M-91 (Michigan highway)

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M-91

Map
M-91 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length24.464 mi[1] (39.371 km)
Existed1942[2]–present
Major junctions
South end M-44 near Belding
Major intersections M-57 at Greenville
North end M-46 at Lakeview
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesIonia, Montcalm
Highway system
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M-92

M-91 is a largely north–south

Montcalm counties. It is all undivided surface route. Aside from the two Michigan state highways that are its termini, it has only one other intersection with any Michigan state highway, and that is with M-57 in Greenville
.

M-91 was formed when M-66 was rerouted in the 1940s. At the time, the highway continued south to Lowell, but subsequent transfers or roadway sections have truncated the route to its present form. For a time period in the 1980s, M-91 was even a discontinuous highway when a section in the middle was transferred to county control before the southernmost section was transferred.

Route description

M-91 starts at an intersection with

Langston. North of Langston are Tacoma, West and Spring lakes. Further north, M-91 curves to the northwest around Farnsworth Lake, resuming its due-north course a mile (1.6 km) to the west . Running through farmlands again, M-91 terminates at an intersection with M-46 in Lakeview, just south of Tamarack Lake.[3][4]

History

Previous designations

The first routing of M-91 in Michigan was located between

Cedar River in the Upper Peninsula. This routing was designated by July 1, 1919.[5] The designation remained until sometime before December 1927 when it was replaced by M-35.[6]

In 1927, all of the current M-91 was originally part of M-66.[6] A second usage of M-91 was designated from Rogers City towards Cheboygan County along the Lake Huron shore by 1930.[7] It became part of US 23 by the end of 1940.[8][9]

Current designation

M-91 was designated for the third time by June 1942. The number was assigned between US 16 (Cascade Road/Grand River Avenue) south of Lowell running northeast along Alden Nash Avenue into Lowell and Lincoln Lake Road north of town. The highway followed Lincoln Lake Road to M-44 east of Belding and turned to run concurrently along M-44 to the Belding area. From there it ran north to Greenville and on to Lakeview along the present route.[2] The last section of gravel roadway was paved in Ionia County in 1954.[10][11]

The highway designation was extended south to the then-new US 16 freeway (now Interstate 96) around 1958.[12] It was later truncated back to M-21 in Lowell in 1968.[13][14] By 1980, the section of M-91 in Ionia County south of M-44 to the Kent County line was turned back to local control. The highway section in Kent County remained marked as M-91, resulting in a discontinuous highway.[15][16] The southern section between Lowell and the county line was turned back by 1985, resulting in the modern routing of M-91.[17]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
IoniaOtisco Township0.0000.000 M-44 (Belding Road) – Grand Rapids, Belding
MontcalmGreenville6.32110.173 M-57 (Washington Street) – Chesaning
Lakeview24.46439.371 M-46 (Howard City–Edmore Road) – Howard City, St. Louis
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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 12701143
    .
  3. ^ Google (January 26, 2010). "Overview Map of M-91" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  4. OCLC 42778335
    .
  5. OCLC 15607244
    . Retrieved December 18, 2016 – via Michigan State University Libraries.
  6. ^
    OCLC 12701195, 79754957
    .
  7. OCLC 12701195, 79754957
    .
  8. OCLC 12701143
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  9. OCLC 12701143
    .
  10. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  11. OCLC 12701120
    .
  12. OCLC 12701120, 51856742
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)
  13. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  14. OCLC 12701120
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  15. OCLC 12701177
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  16. OCLC 12701177, 606211521
    .
  17. OCLC 12701177
    . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

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