M-28 Business (Ishpeming–Negaunee, Michigan)


BUS M-28

BUS M-28 highlighted in red
Route information
Business route of M-28
Maintained by MDOT
Length: 4.873 mi[2] (7.842 km)
History: ca. July 1, 1919 – 1958 as previous designations
1958 – present[1]
Major junctions
West end: US 41 / M-28 in Ishpeming
 
To CR 480 (Negaunee City Truck Route)
East end: US 41 / M-28 in Negaunee
Location
Counties: Marquette
Highway system

Michigan State Trunkline Highway System
Interstate • US • State

M-28 Business Route (BUS M-28) is a state trunkline highway serving as a business route that runs for 4.841 miles (7.791 km) through the downtown districts of Ishpeming and Negaunee in Michigan. The trunkline provides a marked route for traffic diverting from U.S. Highway 41 (US 41) and M-28 through the two historic iron-mining communities. It is one of three business loops for M-numbered highways in the state of Michigan. There have previously been two other BUS M-28 designations for routes in Newberry and Marquette.

The trunkline was originally a section of US 41/M-28 and M-35. Before the 1930s, the main highways ran through the two downtown areas. US 41/M-28 was relocated to run near Teal Lake. The former routing had various names over the years. It was designated as an alternate route of the main highways, using both the US 41A/M-28A and ALT US 41/ALT M-28 designations before it was designated as BUS M-28 in 1958. M-35 continued to run through downtown Negaunee along a section of the highway until the 1960s. A rerouting in 1999 moved the trunkline designation along Lakeshore Drive in Ishpeming, and a streetscape project rebuilt the road in Negaunee in 2005.

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Route description

There are currently three business routes in the state of Michigan derived from M-numbered highways. The other two are in Hillman and Niles for M-32 and M-60 respectively.[3] In the past, two other business routes for M-28 existed in Newberry and Marquette, but they have since been retired. The extant BUS M-28 designation remains for the loop through Ishpeming and Negaunee.

Ishpeming

BUS M-28 begins at a signalized intersection on US 41/M-28 with Lakeshore Drive in the city of Ishpeming. The trunkline runs south along Lakeshore Drive under the tracks of the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad (LS&I) and southeasterly towards Lake Bancroft. South of the lake, BUS M-28 turns east on Division Street.[4] Traffic along the highway here can view the towers of the Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum; the museum is dedicated to telling the story of underground iron ore mining in the region.[5][6]

Division Street carries the BUS M-28 designation into the central business district of Ishpeming, where it runs past local businesses, Ishpeming High School and the original Ishpeming City Hall. On the east side of downtown, both the central machine shops and the research labs for Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company are located on Division Street. Continuing east, the trunkline follows Ready Street over hills and through a residential area to the Ishpeming–Negaunee city line.[4]

Negaunee

In Negaunee, the routing uses a street named County Road east from the city line. County Road passes Jackson Park, location of the first iron ore discovery in the area. The iron mined from the region supplied half of the nation's supply between 1850 and 1900.[7] South of downtown Negaunee, BUS M-28 turns north along the west fork of Silver Street. The street runs north under an overpass that carries Rail Street, so named because it was once a rail line into downtown Negaunee. The trunkline turns east on Jackson Street, running next to the Negaunee City Hall,[4] which was built in 1914–15 at a time when the city's population was increasing and iron production was peaking. The building still houses the city's offices, police station and library.[8]

The business loop follows Jackson Street east to Division Street, where the street curves slightly and becomes Main Street. BUS M-28 follows Main Street one block to the intersection with Teal Lake Avenue. Turning north, the trunkline follows Teal Lake Avenue through residential areas of town past the Negaunee Middle School and up over a hill. On the opposite side of the hill next to Teal Lake Bluff, the business loop intersects Arch Street, which carries traffic to Negaunee High School to the west or the football field complex to the east.[4] Negaunee High School was the site of the former Mather B Mine Complex. The administration building for the mine was converted to its present educational use in 1986.[9] BUS M-28 continues along Teal Lake Avenue past the football field and under the LS&I tracks where it ends at another signalized intersection with US 41/M-28 by Teal Lake.[4] The total length of BUS M-28 is 4.873 miles (7.842 km).[2]

Traffic counts

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) publishes the annual average daily traffic (AADT) for its roadways on a yearly basis. AADT is a statistic used in transportation planning used to express the average number of vehicles on a segment of roadway on any given day of the year. On Lakeshore Drive in Ishpeming, MDOT stated that 6,300 vehicles used the roadway daily in 2006. Along Division Street, traffic drops to 3,700 vehicles before dropping further to 3,300 vehicles along the section on County Road in Negaunee. Silver Street had the lowest traffic counts at 1,700 vehicles on an average day. Traffic is heaviest along Teal Lake Avenue, at 7,800 vehicles.[10]

History

BUS M-28 was originally a portion of US 41/M-28 before the construction of the northerly bypass of Ishpeming and Negaunee in 1937.[11][12] The business loop was not designated BUS M-28 permanently until 1958.[1] It was designated US 41A/M-28A[13][14] before being redesignated ALT US 41/ALT M-28.[15] This dual designation mirrored the other Marquette County business route, BUS US 41.[16]

