M-25 (Michigan highway)
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| M-25 |
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| Length: | 146.99 mi[1] (236.56 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1933[2] | ||||||||
| South end: |   BL I-69/BL I-94 at Port Huron |
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| Major junctions: |
 M-90 at Lexington
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| West end: |   & I-75/US 23 & US 10 at Bay City |
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| Counties: | St. Clair, Sanilac, Huron, Tuscola, Bay | ||||||||
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M-25 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. The route follows an arc-like shape closely along the Lake Huron shore of the Thumb in the eastern Lower Peninsula between Port Huron and Bay City. It serves the lakeshore resorts along Lake Huron and Saginaw Bay and generally lies within sight of the lake and the bay. All is surface road and generally scenic, except for the freeway segment near the junction with I-75 and connection into the US 10 freeway.
Between Port Huron and Port Austin it is the north-south highway that used to be US 25 before the designation was removed from Michigan. Between Port Austin and Bay City it is an east-west route that appeared on some maps as US 25 and on some maps as a M-25. Since the 1970s, when all of US 25 was deleted north of Cincinnati, Ohio it is now entirely M-25.
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[edit] Route description
[edit] Port Huron to Port Austin
The starting point of M-25 at a junction with Business Loop I-69/Business Loop I-94 (BL I-69/BL I-94) in Port Huron. M-25 is part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour for its entire length.[3] From here M-25 heads north on Pine Grove Avenue until meeting M-136. At this intersection, M-25 turns north on 24th Avenue to Lakeshore Road then runs parallel to the Lake Huron shoreline.[4]
In the community of Lakeport, M-25 passes through Lakeport State Park. Past the park, M-25 changes names from Lakeshore Road to Kimball Road temporarily. M-25 intesects the east end of M-90 blocks from Lake Huron in Lexington. There are public beaches in Lexington and in Port Sanilac. M-25's street name changes after the M-46 intersection to that of North Lakeshore Road. The Huron Shores Golf Club is located off the highway north of Port Sanilac at the intersection of Snover Road. Sanilac County has established the Sanilac County Park at the intesection of Downington Road and M-25 south of Richmondville. North of Forestville M-25 is once again called South Lakeshore Road as the highway crosses into Huron County.[3][4]
Wagener County Park is located off M-25 in the community of Helena. M-25 beings to curve to the northwest in Sand Beach near the Rock Falls Cemetery. In the city of Harbor Beach, M-25 is called Huron Avenue and meets M-142 for the first of two occasions. Here is the Harbor Beach Golf Course on the south side of town as M-25 moves inland through town. North of town, the trunkline parallels an old routing of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway as it is once again renamed Lakeshore Road. The highway moves farther inland north of Rubicon and Port Hope as it begins to round the tip of the Thumb. In Grind Stone City, M-25 loses the Lakeshore Road name in favor of Grindstone Road all the way to Port Austin.[3][4]
[edit] Port Austin to Bay City
Port Austin is the location of the historical northern terminus of US 25. Through town, M-25 turns north along Lake Street before continuing west on Port Austin Road along the lake. West of town, M-25 turns south along the Saginaw Bay and meets Port Crescent State Park. From here south west, M-25 hugs the bay and its miles of beaches. North of Caseville is the Albert E. Sleeper State Park. Through Caseville, M=25 uses Main Street and passes the city beach off State Street. McKinley is home to the Scenic Golf & Country Club and Wild Fowl Bay. M-25 follows the shore of Wild Fowl Bay, a smaller bay off Saginaw Bay, to the city of Bay Port and the western terminus of M-142 on Fairhaven a smaller community south of Bay Port. From here south, the road is called Unionville Road and turns inland to Sebewaing.[3][4]
At Unionville, M-25 turns more westerly to round the bottom of Saginaw Bay into Bay City along Bay City-Forestville Road in Tuscola County. In the community of Quanicassee, it transitions to Center Road and crosses into Bay County. M-32 is routed the one-way street pair of 7th Street and McKinley Street before crossing the Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Saginaw River. West of the bridge, the one-way pairing of Jenny Street and Thomas Street are used before the two merge into Thomas Street west of the M-13 intersections.[3][4]
The western terminus is at the junction of I-75/US 23 and US 10. As the roadway crosses the I-75/US 23 freeway it feeds into the eastern end of US 10 freeway.[3]
[edit] History
[edit] Previous designation
M-25 was first designated in 1919 in the Upper Peninsula. The highway ran from Skandia along what is today M-94 to Munising. From there it used today's routing of M-28 eastward to Newberry and Sault Ste. Marie. This designation was replaced by M-28 in 1926.[2]
[edit] Current designation
In 1933, US 25 was extended north from Port Huron to Port Austin. along M-29. M-25 was designated along the portion of M-29 disconnected by the US 25 extension, from Bay City to Port Austin. M-25 was extended along US 25 to Port Huron when the latter was removed from Michigan in 1973. The southern terminus was placed at I-94 in Port Huron until it was moved northward to end at BL I-94 (now BL I-69/BL I-94) in 1987.[2]
The section of M-25 in the City of Bay City was named a history heritage route by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). This designation was made on 1997-10-23 for the section of M-25 along Center Avenue between Madison Avenue and the eastern city limits.[5]
[edit] Future
MDOT has planned a 2008 budgetary outlay of $9,031,000 in Sanilac County, most of which is designated for reconstruction work on M-25. A $2.4 million project is scheduled between Gardner Line Road and Crest Drive, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) stretch of road due to receive a center turn lane and drainage upgrades. A resurfacing project and culvert work between Deckerville Road and Russell Road costing $3.2 million is scheduled between July and October 2008.[6]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads | Notes |
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| St. Clair | Port Huron | 0.00 | BL I-69 BL I-94 Hancock Street |
Southern terminus of M-25 |
| 1.75 |  M-136Pine Grove Avenue |
Eastern terminus of M-136 | ||
| Sanilac | Lexington | 11.59 | M-90 Huron Avenue |
Eastern terminus of M-90 |
| Port Sanilac | 22.96 |  M-46Main Street |
Eastern terminus of M-46 | |
| Huron | Harbor Beach | 52.44 |  M-142State Street |
Eastern terminus of M-142 |
| Port Austin | 77.10 |  M-53Lake Street |
Northern terminus of M-53; historic northern terminus of US 25 | |
| Fairhaven | 106.11 | M-142 Pigeon Road |
Western terminus of M-142 | |
| Tuscola | Unionville |  M-24Center Street |
Northern terminus of M-24 | |
| Bay | Bay City | 142.92 |  M-15Trumbull Street |
Northern terminus of M-15 |
| 145.55 |  M-13Euclid Avenue |
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| 146.99 | I-75/US 23 US 10 |
Western terminus of M-25 and eastern terminus of US 10; road continues westward as US 10 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Control Section/Physical Reference Atlas. Michigan Department of Transportation (2001). Retrieved on 2008-01-25.
- ^ a b c Bessert, Christopher J. (2006-04-23). Michigan Highways: Highways 20 through 29. Michigan Highways. Retrieved on 2006-08-19.
- ^ a b c d e f Michigan Department of Transportation. Official 2008 Department of Transportation Map [map], 1 in:15 mi/1 cm:9 km. (2008) Section I12–K14.
- ^ a b c d e Google Maps. Michigan [map]. Cartography by NAVTEQ Inc..
- ^ Maxwell, Terrion (1997-10-23). Bay City Receives Historic Heritage Route Designation. Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
- ^ Mullings, Angela. "Sanilac crews get ready: M-25 road project the biggest of many in 2008", Times Herald, 2008-04-14. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
