M-32 (Michigan highway)

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This article is about the state highway in Michigan. For other uses, see M32.

M-32 marker

M-32

Map
M-32 highlighted in red; Bus. M-32 highlighted in green
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length100.003 mi[1] (160.939 km)
Existedc. July 1, 1919[2]–present
Major junctions
West end M-66 at East Jordan
Major intersections
East end US 23 at Alpena
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesCharlevoix, Antrim, Otsego, Montmorency, Alpena
Highway system
← M-31→ US 33

M-32 is a

business spur
for the highway that currently exists.

The highway has been extended a few times during its history, once reaching both lakes

US 31, restoring the cross-peninsular status lost in 1974 when it was shortened away from Charlevoix
.

Route description

Western terminus of M-32 at M-66 (Lake Street) in East Jordan

M-32 starts an intersection with

Business Loop I-75 (BL I-75). Passing out of Gaylord, the highway runs southeasterly toward Johannesburg. The road passes Big Lake and turns south on Turtle Lake Road at the intersection with Beckett Road. The highway resumes its eastward path on McCoy Road into Johannesburg. It passes through the community and meets the county line in Vienna. There M-32 turns northwesterly to Atlanta. In town, M-32 meets and joins M-33. The two highways cross the Thunder Bay River before parting ways east of Atlanta in Avery Township. M-32 turns north by Fletcher Pond, which straddles the Montmorency–Alpena county line. Outside of the village of Hillman, M-32 passes Business M-32 (Bus. M-32). In western Alpena County, the trunkline runs to the north of Manning Hill and passes the south end of the Alpena County Regional Airport outside Alpena. In the city, M-32 follows Washington Avenue, then briefly turns onto a one-way pair with eastbound along Second Avenue and westbound along Third Avenue. The end of the highway is at US 23, blocks from the Thunder Bay of Lake Huron.[3]

All of M-32 consists of rural two-lane highway outside of the city of Gaylord. The highway passes through forest lands outside of the communities along the highway.[3] From US 131 east to the eastern terminus at US 23, M-32 is listed on the National Highway System (NHS), a group of highways which are determined to be important to the nation's economy, defense, and mobility.[4] The exception is a portion in eastern Otsego and western Montmorency counties, between the corner of Beckett & Turtle Lake Roads, six miles (10 km) east of Gaylord to the crossroads known as Big Rock, five miles (8 km) west of Atlanta.[5]

History

M-32 was formed as a state trunkline in 1919 along its present routing between

M-131 and then to M-66 in East Jordan.[6] The concurrency along M-131 would remain when US 131 replaced it in 1939. Another change in that year came on the eastern end when US 23 was realigned north of Alpena. M-32 took over the US 23 routing between Lachine and Alpena.[7] M-32 was extended along M-66 to Charlevoix from 1964 until 1974.[8][9] Bus. M-32 was disconnected from M-32 when the latter was realigned in Hillman in 1994.[10]

In August 2021, a one-mile (1.6 km) stretch of the highway west of

C-146A Wolfhounds, as part of Exercise Northern Strike 21. The A-10s were able to land, and then simulate refitting, rearming, refueling and return to the simulated battle.[11] This is the first time training like this has occurred in North America.[12] The MANG is normally based at Alpena County Regional Airport
.

Future

A portion of M-32 is not on the NHS. Instead, the Federal Highway Administration map for the NHS in Michigan shows a proposed realignment that has not been built as of 2008.[5]

Municipal officials in the Village of

US 31.[13]
Such an extension would restore M-32's status as a "cross-peninsular" highway, making it the 4th if extended.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
C-48 west – Ellsworth
Western end of C-48 concurrency
1.1131.791
C-48
east		Eastern end of C-48 concurrency
C-73
north		Southern terminus of C-73
Warner Township15.52624.987
 US 131 north – Petoskey		Northern end of US 131 concurrency
16.08625.888
 US 131 south – Kalkaska, Cadillac		Southern end of US 131 concurrency
C-42 west – Alba
Eastern terminus of C-42
BL I-75
south		Western end of BL I-75 concurrency; exit 282 on I-75
29.16246.932
BL I-75
south		Eastern end of BL I-75 concurrency
30.33548.819
F-44
east (Wilkinson Road)		Western terminus of F-44
F-42
west (McCoy Road)		Eastern terminus of F-42
F-97
south (Douglas Lake Road)		Northern terminus of F-97
F-01
south (Meridian Line Road)		Northern terminus of F-01
MontmorencyAtlanta61.66699.242
 M-33 north – Onaway		Western end of M-33 concurrency
Avery Township67.628108.837
 M-33 south – Mio		Eastern end of M-33 concurrency
F-21 north – Hillman
Southern terminus of F-21; to Bus. M-32; also the former routing of M-32
AlpenaGreen Township84.343135.737
 M-65 south – Curran		Western end of M-65 concurrency
85.954138.330
 M-65 north – Rogers City		Eastern end of M-65 concurrency
LHCT – Cheboygan, Standish
Roadway continues east as Second and Third avenues
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Business spur

Business plate.svg

Business M-32 marker

Business M-32

LocationHillman
Length0.738 mi[1] (1,188 m)
Existedby 1927[14]–present

Business M-32 (Bus. M-32) is a 0.738-mile (1.188 km)[1] business spur route running through Hillman, Michigan. There are markers present, but Bus. M-32 does not connect to M-32. It is the shortest business route in the state, and the second shortest overall trunkline. It is 0.006 miles (0.010 km) longer than M-212 in Aloha. The termini for Bus. M-32 are Hillman Road and Old M-32 south of Hillman and the northern city limit along Hillman Road.[1]

Bus. M-32 highlighted in red

See also

  •  
    Michigan Highways portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ a b Google (March 26, 2009). "Overview Map of M-32" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b Federal Highway Administration (August 2006). National Highway System: Michigan (PDF) (Map). Washington, DC: Federal Highway Administration. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 9, 2006. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
  6. OCLC 12701053
    .
  7. OCLC 12701143
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  8. OCLC 12701120, 81213707
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  9. OCLC 12701177, 320798754
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  10. OCLC 42778335, 32885070
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  11. ^ Webb, James R. (August 5, 2021). "A-10s Use Rural Michigan Highway as a Runway". MilitaryTimes. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
  12. ^ "Military Training Plans Thursday Will Make history". UpNorthLive. Traverse City, Michigan: WPBN-TV. August 5, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  13. ^ Matheny, Keith (September 18, 2005). "M-32 road extension sought". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2008.
  14. OCLC 12701195, 79754957
    .

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