M-98 (Michigan highway)
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| East end |  M-28 near McMillan | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Michigan | |||
| Counties | Schoolcraft, Luce | |||
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M-98 is the designation of a former 16.2-mile (26.1 km)
Route description
M-98 started at a junction with M-77 in Germfask next to the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, a managed wetland in Schoolcraft County. The highway followed Ten Curves Road east and then north out town. The trunkline turned back due east and crosses the Fox River before a set of curves that shifted the highway along the Schoolcraft–Luce county line to pass north of Big Manistique Lake. Ten Curves Road passes between the Big and North Manistee lakes as it enters the community of Helmer in Luce County. There, M-98 intersected M-135, and the two ran concurrently north along Manistique Lakes Road. M-98/M-135 turned due east to intersect M-28 southwest of McMillan near East Lake.[1][3]
History
M-98 was first designated by July 1, 1919,[2] at the same time as the initial state highway system was signed.[5] In 1929, M-135 was designated, creating the concurrency along the last several miles of M-98.[6][7] By 1936, a series of corners were straightened out on the western end of M-98 near Germfask.[8][9] In late 1949 or early 1950, M-28 was realigned to take an angled route southeasterly out of McMillan. The east–west section of the previous M-28 routing was added to M-98 while the north–south segment was added to M-135.[10][11] By the middle of 1958, M-135 was shifted to follow M-98, removing the roadway section added to its routing previously; this change made M-98 and M-135 concurrent north of Helmer all the way to M-28 once again.[12][13] M-98 was removed from the state trunkline system in late 1960 or early 1961, and the designation was decommissioned at that time.[3][4] The M-98 designation has not been reused since.[14] The routing was then assigned as a County Road H-44 after October 5, 1970,[15] along the east–west section of the former M-98. The former M-98/M-135 was given the H-33 moniker at the same time.[16] Both roads have retained those designations ever since.[14] The Luce County Road Commission has also assigned the former highway the designations County Road 98 (CR 98) along Ten Curves Road and CR 135 on Manistique Lakes Road since taking control back from the state in the 1960s.[1]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Blaney Park, Seney | Former western terminus | ||||
M-135 south – Curtis | Modern day H-33; southern end of M-135 concurrency | ||||
M-135 south | Former eastern terminus | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Michigan Highways portal
References
- ^ a b c d Google (February 17, 2008). "Overview Map of Former M-98" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
- ^ OCLC 15607244. Retrieved December 18, 2016 – via Michigan State University Libraries.
- ^ . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
- ^ . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
- ^ "Michigan May Do Well Following Wisconsin's Road Marking System". The Grand Rapids Press. September 20, 1919. p. 10.
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- OCLC 12701143.
- OCLC 12701120.
- OCLC 12701120.
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- . Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)
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External links
- Former M-98 at Michigan Highways