U.S. Route 10 in Michigan

US Highway 10

US 10 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length: 144.051 mi[2] (231.828 km)
Existed: November 11, 1926[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: SS Badger at Ludington
 

US 31 near Ludington
US 131 near Reed City
M-115 near Lake
US 127 near Clare

M-47 in Midland
East end: I-75 / US 23 / M-25 / BS I-75 in Bay City
Location
Counties: Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Isabella, Midland, Bay
Highway system

United States Numbered Highways
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Michigan State Trunkline Highway System
Interstate • US • State

← M-9 M-10 →

US Highway 10 (US 10) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from West Fargo, North Dakota, to the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The highway enters the state on the SS Badger crossing Lake Michigan at Ludington and ends at Bay City.

US 10 was created as part of the original US Highway System in 1926. It replaced three state trunkline highways of the day: M-20, M-24 and M-10, running between Ludington on Lake Michigan and downtown Detroit. It also ran concurrently with US 23 between Saginaw and Flint. The highway has been realigned several times during the construction of Interstate 75 in southeast Michigan, even being temporarily designated "TO I-75" to connect segments of the I-75 freeway. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) truncated the highway to Bay City in 1986.

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Route description

US 10 enters Michigan after it crosses Lake Michigan from Manitowoc, Wisconsin to Ludington. Traffic is carried across the lake during the summer months on the SS Badger, a privately owned carferry.[3] Heading eastward from the ferry, US 10 is concurrent with US 31 from Ludington to Scottville before US 31 heads north. The road then heads east through Baldwin and Reed City before it becomes a freeway west of US 127 near the junction with M-115. US 127 and US 10 overlap for a short distance near Clare. US 10 bypasses Midland and terminates at I-75 in Bay City.[4]

History

The first state trunkline highways designated along the path of the modern US 10 were M-20, M-24 and M-10 in use as far back as 1919.[5] When the US Highway System was announced on November 11, 1926,[1] US 10 replaced these designations. The highway started in Ludington and ran east replacing M-20 to Midland, M-24 to Saginaw and M-10 to Detroit. Between Saginaw and Flint, US 10 and US 23 were routed concurrently.[6]

Two changes were made in the routing of US 10 by 1929. As shown on the maps of the time, US 10 was rerouted to bypass Flint. The former routing through the city is redesigned M-10. A second change moved the highway to its present routing west of Baldwin to the Lake–Mason county line.[7][8] A bypass of downtown Midland was opening in 1934. The previous routing through town was initially renumbered US 10A.[9] A rerouting project in Osceola County started in 1936. By the end of the year, a new roadway was opened between Sears and M-66.[10] Until the second segment of the project was completed two years later, US 10 was routed concurrently with M-66. When the new routing between M-66 and Lake in Clare County was opened, that concurrency was eliminated and all the previous routings were transferred to local control.[11]

By 1942, the M-10 designation in Flint was renumbered BUS US 10, eliminating the second M-10 designation from the maps.[12] The last segments of US 10 that were gravel-surfaced were paved by 1948. The last section paved was between Chase and Reed City.[13]

A bypass of Saginaw was completed by 1953. This new roadway was designated as US 23 alone. The highway through downtown Saginaw was numbered US 10/BUS US 23.[14] The Fenton–Clio Expressway was completed in 1957 from Birch Run past Flint. The new expressway was numbered US 23, leaving the former highway through Flint as just US 10. A bypass of Reed City opened by 1960; the former routing was renumbered BUS US 10.[15][16]

Many changes were made in 1960 to the routing of US 10. A new freeway opened for I-75/US 10/US 23 between M-13 northeast of Saginaw and the M-20 freeway in Bay City. US 10 replaced the M-20 designation on the freeway between Midland and Bay City. M-47 replaced US 10 between Midland and Saginaw, and M-81 replaced US 10 in the city of Saginaw. An addition segment of US 10 between Saginaw and Bridgeport was renumbered BL I-75. The US 10A designation previously in use in Midland was changed to BUS US 10 at this time as well.[16]

Additional freeway was built in 1961, relocating US 10/US 23 between Birch Run and M-13 to the new I-75. The freeway between Midland and the US 27 freeway at Clare was completed in the same year. US 10 was signed as "TO I-75" to route traffic between the completed freeways at Bay City and Grayling by way of Clare. Changes made in the Pontiac area moved US 10 to the former routing of M-58. The former highway through town was redesignated as BUS US 10.[17] More I-75 freeway was completed in 1962 between Flint and Pontiac. US 10 was transferred to the new freeway while the old routing was renumbered M-54. The former BUS US 10 became BUS M-54. These changes make all of US 10 from Clare east to Clarkston freeway.[18]

Until 1970, US 10 followed Woodward Avenue between Detroit and Pontiac. That year, Woodward Avenue was redesignated M-1 and US 10 was moved to the Lodge Freeway and Telegraph Road.[19] The TO I-75 designation was removed in 1973 when the last segments of I-75 were completed between West Branch and Roscommon.[20] Farwell and Clare were bypassed on their northern side in 1975 by a new freeway section of US 10/M-115. The previous routing was partially numbered BUS US 10 while the remainder was unsigned.[21]

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) truncated the US 10 designation from Detroit to Bay City in 1986. The US 10 designation was removed from its concurrencies with I-75 and US 23. The section along Dixie Highway and Telegraph Road between Pontiac and Southfield is redesignated as an extension of US 24. The Lodge Freeway was given the M-10 designation. BUS US 10 in Pontiac is renumbered as BUS US 24.[22] M-115 was transferred off the US 10 freeway in the Clare area in 1989 back to its previous routing before the 1975 changes.[23] The last change made to the routing of the highway came in 1998 in Ludington. Reconfiguration of the carferry docks and parking lot moved US 10 along James Street instead of William Street. The three blocks of Ludington Avenue affected by the change were given the M-116 designation.[24]

Exit list

All exits are unnumbered.

