M-134 (Michigan highway)
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| M-134 |
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| Maintained by MDOT | |||||||||
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| Length: | 33.19 mi[1] (53.41 km) includes Drummond Island Ferry length |
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| Formed: | 1938 | ||||||||
| West end: |  I-75 near St. Ignace |
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| Major junctions: |
 M-129 in Cedarville
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| East end: | "Four Corners" on Drummond Island | ||||||||
| Counties: | Mackinac & Chippewa | ||||||||
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M-134 is a state trunkline route in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is one of only three state trunkline routes in Michigan on islands. The others are M-154 on Harsens Island and M-185 on Mackinac Island. It is one of only two state trunklines to utilize a ferry in Michigan. The other is US 10 which uses the Lake Michigan Carferry from Manitowoc, WI to Ludington across Lake Michigan.
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[edit] Route description
The route runs from north of St. Ignace to DeTour Village and from DeTour utilizes the Drummond Island Ferry to cross the DeTour Passage to Drummond Island.
A portion of the route, from north of St. Ignace to the Mackinac/Chippewa county line was originally designated as M-4 and was redesignated as M-134 in 1939, although most of the roads in this original route have been returned to local control as new alignments for the route were built.
[edit] History
From 1928 until 1938, the first route designated as M-134 was a road in Missaukee County from M-66 three miles north of McBain east to Falmouth. In 1938, the road returned to local control.
The current designation appeared in the Upper Peninsula in early 1939, soon after being removed from Missaukee County. It replaced the former M-4 route designation. In the 1940s, the route was extended eastward to DeTour Village, and in 1988, the route was extended across the Detour Passage to Drummond Island.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile | Roads | Notes |
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| Mackinac | St. Ignace | 0.00 | I-75 |
Western terminus |
| Cedarville | M-129 |
To Pickford, Sault Ste. Marie | ||
| Chippewa | Goetzville |  M-48 |
To Pickford | |
| DeTour Village | Drummond Island Ferry | Crossing the DeTour Channel | ||
| Drummond | 33.19 | Four Corners | Eastern terminus |
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| Crossing, no access | Concurrency terminus | Deleted | Unconstructed | Closed | |
[edit] References
- ^ Michigan Highways: Highways 120 through 139 Christopher J. Bessert. URL accessed Aug 24 2006.
