M-129 (Michigan highway)

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Cedarville
Major intersections M-48 in Pickford

M-80 near Donaldson

Sault Ste. Marie
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesMackinac, Chippewa
Highway system
←
Bus. US 127
→ M-130

M-129 is a

Lake Huron Circle Tour
.

Originally a part of M-12 and US Highway 2 (US 2), the current roadway was formerly designated M-5 from 1930 until 1939. Two other highways were also previously designated M-129. The first was in the western UP in the late 1920s; it was replaced by M-64. The second was in the Keweenaw Peninsula and was replaced by M-26.

Route description

M-129 starts at an intersection between Meridian Road and

St. Marys River. These two highways run concurrently through Pickford to 22 Mile Road.[4]

At 22 Mile Road, M-48 turns westerly and M-129 continues north. This intersection is also the location of the Munscong Golf Club. M-129 meets the eastern termini of

BS I-75, and the roadway is renamed Ashmun Street. When BS I-75 meets Ashmun Street, M-129 ends and BS I-75 takes over the Ashmun Street name into downtown.[4] M-129 ends south of the Lake Superior State University campus, home of the annual Banished Words List.[5]

History

The modern M-129 was originally part of M-12 from 1919 until 1926 and US 2 from 1926 to 1933.[6][7][8]

Previous designations

The first usage of M-129 on a highway in Michigan was on a roadway connecting Lake Gogebic State Park to Marenisco and south to the Wisconsin state line;[9] this routing was designated M-64 in 1930.[10] The second usage was for a highway in the Keweenaw Peninsula connecting Phoenix with Eagle Harbor. This second designation was extended in 1933 to Copper Harbor and replaced by M-26 in 1935.[8][11]

Current designation

M-5 was used as the designation for the former US 2 in Mackinac and Chippewa counties until 1939, when it was redesignated as M-129 on maps.[2][12] The last gravel sections of roadway were paved in 1960 south of Sault Ste. Marie,[13] and the highway was truncated to end at M-134 in Cedarville in 1963.[14] Previous to this, the highway continued south into downtown Cedarville on Merdian Road. A small realignment moved the northern terminus to a new intersection with BS I-75 in Sault Ste. Marie in late 1967.[15][16]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
De Tour Village
Goetzville
Southern end of M-48/LHCT concurrency
12.99120.907
Rudyard
Northern end of M-48 concurrency
Bruce Township17.99128.954
 M-80 west (17 Mile Road) – Kincheloe		Eastern terminus of M-80
Dafter Township25.99141.828
 M-28 west (9 Mile Road) – Newberry, Munising		Eastern terminus of M-28
LHCT
(Ashmun Street)		Northern end of LHCT concurrency
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. ^
    OCLC 12701143
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  3. Albion, MI
    : Midwestern Guides. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  4. ^ a b Google (October 20, 2008). "Overview Map of M-129" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 20, 2008.
  5. ^ Department of English (n.d.). "History of Word Banishment". Banished Words List. Lake Superior State University. Retrieved June 7, 2008.
  6. OCLC 15607244
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  7. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons
    .
  8. ^
    OCLC 12701053
    .
  9. OCLC 12701195, 79754957
    .
  10. OCLC 12701195, 79754957
    .
  11. OCLC 12701143
    .
  12. OCLC 12701143
    .
  13. OCLC 12701120, 81552576
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  14. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  15. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  16. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

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