMackinac, Chippewa
Highway system
←
H-60
→ A-2

H-63 is a

county-designated highway (CDH) in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway parallels the Interstate 75 (I-75) corridor between St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie. The road is called Mackinac Trail after the Upper Peninsula branch of an Indian trail used before European settlers reached the area. Originally, the roadway was built as a section of US Highway 2
(US 2) before being added to the CDH system in the 1970s.

H-63 serves as a two-lane alternative to the I-75 freeway across the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula. Between the northern side of St. Ignace, the roadway has connections to two state highways before

Rudyard
. H-63 ends on the south side of Sault Ste. Marie.

Route description

H-63 starts a winding trail at

Rudyard and into center of the community, H-63 runs concurrently with M-48 for about three miles (4.8 km).[3][4]

From Rudyard northward, H-63 turns northeasterly toward, and runs parallel to, I-75. At

Business Spur I-75 (BS I-75) on the south side of the city.[3][4]

History

The first transportation route in the area was the Mackinac Trail, used by Native Americans before the Europeans arrived in the area; the trail in the area was the Upper Peninsula branch of a longer route that also connected the modern-day Saginaw with Mackinaw City and the Straits of Mackinac.[5] Until 1933, no roadway was built along the path of the Indian trail. After that year, US 2 was rerouted between St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie using the modern routing of H-63.[6][7] This placed the Mackinac Trail on the state trunkline highway system for the first time. In 1962 and 1963, the state transferred the highway to county control when US 2 was rerouted to follow the completed I-75 freeway.[8][9][10] With the transfer to local control, Mackinac Trail became a county road. Later, it was given the H-63 designation after October 5, 1970, as part of the County-Designated Highway System.[2] The designation on the 1971 state map follows the routing used today.[11]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
LHCT to I-75 – St. Ignace, Sault Ste. Marie
4.6747.522

 To
Trout Lake
12.01519.336



 To
Cedarville
ChippewaRudyard Township22.29135.874
 M-48 east – Pickford		Southern end of M-48 concurrency
Rudyard
24.96440.176
 M-48 west		Northern end of M-48 concurrency; access to I-75
24.82939.958
H-40
west		Eastern terminus of H-40
Kinross
Short concurrency at the western terminus of M-80 so the latter can connect to all of the ramps in the I-75 exit 378 interchange
Dafter Township38.38961.781 M-28 – Munising, Marquette
LHCT – Sault Ste. Marie
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  •  
    Michigan Highways portal

References

  1. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^
    Newspapers.com
    .
  3. ^
    OCLC 42778335, 639960603
    .
  4. ^ a b Google (September 21, 2010). "Overview Map of H-63" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
  5. OCLC 23314983
    .
  6. OCLC 12701053. Archived from the original
    on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2016 – via Archives of Michigan.
  7. OCLC 12701053
    .
  8. OCLC 12701120, 173191490
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  9. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  10. OCLC 12701120, 81213707
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  11. OCLC 12701120, 77960415
    .

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