When M-35 was routed through downtown Negaunee, it joined BUS M-28 northward from the east fork of Silver Street on to US 41/M-28. This routing was moved to bypass the city in 1964 when iron ore mining activity destabilized a portion of the M-35 routing southeast of town.[17] From this point on, BUS M-28 has not shared its routing with any other state trunklines. The western end of BUS M-28 was rerouted on June 4, 1999,[18] when the City of Ishpeming petitioned MDOT to reroute the highway along Lakeshore Drive to US 41/M-28. Previously, it ran along Greenwood Street and North Lake Road and met US 41/M-28 in the West Ishpeming neighborhood of Ishpeming Township.[18]

MDOT in a partnership with the City of Negaunee upgraded Teal Lake Avenue between Arch and Rock streets in a streetscaping project to provide a "pedestrian refuge area". This work entailed reconstruction of the retaining wall, curbing and gutters in 2005. Arch Street is the access to Negaunee High School, and this section of BUS M-28 is near the athletic field complex in Negaunee. The project budgeted $120,200 with $24,200 from the City of Negaunee (equivalent to $135,200 and $27,200 respectively in 2012).[19][20]

Major intersections

The following table lists BUS M-28's major intersections with the primary Marquette County Roads.

The entire highway is in Marquette County.

Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Ishpeming 0.000 US 41 / M-28 / LSCT (Palms Avenue)
0.791
To CR 494 (Greenwood Street)		 Former route of BUS M-28
1.026
To CR 581 (Pine Street)
Negaunee 4.267
To CR 480 (Division Street)		 Negaunee City Truck Route
4.873 US 41 / M-28 / LSCT
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi


See also


References

  1. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Highway Map (Map). Cartography by MSHD. Section C5.  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)
  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 April 9, 2010. 
  3. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2007). Official 2007 Department of Transportation Map (Map). Cartography by MDOT. 
  4. ^ a b c d e Google, Inc. Google Maps – Overview Map of BUS M-28 (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=US+41+%26+Lakeshore+Dr.,+Ishpeming,+MI&daddr=Lakeshore+Dr+%26+Greenwood+St.+Ishpeming,+MI+to:Division++%26+Pine+St.+Ishpeming,+MI+to:Silver+%26+Jackson+St.+Negaunee,+MI+to:Jackson+%26+Pioneer+Negaunee,+MI+to:Teal+Lake+%26+Main,+Negaunee,+MI+to:Teal+Lake+Ave+%26+US-41,+Negaunee+MI&mra=pi&mrcr=5&sll=46.501051,-87.616482&sspn=0.01861,0.030212&ie=UTF8&z=15. Retrieved March 8, 2008. 
  5. ^ Hunt, Mary; Hunt, Don (2007). "Ishpeming—Cliffs Shaft Mining Museum". Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Albion, MI: Midwestern Guides. http://hunts-upguide.com/ishpeming_cliffs_shaft_mining_museum.html. Retrieved June 18, 2009. 
  6. ^ "Cliff’s Shaft Mining Museum: Remnants of History". The Mining Journal (Marquette, MI). May 2, 2008. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5wDv3qkC6. Retrieved June 18, 2009. 
  7. ^ Hunt, Mary; Hunt, Don (2007). "Negaunee". Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Albion, MI: Midwestern Guides. http://hunts-upguide.com/negaunee.html. Retrieved June 18, 2009. 
  8. ^ Hunt, Mary; Hunt, Don (2007). "Downtown Negaunee". Hunts' Guide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Albion, MI: Midwestern Guides. http://hunts-upguide.com/negaunee_downtown_negaunee.html. Retrieved June 18, 2009. 
  9. ^ Staff. "Facilities". Negaunee Public Schools. Archived from the original on February 3, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5wDuy9fTD. Retrieved January 16, 2010. 
  10. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2006) (PDF). ADT Map for Ishpeming–Negaunee (Map). Cartography by MDOT. http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/maps_adtmaparchive/2006adt/Ishpeming%20Negaunee.pdf. Retrieved March 24, 2008. 
  11. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (May 15, 1937). Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by MSDH (Summer ed.). Section B5. 
  12. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1937). Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by MSHD (1937–8 Winter ed.). Section B5. 
  13. ^ Marquette County Road Commission (1939). Marquette County (Map). Cartography by MCRC. 
  14. ^ Marquette County Road Commission (1950). Marquette County (Map). Cartography by MCRC. 
  15. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1951). City of Ishpeming Act 51 Map (Map). Cartography by MSHD. 
  16. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation (1975). Official Transportation Map (Map). Cartography by MDSHT. Marquette inset. 
  17. ^ Right of Way for the M-35 Relocation was purchased between March 20, 1964 and October 12, 1964 according to Michigan Department of Transportation. Right of Way Maps for Marquette County, Sheets 73–76 (Map). Cartography by MDOT. http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/ROWFiles/results.cfm?Dir=Marquette. Retrieved March 8, 2008. 
  18. ^ a b State Administrative Board (1940-present). "State Administrative Board Resolutions" (PDF). State of Michigan. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/resolution_list_155716_7.pdf. Retrieved February 13, 2008. 
  19. ^ Staff (March 16, 2005). "FY 2005 Awarded Enhancement Project Summaries" (PDF). Michigan Department of Transportation. p. 3. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/County_Descriptions_119363_7.pdf. Retrieved March 18, 2008. 
  20. ^ "Consumer Price Index Estimate". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. http://www.minneapolisfed.org/community_education/teacher/calc/hist1800.cfm. Retrieved May 22, 2009. 

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