M-17 (Michigan highway)

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Bus. US 23 at Ann Arbor
East end US 12 near Ypsilanti
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesWashtenaw
Highway system
← US 16→ M-18

M-17 is a 6.390-mile-long (10.284 km)

business loop
for 11 years between 1945 and 1956.

Route description

M-17 begins at exit 37 along

Ypsilanti Township.[3] The street is five lanes wide through an urban area between Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti running east-southeasterly. Although there are many residential areas near M-17, particularly to the south,[4] the road itself is dominated by commercial development, including numerous restaurants. M-17 crosses into the city of Ypsilanti at Hewitt Road. This intersection provides access north to Rynearson Stadium, home field for the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) Eagles football team.[5]

Cross Street, one-way, facing west

Continuing east-southeasterly along Washtenaw Avenue, M-17 meets the southwest corner of the EMU campus at Oakwood Avenue. The highway follows the southern edge of campus to Cross Street, where the highway splits to follow a

Ypsilanti Township through a residential area, separating from Bus. US 12.[3] Ecorse Road turns east four blocks north of I-94/US 12 and runs parallel to the freeway. Past Harris Road, US 12 turns northeasterly on a separate expressway. Where it meets Ecorse Road, US 12 follows Ecorse Road, replacing M-17.[4] This junction marks the eastern terminus of M-17 west of Willow Run Airport.[3]

Like other state highways in Michigan, M-17 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). As a part of these maintenance duties, the department tracks the traffic levels along its roadways using a metric called annual average daily traffic (AADT). This is a statistical calculation of the average daily number of vehicles on a segment of roadway. In 2009, MDOT's surveys found that the highest AADT along the trunkline was 26,141 vehicles daily on the westernmost section near the US 23 interchange while the lowest counts were along the north–south section of Ecorse Road at 8,926 vehicles.[6] The section of M-17 from US 23 to the western junctions with Bus. US 12 has been listed on the National Highway System,[7] a network of roadways important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.[8]

History

M-17 is an original state trunkline dating back to the 1919 signing of the system. On July 1, 1919, the highway started at

M-23 on Ecorse Road between Ypsilanti and Lincoln Park and then ran concurrently with US 25 into Detroit. The Ann Arbor segment was rerouted along Boulevard Drive (now Stadium Boulevard) between US 12 and US 23.[10]

A realignment in 1937–38 moved the M-17 designation in Allen Park. Changes made moved the highway to turn east on Southfield Road to US 25 and follow US 25 back to the former routing into Detroit.

Bypass US 112 (BYP US 112) along the Willow Run Expressway to a southern freeway bypass of Ypsilanti. M-17 continued past the end of BYP US 112 at US 112/Michigan Avenue along a two-lane highway to US 23. It then followed US 23 back to Washtenaw Avenue in Pittsfield Township to rejoin the original alignment of M-17 west to Ann Arbor. The former M-17 through downtown Ypsilanti was redesignated Business M-17 (Bus. M-17).[12]

The Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) completed the freeway bypass of the Ann Arbor–Ypsilanti in 1956, then moved the M-17 designation back to Washtenaw Avenue, Michigan Avenue and Ecorse Road, removing Bus. M-17 in the process. US 12 and US 112 replaced the BYP US 112 designation on the freeway. The former US 112 designation through downtown Ypsilanti was converted to a

BUS US 112 designation, including sections concurrent with M-17. Another change was made to the Ann-Arbor section of the highway as it was truncated to end at US 23.[13] The 1962 completion of the US 23 freeway through the Ann Arbor area by MSHD moved the western terminus of M-17 west to meet the new freeway at the current terminus.[14] The eastern terminus was progressively scaled back starting in 1968. The US 25 concurrency was removed and the terminus was moved to M-39/Southfield Road in Allen Park.[15] A second truncation scaled the terminus back to US 12, the current eastern endpoint.[16]

Major intersections

The entire highway is in Washtenaw County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Bus. US 23 north – Ann Arbor
Washtenaw Avenue continues west as Bus. US 23; exit 37 on US 23
Bus. US 12
west		Western end of Bus. US 12 concurrency
4.5587.335
Bus. US 12
east		Eastern end of Bus. US 12 concurrency
Detroit, Coldwater
Former eastbound exit to eastbound US 12 and westbound entrance from westbound US 12 only; reconstructed in 2022 as at-grade intersection with Michigan left for opposing directions
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business loop

Business plate 1948.svg

Business M-17 marker

Business M-17

LocationYpsilanti
Existed1945[12]–1956[13]

Business M-17 (Bus. M-17) was a business route designation used along a section of highway from 1945 until 1956. It was routed along Washtenaw and Michigan avenues and Ecorse Road in the Ypsilanti area. At the time of its commissioning, M-17 was moved to a freeway bypass of downtown Ypsilanti. It was later decommissioned in 1956 when the freeway bypass was completed west around the south side of Ann Arbor. M-17 was moved back to its original routing through downtown Ypsilanti, supplanting Bus. M-17 when US 12/US 112 supplanted M-17 on the freeway.[12][13]

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 15607244
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  3. ^
    OCLC 42778335
    .
  4. ^ a b c Google (November 1, 2008). "Overview Map of M-17" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
  5. ^ Staff (2008). "Rynearson Stadium". Eastern Michigan University Athletics. Eastern Michigan University. Retrieved November 1, 2008.
  6. ^ Bureau of Transportation Planning (2008). "Traffic Monitoring Information System". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  7. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2005). National Highway System: Ann Arbor Urbanized Area (PDF) (Map). Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons
    .
  10. OCLC 12701195, 79754957
    .
  11. OCLC 12701143
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  12. ^
    OCLC 554645076
    .
  13. ^
    OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  14. OCLC 12701120, 173191490
    . 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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