County Location Mile Destinations Notes
Mason
 Ludington 0.00 SS Badger Carferry crosses Lake Michigan
0.67 M-116 north (Ludington Avenue) – Ludington State Park Southern terminus of M-116
2.30
BUS US 31 south (Pere Marquette Highway) – Downtown Ludington		 Northern terminus of BUS US 31
3.68 US 31 south – Muskegon Western end of US 31 concurrency
Scottville 8.45 US 31 north – Manistee, Traverse City Eastern end of US 31 concurrency
Lake
 Webber Township 30.63 M-37 north – Traverse City Northern end of M-37 concurrency
Baldwin 33.47 M-37 south – White Cloud Southern end of M-37 concurrency
Osceola
 Reed City 49.86 US 131 – Cadillac, Big Rapids Exit 153 on US 131
50.76
BUS US 10 east (Chestnut Street)		 Western terminus of BUS US 10
51.97
BUS US 10 west (Church Avenue)		 Western terminus of BUS US 10
Sylvan Township 69.60 M-66 – Ionia, Lake City
Clare
 Surrey Township 82.81 M-115 – Cadillac, Farwell Freeway begins
85.24 Old State Avenue – Farwell
Grant Township 90.33 US 127 north – Grayling Northern end of US 127 concurrency
Clare 92.30
BUS US 127 south / BUS US 10 east – Clare		 Northern terminus of BUS US 127; western terminus of BUS US 10
93.64 US 127 south – Mt. Pleasant, Lansing Southern end of US 127 concurrency
Isabella
 Wise Township 95.67
BUS US 10 – Clare		 Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Loomis 98.58 Loomis Road – Loomis
Midland
 Coleman 103.27 Coleman Road – Coleman
Edenville Township 109.01 M-18 north – Gladwin Southern terminus of M-18
Sanford 114.68 River Road – Sanford
116.08 M-30 (Meridian Road) – West Branch
Lincoln Township 119.32 Stark Road
Midland 122.72
BUS US 10 east (Eastman Avenue) – Midland		 Western terminus of BUS US 10
125.93 Waldo Avenue – Midland No exit westbound
Bay
 128.40
BUS US 10 west / M-20 west (Lyon Road) – Midland		 Eastern terminus of both BUS US 10 and M-20: westbound exit and eastbound entrance
129.31 Midland Road
130.00 M-47 south – Freeland, Saginaw Northern terminus of M-47
Auburn 132.73 Garfield Road – Auburn
133.71 Auburn Road – Auburn Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Bay City 137.58 Mackinaw Road
139.58 I-75 / US 23 – Mackinac Bridge, Flint
M-25 east – Bay City		 Eastern terminus of US 10; roadway continues east as M-25/BS I-75
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

Business loops

Main article: Bannered routes of U.S. Route 10

There are currently three business loops of US 10 in the state of Michigan, and two previously designated.

Current loops

Previous loops

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Weingroff, Richard F. (January 9, 2009). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System". Federal Highway Administration. http://wwwcf.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/numbers.cfm. Retrieved April 21, 2009. 
  2. ^ "MDOT Physical Reference Finder Application". Michigan Department of Transportation. 2009. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/prfinder/. Retrieved November 18, 2010. 
  3. ^ Chavez, Art (2003). S.S. Badger. The Lake Michigan Car Ferry. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. pp. 89–91. ISBN 0-7385-2304-6. 
  4. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2008). Official Department of Transportation Map (Map). 1 in.:15 mi/1 cm:9 km. 
  5. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1919). State of Michigan (Map). Cartography by MSHD. http://maps.lib.msu.edu/miroadmaps/mirm5.htm. Retrieved March 2, 2008. 
  6. ^ Bureau of Public Roads (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. 
  7. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1927). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by MSHD. 
  8. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (May 1, 1929). Official Highway Service Map (Map). Cartography by MSHD. 
  9. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (September 1, 1934). 1934 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally. 
  10. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (December 15, 1936). 1936/7 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Winter ed.). 
  11. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1938). 1938 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Winter ed.). 
  12. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (June 1, 1942). 1942 Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). Cartography by Rand McNally (Summer ed.). 
  13. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1948). 1948 Official Highway Map (Map). 
  14. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1953). 1953 Official Highway Map (Map). 
  15. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Highway Map (Map).  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)
  16. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (1960). Official Highway Map (Map).  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  17. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1961). Official Highway Map (Map).  (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
  18. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1962). Official Highway Map (Map). 
  19. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1970). Official Highway Map (Map). 1 in.:14.5 mi.. 
  20. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways (1973). Official Highway Map (Map). 1 in.:14.5 mi.. 
  21. ^ Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation (1975). Official Transportation Map (Map). 1 in.:14.5 mi./1 in.:23 km.. 
  22. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (1986). Official Transportation Map (Map). 1 in.:14.5 mi./1 in.:23 km.. 
  23. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (1989). Michigan Department of Transportation Map (Map). 1 in.:14.5 mi./1 in.:23 km.. 
  24. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (1998). Michigan Department of Transportation Map (Map). 1 in.:14.5 mi./1 cm.:9 km.. 

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