M-179 (Michigan highway)

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Bradley
East end M-43 near Hastings
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesAllegan, Barry
Highway system
←
M-178
→ M-183

M-179 is a 16.963-mile-long (27.299 km)

A-42
. The number was formally assigned by the next year. This is not the first time the number was used in Michigan, an unrelated M-179 previously existed in the 1930s through the 1950s farther north.

Route description

M-179 begins at an interchange with US 131 just west of Bradley. From there, the road travels to the east past the

Yankee Springs State Recreation Area. After passing through the recreation area, the road continues to the east passing through wooded area before a slight curve to the north, after which it continues to the east and terminates at a junction with M-43 just west of Hastings.[2][3]

The

average annual daily traffic on its roadways, a calculation of the number of vehicles to use a highway segment on any average day of the year. In 2009, MDOT determined that 5,622 vehicles in Allegan County and 4,253  vehicles in Barry County used M-179 daily. For the whole length of the highway, the commercial traffic was calculated to be 246 trucks daily in 2009.[4] No section of the highway has been listed on the National Highway System,[5] a system of roads important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.[6] M-179 has been named the Chief Noonday Trail Recreational Heritage Route (now a Pure Michigan Byway) by MDOT for its "natural beauty" and access to recreational areas.[7]

History

The original version of M-179 was established in 1935 as a shortcut near

Le Roy between US 131 and what was M-63.[8] That route was turned back to local control in late 1958 or 1959, and the designation disappeared from the system.[9][10] (The original M-63 itself was decommissioned a few years later in 1961.[11][12]) On October 1, 1998, as part of the Rationalization process, a jurisdictional transfer turned county road A-42 between US 131 and M-43 over to the state,[13] which the state later designated as M-179 for the following year.[14]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
A-42 west – Hopkins
Exit 61 on US 131; roadway continues west as A-42
A-45 – Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo
Old US 131
Rutland Township
16.96327.299 M-43 – Hastings, KalamazooEastern terminus just west of a junction with M-37
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 42778335, 639960603
    .
  3. ^ Google (February 8, 2011). "Overview Map of M-179" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  4. ^ Bureau of Transportation Planning (2008). "Traffic Monitoring Information System". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  5. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (April 23, 2006). National Highway System, Michigan (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
  6. ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  7. ^ Staff (December 8, 2010). "Interactive Heritage Route Listing". Highway Programs. Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 8, 2011.
  8. OCLC 12701143
    .
  9. OCLC 12701120, 51856742
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)
  10. OCLC 12701120, 81552576
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  11. OCLC 12701120, 51857665
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
  12. OCLC 12701120, 173191490
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  13. ^ Truscott, John (September 24, 1998). "MDOT Accepts Responsibility for 120 Miles of Local Roads" (Press release). Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on March 15, 2007. Retrieved August 26, 2008.
  14. OCLC 42778335, 55974644
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

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