F-41 (Michigan county highway)

F-41
Route information
Maintained by the Iosco and Alcona county road commissions
Length: 31.803 mi[2] (51.182 km)
Existed: c. October 5, 1970[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: US 23 in Oscoda
  M-72 in Gustin Township
North end: US 23 in Caledonia Township
Location
Counties: Iosco, Alcona
Highway system

County-Designated Highways

← F-38 F-42 →
← M-170 M-171 M-172 →

F-41 is a county-designated highway in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It was previously designated as M-171, a former state trunkline highway, until 1960, running from US Highway 23 (US 23) just north of Oscoda, and coming back to US 23 about 20 miles (32 km) south of Alpena. The road runs through rural, forested areas of Iosco and Alcona counties, inland from Lake Huron.

Although it has been a county road since 1960, F-41 was a state highway in 1919 when the state trunkline highway system was formed. It was a segment of the original M-10 that was replaced by US 23 in 1926. Later changes to US 23 shifted that road closer to Lake Huron, and the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) created two different routings for M-171 out of the former US 23 routings in the area. The second of these highways has been designated F-41 since 1970.

Contents

Route description

F-41 begins at an intersection with US 23 on the north side of Oscoda. The route travels to the northwest away from town, passing between Van Etten Lake and what was previously Wurtsmith Air Force Base. The road continues north through a rural area of Alcona County on Somers and Mikado roads, running parallel, but inland, to the Lake Huron shoreline. It passes through the small communities of Mikado and Gustin before coming to a junction with M-72. After crossing M-72, F-41 turns east into the community of Lincoln along Traverse Bay State Road, 2nd Street and Main Street before leaving town to the north. The road continues on to the north on Barlow Road through Alcona County before terminating at a second junction with US 23. The highway travels through wooded terrain along its routing.[3][4]

History

M-171
Location: Oscoda – Caledonia Township
Length: 31.803 mi[2] (51.182 km)
Existed: 1936[7]–1960[5][6]

The first highway designation to run from Oscoda toward Spruce to Alpena was the original M-10 on July 1, 1919.[8] This segment of highway was later redesignated as a part of US 23 in 1926 when the United States Numbered Highway System was established.[9] Realignments of US 23 created both versions of M-171.

The initial incarnation of M-171 served as a loop route off US 23 which departed the main highway east of Spruce, traveled west through Spruce, then north past Hubbard Lake and through Wilson before returning to US 23 near Alpena. This roadway was part of US 23 before it was redesignated M-171 in 1932. This routing is now occupied by the present day routings of Spruce, Hubbard Lake and Wilson roads.[10] This version of M-171 was removed from the system in 1934.[11][12]

The second version of M-171 that ran between Oscoda and Caledonia Township in Alcona County[13] was assumed into the state trunkline system in 1936.[7] This was another former segment of US 23.[14] It served that route for 24 years before being decommissioned in late 1960 or early 1961.[5][6] The routing was then assigned County Road F-41 after October 5, 1970,[1][15] and has retained that designation ever since.[4]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Iosco
 Oscoda 0.000 US 23 / LHCT – Tawas City
Alcona
 Mikado Township 13.284 F-30 (Mikado–Glennie Road)
Gustin Township 17.766 M-72 – Grayling, Harrisville
Caledonia Township 31.803 US 23 / LHCT – Alpena
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "County Primary Road Marking System Okayed". Holland Evening Sentinel: p. 6. October 5, 1970. 
  2. ^ a b c Michigan Department of Transportation (2009). MDOT Physical Reference Finder Application (Map). Cartography by Michigan Center for Geographic Information. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/prfinder/. Retrieved August 29, 2010. 
  3. ^ Google, Inc. Google Maps – Overview Map of F-41 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Oscoda,+MI&daddr=44.54243,-83.42194+to:44.59807,-83.40227+to:44.72821,-83.40429+to:US-23+N%2FN+Huron+Rd&hl=en&geocode=FcXMpQIdD3kI-ymtWeqyfDQniDF9tczrk_xkJA%3BFd6ppwIdDBUH-yn7M5d5eEgniDFTudO-sennlg%3BFTaDqAId4mEH-ynDPV5F6EUniDEbgQG5aivy4w%3BFZJ_qgId_lkH-ykxPGtnF1oniDFP-tlaVFFj-Q%3BFTRFrAIdwlkH-w&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=3&sz=11&via=1,2,3&sll=44.739905,-83.377304&sspn=0.460904,0.512924&ie=UTF8&ll=44.640323,-83.379364&spn=0.461697,0.512924&t=h&z=11. Retrieved August 29, 2010. 
  4. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2010). Official Department of Transportation Map (Map). 1 in.:15 mi/1 cm:9 km. Section G13–H13. 
  5. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (1960). Official Highway Map (Map). Section G13–H13.  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  6. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (1961). Official Highway Map (Map). Section G13–H13.  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
  7. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (December 15, 1936). 1936/7 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Winter ed.). Section G13–H13. 
  8. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan: Lower Peninsula (Map). Cartography by MSHD. 
  9. ^ Bureau of Public Roads (November 11, 1926) (PDF). United States System of Highways (Map). http://www.okladot.state.ok.us/hqdiv/p-r-div/maps/misc-maps/1926us.pdf. Retrieved May 10, 2008. 
  10. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1932). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha. 
  11. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1934). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha. 
  12. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (September 1, 1934). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha. 
  13. ^ Rand McNally (1956). Michigan Road Map (Map). Section F7. 
  14. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1935). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by H.M. Gousha. 
  15. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1971). Official Highway Map (Map). 1 in:14.5 mi. Section G13–H13. 

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