M-11 (Michigan highway)

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M-11

Length:

20.96 mi^[1] (33.73 km)

Formed:

Current route, 1961^[1]

West end:

I-96 near Marne

Major
junctions:

M-45 at Walker

I-196 in Grand Rapids
US 131 at Wyoming
M-37 near Kentwood

East end:

I-96 near Cascade

Counties:

Ottawa & Kent

Michigan highways
< M-10		US 12 >

M-11 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Michigan in the Grand Rapids metropolitan area. M-11 includes portions of the former route of US 16 in Michigan.

The western terminus is at exit 24 of I-96, one mile east of Marne. In Ottawa County, the road is called Ironwood Drive. beginning at the Kent County border, the street is called Remembrance Road (in honor of those who died in battle). From its western terminus, the road angles southeast-northwest for about a mile and a half. It then turns onto Wilson Ave to run north-south.

It intersects with M-45/Lake Michigan Drive in Walker's Standale Business District. South of Lake Michigan Drive, the route continues on Wilson Ave. until it crosses the Grand River at I-196.

Past I-196, the route curves to run east-west and becomes 28th Street. Wilson continues as a local road and 28th Street is the route through Grandville and Wyoming. It intersects with US 131 and continues through Grand Rapids and Kentwood to its eastern terminus as exit 44 of I-96.

Historical notes: M-11 originally ran along Lake Michigan in the 1920's, and then became US 31 in 1926. In Honor, a street is still designated as Old M-11. M-11 was later designated on the road from Saline to Napoleon until 1954.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile	Roads	Notes
Ottawa	Marne	0.0	I-96 West - Muskegon I-96 East - Grand Rapids	Exit 24 (EB) / Exit 25 (WB) Western terminus
Kent	Walker	4.7	M-45
	Grandville	9.0	I-196 South - Holland I-196 North - Grand Rapids Gerald R. Ford Freeway	Exit 70
	Wyoming	13.3	US 131 South - Kalamazoo US 131 North - Grand Rapids
	Kentwood	18.1	M-37
	Cascade	21.0	I-96 West - Grand Rapids I-96 East - Lansing	Eastern terminus