M-125 (Michigan highway)

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M-125
South Dixie Highway/Monroe Street
Length: 19.38 mi[1] (31.19 km)
Formed: 1974
South end: Michigan/Ohio state line near Toledo, Ohio
Major
junctions:
CONN M-125 near Erie

M-50 in Monroe
North end: US 24 near Monroe
Counties: Monroe
Michigan highways
< M-124 M-126 >

M-125 is a 19.38-mile (31.19 km) long state highway route in the U.S. state of Michigan. The route is entirely within Monroe County with a southern terminus on the Ohio state border at Toledo and a northern terminus at US 24 5 miles north of Monroe.

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[edit] Route description

In Ohio, the road continues as Detroit Avenue, which merges with US 24 two miles further south. M-125 runs roughly parallel with and between both US 24 and I-75 its entire length, separated from US 24 by less than a mile most of the way.

From the Ohio state line to about Jones St. in downtown Monroe, M-125 is also known as "South Dixie Highway". North of that point, M-125 is named Monroe Street.

There is a 2.9 mile connector route CONN M-125, also named "Summit Street", running from the first northbound exit off I-75 in Michigan and merging with M-125 just north of Erie.

M-125 is designated as a Historical Heritage Route in downtown Monroe.

[edit] History

[edit] Previous designations

From 1931 to 1937, M-125 was designated on a road in the Upper Peninsula from US 2 to north of Thompson. Later, from 1938 to 1957, the M-125 designation was used on Parish Road in Bay County for 3 miles, and it junctioned with US 23 (now M-13) between Kawkawlin and Linwood and ran westward to 7 Mile Road.

[edit] Current designation

The present route of M-125 is a relic of the old US 25 in Michigan. This highway is not a spur of M-25 and there is not any near connection between the termini of M-25 or M-125. Both M-125 and M-25 have segments that were formerly designated as US 25, and is why both these highways exist without any other apparent connection.

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile Roads Notes
Monroe Erie 0.00 Detroit Avenue Southern terminus on Michigan/Ohio State Line
  CONN M-125  
Monroe   M-50  
19.38 US 24 Northern terminus
Legend
Crossing, no access Concurrency terminus Deleted Unconstructed Closed

[edit] CONN M-125

M-125 Connector
Connector route of the Michigan highway system
Summit Street
Maintained by MDOT
Length: 2.9 mi[2] (4.7 km)
Formed: 1935-01-07 as US 25A,
1960-10-05 as CONN M-125[3]
Michigan highways

M-125 Connector is a connector route running through Erie. It connects I-75 with M-125. It is a four lane divided highway for its entire length, named "Summit Street" in Erie. It is known internally to the Michigan Department of Transportation as "Connector 2". It rarely carries signage showing its given name, usually only TO I-75 or TO M-125 depending on the direction traveled and location.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Bessert, Christopher J. (2006-10-22). Michigan Highways: Highways 120 through 139. Michigan Highways. Retrieved on 2006-09-11.
  2. ^ Garnell, Dan (2004-12-14). Connector M-125 @ Michigan Ends. Michigan Ends. Retrieved on 2006-11-13.
  3. ^ Bessert, Christopher J. (2006-10-22). Michigan Highways: Business Connections 2 through 31. Michigan Highways. Retrieved on 2006-09-04.

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