M-60 (Michigan highway)

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M-60

Map
     M-60,      Bus. M-60
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length104.224 mi[1] (167.732 km)
Existedc. July 1, 1919[2]–present
Major junctions
West end US 12 near Niles
Major intersections
East end I-94 near Jackson
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesCass, St. Joseph, Branch, Calhoun, Jackson
Highway system
← M-59→ M-61

M-60 is an east–west

freeway
bypass of Jackson.

M-60 was originally designed in 1919 with the rest of the state highway system in Michigan. It ran roughly along its current route connecting downtown Niles to downtown Jackson. In the mid-1920s, the western end was extended to

business spur
.

Route description

The intersection of M-60 and M-62 in Cassopolis

M-60 starts at an interchange along US 12 southeast of Niles in southwestern Cass County. From this interchange, the highway runs northeasterly along the divided highway on Detroit Road to an intersection with Bus. M-60 (Yankee Road). There, the main highway turns due east along the shore of Barron Lake. The trunkline continues through mixed farm fields and woodlands, running northeastward to Cassopolis and rounding Stone Lake on the southern approach to town. M-60 runs north–south through town on Broadway Street, merging with M-62 to run concurrently into downtown Cassopolis. M-60 turns eastward on State Street, separating from M-62, and leaves town[3][4] while crossing a line of the Canadian National Railway.[5]

East of Cassopolis, M-60 runs past Diamond Lake and through farm fields. At

Leonidas into the extreme northwest corner of Branch County.[3][4]

South of

trumpet interchange with I-94 northwest of Jackson.[3][4]

M-60 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) like other state highways. Among these responsibilities, the department tracks the level of traffic that uses the roadways under its jurisdiction. This is expressed using a metric called annual average daily traffic (AADT), which is a statistical calculation of the average daily number of vehicles on a segment of roadway. According to MDOT's surveys in 2009, the highest traffic counts were 12,547 cars and 999 trucks along the freeway immediately south of I-94 near Jackson; the lowest AADT was the 2601 cars and 384 trucks west of Union City.[6] Only two sections of M-60 have been listed on the National Highway System (NHS): along the US 131 concurrency in Three Rivers[7] and on the BL I-94 concurrency near Jackson.[8] The NHS is a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.[9]

History

M-60 was designated with the rest of the original state highway system by July 1, 1919, on a series of roads running between Niles and Jackson by way of Cassopolis, Three Rivers and Tekonsha.

US 112 concurrently along M-60 to New Buffalo.[12][13] M-60 was rerouted around Concord in 1933,[14][15] Tekonsha was bypassed by the MSHD in late 1936,[13][16] and the highway was routed around Union City in 1937.[17][18] The MSHD continued to improve the highway through the end of the 1930s. The last segment between Tekonsha and Homer was paved in 1940, making all of M-60 a hard-surfaced roadway.[19][20]

In late 1949 or early 1950, the MSHD shifted M-60 through the Jones area to straighten the roadway.

Bus. US 12 as both highways connected to the I-94/US 12 freeway north of the city.[28][29][b] The western end was redesignated as a part of US 12 in the late 1961,[30][31] and the M-60 designation was truncated off this roadway in 1966.[32][33] M-60's routing has remained unchanged since.[3]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
CassMilton Township0.0000.000 US 12 – Sturgis, New Buffalo
East Main Street		Roadway continues as US 12
Bus. M-60 west – Niles
Eastern terminus of Bus. M-60
Cassopolis13.75322.133
 M-62 south – Edwardsburg		Southern end of M-62 concurrency
14.32023.046
 M-62 north – Dowagiac		Northern end of M-62 concurrency
Newberg Township25.70941.375 M-40 – Paw Paw, US 12
St. JosephThree Rivers33.328–
33.618		53.636–
54.103
 US 131 south – Constantine, Middlebury		Southern end of US 131 concurrency
34.304–
34.506		55.207–
55.532
Bus. US 131
north		Northern end of US 131 concurrency; western end of Bus. US 131 concurrency
35.37256.926
Bus. US 131 north

