M-52 (Michigan highway)

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M-52 marker

M-52

Map
M-52 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length127.300 mi[1] (204.869 km)
Existedc. July 1, 1919[2]–present
Major junctions
South end SR 109 at Ohio state line
Major intersections
North end M-46 near Saginaw
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesLenawee, Washtenaw, Jackson, Ingham, Shiawassee, Saginaw
Highway system
← M-51→ M-53
← M-91M-92→ M-93

M-52 is a north–south

limited-access highway. M-52's northern terminus is at M-46, nine miles (14 km) west of Saginaw
.

Adrian previously converted their downtown streets to

US 223 business loop
. These streets carried both highways around the downtown business district in this arrangement until November 2009.

M-52 is an original state trunkline highway, dating to the 1919 formation of the system. Other segments of the modern routing were designated M-92 and M-47 at the time. Extensions to M-52 supplanted M-92 completely and M-47 partially along their routings. These extensions completed the modern M-52 routing in the late 1960s.

Route description

M-52 starts at the Ohio state line as Adrian Highway in

Business US 223 (Bus. US 223) along Main Street into downtown Adrian. Bus. US 223/M-52 intersects Beecher Street, which carries M-34 to the latter's eastern terminus in Adrian. After Beecher, Main Street turns north-northeast into the downtown area.[3]

In downtown Adrian, M-52 runs north along Main Street to Church Street. Since November 2009, the

limited-access highway. Access to and from the highway is limited to select cross roads only. Just south of the county line, the highway intersects with US 12 before crossing into Washtenaw County.[5]

M-52 north of I-94 intersection, Chelsea

The limited-access section of M-52 continues north through western Washtenaw County, where it ends in Manchester.[1] M-52 turns west along Austin and City roads into the village. The trunkline continues along the banks of the north branch of the River Raisin on Riverside Drive before turning north out of town.[6] Just south of Chelsea, M-52 crosses Interstate 94 (I-94). The highway continues through downtown Chelsea and turns northwesterly through the Waterloo State Recreation Area in the northwesternmost part of the county.[7] The highway clips the corner of Jackson County, running for almost 2.5 miles (4.0 km) through Waterloo Township before crossing into Ingham County south of Stockbridge.[1]

M-52 joins

Grand River Avenue. At Perry Road, M-52 turns back north out of the village.[8] The trunkline continues north into Shiawassee County and runs through Perry before crossing I-69. Continuing north, M-52 curves northeasterly into downtown Owosso intersecting M-21 west of M-71's western terminus. M-52 continues northward parallel to the Shiawassee River into Saginaw County.[5]

M-52 north of Owosso, looking south

The trunkline runs through the community of Oakley before intersecting M-57 west of Chesaning. North of Chesaning, M-52 angles to the northeast into and through St. Charles,[5] crossing the Shiawassee River west of the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge.[9] The northern terminus of M-52 is an intersection with M-46 west of Saginaw in Thomas Township.[1]

History

M-92 marker

M-92

LocationFranklin Township–Stockbridge Township
Length36.639 mi[1] (58.965 km)
Existedc. July 1, 1919[2]–1962[10][11]

M-52 was first designated by July 1, 1919. The original routing started at the Ohio state line and ran north through Adrian to M-50 much as it does today. It turned east along M-50 into Tecumseh and then turned north to

Saginaw Township.[16]

M-52 previously ran along the one-way Main, Church, Broad, Front and Winter streets in downtown Adrian
The previous highway assignments on the one-way streets in Downtown Adrian

In downtown Adrian, the highways previously split into an uncommon arrangement of

traffic circle in how the traffic was routed through the central business district on Church, Broad, Front and Winter streets. The first one-way pairing started on Main Street at the intersection with Winter Street. Northbound traffic continued on Main Street, while southbound traffic was routed along Winter Street. At Church Street, westbound Bus. US 223/northbound M-52 turned east for a block on Church and then north onto Broad Street. Then the highway designations continued on Broad Street three blocks north to Front Street, passing to the east of the downtown businesses. The designations were then routed west along Front Street. At Main Street, M-52 turned back north again as a two-way street. In the opposite direction, southbound M-52 traffic was diverted from Main west on Front Street. Front Street west of Main Street carried southbound M-52 and westbound Bus. US 223 traffic one block west to Winter Street, which then turned down Winter. Westbound Bus. US 223 traffic turned west along Maumee Street while eastbound Bus. US 223 followed southbound M-52 down Winter to Main Street.[3][17] This arrangement was ended in November 2009 when the City of Adrian converted all of the one-way streets to two-way traffic. Downtown streets had been converted to one-way traffic between 1950 and 1973.[4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
LenaweeFairfield Township0.0000.000
 SR 109 south – Delta		Ohio state line
Bus. US 223
north		Southern end of Bus.US 223 concurrency on the Adrian city line
Adrian11.96319.253
 M-34 west – Hillsdale		Eastern terminus of M-34
12.50120.118
Bus. US 223
north		Northern end of Bus. US 223 concurrency
Tecumseh Township21.23134.168 M-50 – Jackson, Monroe
Franklin Township25.68841.341 US 12 – Ypsilanti, Coldwater
Detroit, Chicago
Exit 159 on I-94
Jackson
 No major junctions
InghamStockbridge57.01191.750
 M-106 south – Jackson		Southern end of M-106 concurrency
58.82994.676
 M-106 north – Gregory		Northern end of M-106 concurrency
Stockbridge–White Oak township line62.327100.306
 M-36 east – Pinckney, Whitmore Lake		Southern end of M-36 concurrency
White Oak Township65.097104.763
 M-36 west – Mason		Northern end of M-36 concurrency
Detroit

 M-43
west		Exit 122 on I-96; southern end of M-43 concurrency; eastern terminus of M-43
Leroy Township74.180119.381
 M-43 west – Lansing		Northern end of M-43 concurrency
ShiawasseePerry85.844138.153 I-69 – Lansing, FlintExit 105 on I-69
Owosso97.606157.082 M-21 – St. Johns, Flint
SaginawBrady–Chesaning township line110.815178.339 M-57 – Greenville, Clio
Thomas Township127.300204.869 M-46 – St. Louis, Saginaw
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

  •  
    Michigan Highways portal

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h 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 (February 22, 2010). "Adrian, Michigan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  4. ^ a b Wheaton, Bob (November 17, 2009). "No Major Problems with Two-Way Traffic Switch". The Daily Telegram. Adrian, MI. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  5. ^
    OCLC 42778335
    .
  6. ^ Google (February 22, 2010). "Manchester, Michigan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  7. ^ Google (February 22, 2010). "Chelsea, Michigan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  8. ^ Google (February 22, 2010). "Webberville, Michigan" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  9. US Fish and Wildlife Service
    . Retrieved February 22, 2010.
  10. ^
    OCLC 12701120, 173191490
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  11. ^
    OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  12. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  13. OCLC 12701120
    .
  14. OCLC 12701120, 81552576
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  15. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  16. OCLC 12701120
    .
  17. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2009). Official Department of Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Adrian inset. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010.

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