M-134

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Map of the M-134
Basic data
Overall length:  50.233 mi / 80.825 km
Opening:  1939
State: Michigan
Starting point:  I-75 street sign I-75 at St. Ignace
End point:  Four Corners on Drummond Island
Counties:  Mackinac County
Chippewa
course
AB-Kreuzung-grün.svg Cedarville MI 129M-129.svg
AB-Kreuzung-grün.svg south of Goetzville MI 48M-48.svg

M-134 is a 81 km long highway in the Upper Peninsula ( Upper Peninsula (UP) ) of the US state of Michigan . It connects Interstate 75 (I-75) north of St. Ignace with the towns of Cedarville and De Tour Village on Lake Huron . East of De Tour Village, the highway crosses De Tour Passage on a ferry and finally leads to its end point south of Drummond on Drummond Island . It is one of only three Michigan state highways on an island. M-134 is also one of two Michigan highways that have a ferry service along them. Much of the route sections on the mainland are part of the Lake Huron Circle Tour .

Another highway was designated M-134 between the late 1920s and the late 1930s; He went on the Lower Peninsula ( Lower Peninsula ). The route of today's M-134 was then part of the original M-4 , but in 1939 the numbering was changed and the current designation as M-134 was introduced. Since then, the eastern terminus has been shifted three times, first in the 1950s when M-134 ended south of Goetzville and a few years later to De Tour Village and finally in 1989 to its current endpoint. The western section was moved closer to the lake shore in the 1960s.

Route description

M-134 begins at the junction with Exit 359 on I-75 north of St. Ignace in rural Mackinac County near St. Martin Bay on Lake Huron. It crosses the Pine River as Huron Shore Drive and turns southeast, following the shoreline along the bay until it turns away from the shore at the base of the two peninsulas that together form Search Bay. At Mismer Bay he reaches the lakeshore again. From there it leads through wooded area to Hessel. The Huron Shore Drive continues east to Cedarville, where the highway north of Marquette Island touches the southern terminus of the M-129 highway . Further east, M-134 runs along the north side of many of the narrow bays and canals that separate the Les Cheneaux Islands from the mainland. About ten kilometers west of Cedarville, M-134 first reaches Chippewa County for about 2500 m before the highway again runs through a strip of Mackinac County. After another eight kilometers, however, the route finally reaches Chippewa County.

Near Albany Harbor, M-134 is a Scenic Road that intersects with M-48 . The main route of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour turns now follows the M-48 northwards, while a local variant on the M-134 runs further east on the banks of the Huron. The highway passes De Tour State Park and St. Vital Point before heading northeast to De Tour Village. In the town center, M-134 first turns north on Ontario Street and then follows Elizabeth Street east to the ferry terminal ; the route variant of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour leads north out of the city on county roads. The highway route uses the ferry operated by a regional public transport company to cross the De Tour Passage. On Drummond Island, M-134 runs north along the shore as Channel Road before the highway turns east. The highway cuts through the island to Sturgeon Bay on the northern shore of the island. East of this bay, the highway leaves the lakeshore and heads towards the Four Corners, south of the unincorporated town of Drummond. M-134 ends at this junction south of Drummond Island Airport , where the Channel , Townline , Johnswood and Shore Road converge from the west, north, east and south. M-134 is one of three Michigan state highways that cross an island; the other two are M-154 on Harsens Island and M-185 on Mackinac Island .

No section of the M-134 is part of the National Highway System , a network of roads necessary for the country's economy, defense, and mobility. In 2009, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) conducted a traffic count along the highway to determine the volume of traffic on the route. This count showed that the annual average was strongest west of the intersection with M-129. There, 3595 vehicles were found per day. The least traffic was between the intersection with M-48 and De Tour village, where 659 vehicles drove the route daily. On the island, the road was used by 667 vehicles per day. The ferry is used annually by more than 100,000 vehicles and almost twice as many individuals in both directions.

ferry

The SS Drummond Islander IV crosses the De Tour Passage and encounters the SS American Mariner

The Eastern Upper Transportation Authority (EUPTA) operates two other ferry services and regional bus services in Luce County and Chippewa County, ferry services between the Upper Peninsula and Drummond Island Ferry. Operation between De Tour Village and Drummond Island is operated by up to three ferries, SS Drummond Islander , SS Drummond Islander III and SS Drummond Islander IV .

