Talk:M-14 (Michigan highway)

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No, the descriptions of Exit 5 and Exit 8 are not accurate (Exits 45 and 42 on US-23, north of Ann Arbor. Also, "Exit 5" is not signed as such from M-14; approaching from the east the jucntion is simply not labeled.

The Exit 45/"Exit 5" has the three levels stacked, top to bottom as follows:

--Ramp from Eastbound M-14 to Northbound US-23

--US-23 South mainline (onto combined US-23/M-14)

--M-14 West mainline (from combined US-23/M-14)

Similarly, Exit 42/Exit 8 is stacked top to bottom as follows:

--M-14 East mainline

--Ramp from M-14 West to Us-23 south

--US-23 North mainline onto the combined stretch

Also, the substandard M-14/Barton ramps at Exit 4, directly opposite the Huron River from the Main St. ramps, are not listed in the exit list. The Westbound ramps are fine, but Eastbound has a 15 MPH hairpin exit, while the eastbound entrance has a stop sign at the point where the ramp enters the freeway, with no acceleration lane.

BTW, it should be noted that the Beck Road exit is a Parclo A4.

At least the discrepancies with the top levels at Exits 5/45 and 8/42 should be corrected in the article. The article states that the top level is the US-23 main lanes, which is the case at neither junction.

[edit] Bridge accident

why was this removed? It's a notable recent event and now part of the history of the highway. Imzadi1979 (talk) 21:02, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Recent, yes. Notable no. It was only two weeks ago and already nobody cares. In fact checking http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=m-14+crane you can see that it was never mentioned again after March 29th. Which is exactly the type of non-historical event that should be confined to WikiNews -- KelleyCook (talk) 14:04, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Did Wikinews cover it at all so we could add a link? I got the impression, I guess, that it was a bigger deal than it appears it was. That's why I asked. Imzadi1979 (talk) 02:10, 16 April 2008 (UTC)