M-209 (Michigan highway)
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| M-209 Former state trunkline |
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| Glen Haven Road | |||||||||
| Length: | 0.543 mi[1] (0.874 km) | ||||||||
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| Existed: | 1920s[2] – 1996-06-05[1] | ||||||||
| South end: |  M-109 near Glen Haven |
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| North end: | Coast Guard Life Saving Station in Glen Haven | ||||||||
| Counties: | Leelanau | ||||||||
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M-209 was a state trunkline route in the lower peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It was located in Leelanau County in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Until it was decommissioned, it was Michigan's shortest state highway.[3] M-209 started at M-109 and went 0.543 miles (0.874 km) or just 956 yards to Glen Haven. In 1996, M-209's designation was "abandoned", and the road was turned over to the jurisdiction of the Leelanau County Road Commission.[1]
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[edit] Route description
M-209 was the short connector route from M-109 to the Glen Haven unit of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore west of Glen Arbor. Glenn Haven is a restored logging village on the shore of Lake Michigan on the Leelanau Peninsula. Attractions include the restored General Store and Blacksmith Shop. Also located in Glen Haven is the former Glen Haven Canning Co. building. This building was first used as a warehouse and later as a cannery for cherries in the 1920s. It has since been restored as the Cannery Boathouse housing historic wooden boats used in the Manitou Passage between Glen Haven/Glen Arbor and the Manitou Islands.[4] The terminus of M-209 was located in front of the former U.S. Coast Guard Life Saving Station, now restored as a maritime museum.[5]At the time of decommissioning, M-209 was a two-lane, paved road.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a United States National Lakeshore located on the "little finger" of the lower peninsula of Michigan in Leelanau and Benzie counties.
The park covers a 35-mile (56 km) stretch of Lake Michigan's eastern coastline, as well as North and South Manitou Islands. The park was established primarily for its outstanding natural features, including forests, beaches, dune formations, and ancient glacial phenomena. The Lakeshore also contains many cultural features including the 1871 South Manitou Island Lighthouse, three former Life-Saving Service/Coast Guard Stations and an extensive rural historic farm district. The park was authorized on October 21st, 1970.
[edit] History
From its inception in the 1920s, M-209 was Michigan's shortest highway.[2] It connected the small community of Glen Haven to M-109 just south of the community. Glen Haven was founded as a settlement called Sleeping Bearville with a sawmill and an inn in 1857. By 1881, there were 11 buildings in the community. The lifesaving station was built in 1901 and moved to its present location in 1931 before closing in 1941.[6] M-209 was first assumed as a state trunkline in the 1920s. It would later serve the national lakeshore when the park was created on 1970-10-21. The Park Service purchased all of the village by the mid-1970s. The highway was turned over to Leelanau County control on 1996-06-05.[1] It is now known only as Glen Haven Road.[7]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads | Notes |
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| Leelanau | Glen Haven | 0.000 |  M-109 |
Southern terminus |
| 0.543 | Coast Guard station access road | Northern terminus |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e State Adminitrative Board Resolutions (PDF). State of Michigan (1940-Present). Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
- ^ a b Baird, Thomas (2006-01-31). Early modern highways in Leelanau. Leelanau Post. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ^ Bessert, Christopher J. (2005-09-25). Michigan Highways: Master List 1918-Present. Michigan Highways. Retrieved on 2006-11-10.
- ^ Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ^ Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - Maritime Museum. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
- ^ Weeks, George. Sleeping Bear: Yesterday and Today. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press, 208. ISBN 0472030310.
- ^ Google Maps. Glen Haven, MI [map]. Cartography by NAVTEQ. (2008) Retrieved on 2008-02-15.