 M-86 east – Coldwater
Eastern end of Bus. US 131 concurrency; western terminus of M-86
Mendon–Leonidas township line49.16879.128
 M-66 south – Sturgis		Western end of M-66 concurrency
BranchSherwood Township59.39495.585
 M-66 north – Battle Creek		Eastern end of M-66 concurrency
CalhounBurlington68.353110.003
 M-311 north – Battle Creek		Southern terminus of M-311
Tekonsha Township72.679–
72.702		116.966–
117.003		 I-69 – Lansing, Fort WayneExit 25 on I-69
Homer82.956133.505
 M-99 south – Hillsdale		Western end of M-99 concurrency
Homer–Albion township line86.166138.671
 M-99 north – Albion		Eastern end of M-99 concurrency
JacksonSummit Township101.200162.866Spring Arbor RoadSouthern end of freeway
BL I-94 east (Michigan Avenue) – Jackson
Southern end of BL I-94 concurrency
104.224167.732
BL I-94
east		Northern end of BL I-94 concurrency; exit 136 on I-94
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

Special routes

There have been two different special routes of M-60. Business M-60 (Bus. M-60) in Niles is still in existence, while Alternate M-60 (Alt. M-60) in Concord has been decommissioned.

Business M-60

Business plate.svg

Business M-60 marker

Business M-60

LocationNiles
Length2.554 mi[1] (4.110 km)
Existedc. 1957[26][27]–present

Business M-60 (Bus. M-60) is a state

business spur running through the city of Niles and adjacent townships. The spur starts at the intersection with M-51 (Main Street, 11th Street) and runs eastward along a former routing of M-60 on Oak Street through a residential section of town. Near the Berrien–Cass county line, the highway passes south of the Jerry Tyler Memorial Airport. East of the airport, the street name changes from Oak Street to Yankee Road, and Bus. M-60 runs to its terminus at M-60 (Detroit Road).[34] The total length is 2.554 miles (4.110 km),[1] and 5,284–7,984 cars and 333 trucks use the route each day.[6]

The business route was a loop route, continuing through downtown along

Bus. US 112[b] when the designation was created in late 1956 or early 1957.[26][27] M-60 was truncated west of Niles in 1966; at the same time, Bus. M-60 was truncated at its junction with Bus. US 12/M-51[c] near downtown.[32][33]

Alternate M-60

Alternate plate 1926.svg

Alternate M-60 marker

Alternate M-60

LocationConcord
Length1.671 mi[1] (2.689 km)
Existed1933[14][15]–1934[36][37]

Alternate M-60 (Alt. M-60) was an alternate loop route running through Concord. It acted as a "business route" into downtown Concord during its short lifetime after a bypass of town along M-60 was built. Its appearance predated the development of business routes in Michigan. Concord was bypassed in 1933, resulting in the creation of the alternate route.[14][15] That route was turned over to local control the next year, decommissioning the designation.[36][37]

See also

  •  
    Michigan Highways portal

Footnotes

  1. ^ The first state highways in Michigan were signed in 1919.[10]
  2. ^ a b Several business loops were renumbered in 1961 as the US 12 designation was moved off the I-94 freeway to replace the US 112 designation in the state. Bus. US 12 routes, like the one in Jackson, were redesignated BL I-94 routes, and Bus. US 112 routes, like the one in Niles, became Bus. US 12 routes.[30][31]
  3. ^ In April 2010, the Bus. US 12 designation was decommissioned when the central portion was turned over to local control and an extended M-139 replaced it on its west end. The eastern section became just M-51.[35]

References

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  5. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (April 2009). Michigan's Railroad System (PDF) (Map). Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved September 14, 2010.
  6. ^ a b Bureau of Transportation Planning (2008). "Traffic Monitoring Information System". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  7. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (April 23, 2006). National Highway System, Michigan (PDF) (Map). Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 20, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
  8. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2005). National Highway System: Jackson Urbanized Area (PDF) (Map). Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  9. ^ 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.
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