M-48 (Michigan highway)

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M-48
Maintained by MDOT
Length: 43.75 mi[1] (70.41 km)
Formed: 1920
West end: I-75 near Rudyard
Major
junctions:
M-48/M-129 north of Pickford

M-48/M-129 south of Pickford

East end: M-134 south of Goetzville
Counties: Chippewa, Mackinac
Michigan highways
< M-47 M-49 >

M-48 is an east-west highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It connects Rudyard with Pickford and continues to the far eastern end of the UP.

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[edit] Route description

It currently runs from Rudyard easterly to the north of Pickford. There it joins with M-129 to the south side of Pickford. M-48 runs solo to an end on M-134 south of Goetzville and west of DeTour Village.

At the west end, M-48 passes over I-75 without an interchange. It runs past the freeway, turns north to Pickford and then runs back to an interchange with I-75 at exit 373.

[edit] History

In 1920, M-48 ran from Rudyard to Trout Lake along the current H-40. At Rexton, M-48 turned north to Newberry. In 1949, M-48 was relocated from Rexton to Epoufette to end at US 2. In 1960, M-48 was truncated on the west end back to the current H-63/Mackinac Trail at Rudyard.

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile Roads Notes
Chippewa Rudyard 0.00 I-75 Western terminus at Exit 373
  H-63
Mackinac Trail
 
Pickford   M-129  
Goetzville   M-134 Eastern terminus
Legend
Crossing, no access Concurrency terminus Deleted Unconstructed Closed

[edit] References

  1. ^ Michigan Highways: Highways 40 through 49 Christopher J. Bessert. URL accessed Aug 31 2006.

[edit] External links