M-205 (Michigan highway)

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CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
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M-206

M-205 was a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The route was turned back to local control in October 2002 by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) after the completion of M-217 (Michiana Parkway). MDOT swapped roadways with the Cass County Road Commission ending the 67-year history of M-205.

Route description

M-205 ran through an agricultural landscape from a connection with

Union and Adamsville. The highway went through no towns within Michigan, but did connect with some short local roads.[1][4]

History

When the state highway system was initially signposted in 1919,

M-23 ran north from the state line near Union and turned east, eventually connecting all the way to Ypsilanti in Washtenaw County, east of Detroit.[6]
On the original approved US Highway plan, M-23 was replaced by US 112, running over the border into Indiana.[7] Michigan diverted that highway along a route entirely within Michigan, and the very short, but locally important segment of cut-off highway became M-205.[2] The curve between Cassopolis and Redfield roads was realigned to give M-205 a more sweeping curve in 1950.[8] As part of the swap between MDOT and Cass County, M-217 was designated several miles to the east as a new connector to the toll road, and M-205 was transferred to local control on October 10, 2002,[3] decommissioning the trunkline.[9][10]

The highway is now identified as "Old M-205" on road signs. Its old northern end, an intersection on US 12 was rebuilt as a traffic circle after the highway was decommissioned.

Major intersections

The entire highway was in Mason Township, Cass County.

mi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000
 SR 19 south – Elkhart		Indiana state line
1.7092.750 US 12 – Niles, Coldwater
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  •  
    Michigan Highways portal

References

  1. ^ a b c Michigan Department of Transportation (2001). "Cass County" (Map). Control Section/Physical Reference Atlas. Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation.
  2. ^
    OCLC 12701143
    .
  3. ^
    OCLC 8793233
    . Retrieved April 29, 2009.
  4. ^ Google (July 31, 2010). "Overview Map of M-205" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
  5. OCLC 9975013
    .
  6. OCLC 15607244
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  7. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons
    .
  8. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (September 20, 2002). "Cass County" (Map). Right-of-Way Finder Application. Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Sheet 33.
  9. OCLC 42778335
    .
  10. OCLC 42778335
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

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