Roscommon Road | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 1.193 mi [1] (1.920 km) | |||
Existed | 1932 [2] [3]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | M-55 near Prudenville | |||
North end | M-18 near Prudenville | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Michigan | |||
Counties | Roscommon | |||
Highway system | ||||
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M-157 is a short state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway is entirely within Roscommon County in the Lower Peninsula. It is the fourth-shortest state highway in the system, [1] and it serves as a connector route between M-18 and M-55 just east of Prudenville. The current roadway was built and designated as M-157 in the 1930s.
M-157 begins at an intersection with M-55 east of Prudenville and Houghton Lake. The trunkline angles to the northwest before turning north near Ryan Lake. Serving as a short connector, the highway travels north through the Roscommon State Forest terminating just over a mile later at a junction with M-18. [4] [5] A newspaper article in 1972 describing the shortest highways in the state to "important places" listed M-157 as a "short-cut" between the two highways. [6] The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) conducts surveys in 2008 that showed 496 vehicles per day, on average. [7]
M-157 was originally designated in 1931 as a connector route between M-55 and US 27 (present-day M-18). [8] [9] Just a year later, that version was decommissioned, and the road obliterated. A new alignment, the present-day routing of M-157, was then commissioned just to the east. [2] [3]
The entire highway is in Backus Township, Roscommon County.
mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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0.000 | 0.000 | M-55 – Houghton Lake, West Branch | |
1.193 | 1.920 | M-18 – Prudenville, Roscommon | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
Roscommon Road | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length | 1.193 mi [1] (1.920 km) | |||
Existed | 1932 [2] [3]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | M-55 near Prudenville | |||
North end | M-18 near Prudenville | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Michigan | |||
Counties | Roscommon | |||
Highway system | ||||
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M-157 is a short state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway is entirely within Roscommon County in the Lower Peninsula. It is the fourth-shortest state highway in the system, [1] and it serves as a connector route between M-18 and M-55 just east of Prudenville. The current roadway was built and designated as M-157 in the 1930s.
M-157 begins at an intersection with M-55 east of Prudenville and Houghton Lake. The trunkline angles to the northwest before turning north near Ryan Lake. Serving as a short connector, the highway travels north through the Roscommon State Forest terminating just over a mile later at a junction with M-18. [4] [5] A newspaper article in 1972 describing the shortest highways in the state to "important places" listed M-157 as a "short-cut" between the two highways. [6] The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) conducts surveys in 2008 that showed 496 vehicles per day, on average. [7]
M-157 was originally designated in 1931 as a connector route between M-55 and US 27 (present-day M-18). [8] [9] Just a year later, that version was decommissioned, and the road obliterated. A new alignment, the present-day routing of M-157, was then commissioned just to the east. [2] [3]
The entire highway is in Backus Township, Roscommon County.
mi [1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
0.000 | 0.000 | M-55 – Houghton Lake, West Branch | |
1.193 | 1.920 | M-18 – Prudenville, Roscommon | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |