Information AboutM-186 (michigan Highway) |
M-186, is a short connector highway in the U.S. State of Michigan . The western terminus is at M-113 east of Kingsley and the eastern terminus is at US 131 west of downtown Fife Lake . M-186 forms an easterly "extension" of M-113 from Kingsley to Fife Lake. From the eastern terminus, State Street connects M-186 and US 131 with downtown Fife Lake. In 1979, plans were drawn up to extend M-186 farther west along a cut-off alignment that would have run to the south of M-113 to an intersection east of Kingsley near Hodge Rd. This realignment was never built and removed from state plans in the 1990s. FORMER ROUTING In the 1930s, M-186 was designated on a connector route in the Upper Peninsula Of Michigan between US 2 / US 41 at Rapid River and M-35 near Brampton . This designation existed from 1932-10-29 to 1939-07-13 , forming a convenient route for westbound US 2 traffic to access M-35 northbound towards Gwinn and Negaunee FORMATION OF CURRENT ROUTING In 1940, US 131 ended at a threeway convergence with M-113 and M-131 four miles north of Walton Junction in Paradise Township . From this intersection, US 131 ran south to Walton Junction, M-113 ran west to Kingsley, and M-131 ran east toward Fife Lake before turning north to Petoskey . A new alignment of US 131 was built from Walton Junction directly to Fife Lake. This formed a third leg of a triangle of roads, allowing US 131 to bypass the Paradise Township intersection. US 131 replaced M-131 north from Fife Lake to Petoskey. M-113 was extended along the former section of US 131 south to Walton Junction. The remaining leg of the triangle from Paradise Township to Fife Lake along a portion of the former M-131 was designated M-186 at this time. EXTERNAL LINKS REFERENCES |
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