The price for the crossing depends on the size of the vehicle, the driver is included. In 2011, the crossing cost at least 12 US dollars for a car, adults pay two US dollars, seniors and students half. The ferries leave Drummond Island at ten minutes past the hour and from De Tour Village 20 minutes before the hour. They run most of the day, but sometimes only in the summer season. M-134 is one of two Michigan highways that include a ferry section; the other highway is US Highway 10 (US 10), which crosses Lake Michigan from Manitowoc , Wisconsin to Ludington .

history

Either in late 1928 or early 1929 the first country road with the designation M-134 was established. This was a route in Missaukee County that led from the M-66 , about three miles north of McBain , east to Falmouth in the north of the Lower Peninsula . In 1938 the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) returned the road to local administration.

When the remainder of the Michigan highway network was first designated in 1919, the first state-administered highway in the area where the M-134 now runs was a section of the M-12 . This section of the route was used for US 2 in 1926 . A reallocation of US 2 was made in 1933 between Rogers Park and Sault Ste. Marie made. This new route followed the Mackinac Trail instead of heading east to Cedarville and from there to Sault Ste. Marie to lead. The previous route was given the designation M-121 , and later became the M-4.

The current name M-134 appeared on the Upper Peninsula for the first time in 1939, shortly after this street name was removed from the Missaukee County road. M-134 replaced the previously valid designation M-4. At that time, the M-134 was given a position further inland between US 2 and a point north of Hessel. The highway ended at the Mackinac – Chippewa county line; maps at the time, however, showed the extension to the east as under construction. This section of the line was completed in the second half of 1940, so M-134 ended at the M-48, about 15 km west of De Tour Village. In 1950, a new stretch of road was added to Michigan's highway system, bypassing the previous M-48 route west of De Tour Village. For this reason, the MSHD expanded the M-134 to this new highway and shortened the M-48 to the junction south of Goetzville.

In 1958, the highway was moved west of Hessel closer to the shore of the Huron Sea; the earlier history has been handed over to the local authorities. In October 1963, the last section of the I-75 / US 2 freeway was released on the Upper Peninsula; The western terminus of the M-134 has been relocated slightly to the east, at the entrance to the new freeway, instead of at the intersection with the former US 2 along the Mackinac Trail. In 1989, the MDOT expanded the highway to include the section on Drummond Island; at this time the ferry connection also became part of the route.

Main intersections

county location mile Direction (s) annotation
Mackinac St. Ignace Township 0.000 I-75 - St. Ignace , Sault Ste. Marie Exit 359 on I-75
Cedarville 17.007 M-129 north - Pickford , Sault Ste. Marie southern terminus of the M-129
Chippewa
 no crossings
Mackinac
 no crossings
Chippewa DeTour Township 31.139 M-48 west - Pickford eastern terminus of the M-48
DeTour Passage
41.338-
42.324
 Drummond Island Ferry
Drummond Township 50,233 Four Corners
1,000 mi = 1.609 km; 1,000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d MDOT Physical Reference Finder Application ( English ) Michigan Department of Transportation. 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b c Michigan Center for Geographic Information: Geographic Data Library ( English ) In: Michigan Department of Information Technology . May 2007. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c Michigan State Highway Department (April 15, 1939). 1939 Official Michigan Highway Map , Summer. Cartography by Rand McNally. Grid square D10 – D11.
  4. ↑ a b c Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1939). 1939 Official Michigan Highway Map , winter. Cartography by Rand McNally. Grid square D10 – D11.
  5. ↑ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2010). Official Department of Transportation Map , 1 in: 15 mi / 1 cm: 9 km. Grid square D10 – D12.
  6. ↑ a b {{{publisher}}} (in English). Overview Map of M-134 . Retrieved July 10, 2011.
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  9. ^ The National Highway System ( English ) Federal Highway Administration. August 26, 2010. Retrieved July 1, 2011.
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  12. ^ Index ( English ) Eastern Upper Transportation Authority. March 11, 2011. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
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  14. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1928). Official Highway Service Map . Cartography from MSHD.
  15. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (May 1, 1929). Official Highway Service Map . Cartography from MSHD.
  16. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (May 1, 1938). 1938 Official Michigan Highway Map , Spring. Cartography by Rand McNally . Grid square H10.
  17. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (1938-12-01). 1938 Official Michigan Highway Map , winter. Cartography by Rand McNally. Grid square H10.
  18. ↑ Michigan May Do Well Following Wisconsin's Road Marking System (English) . In: Grand Rapids Press , September 20, 1919, p. 10. 
  19. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan: Upper Peninsula [map]. Cartography from MSHD.
  20. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1926). Official Highway Service Map . Cartography from MSHD.
  21. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (May 1, 1933). Official Michigan Highway Map . Cartography by Rand McNally.
  22. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (1933-09-01). Official Michigan Highway Map . Cartography by Rand McNally.
  23. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (June 1, 1936). 1936 Official Michigan Highway Map . Cartography by Rand McNally. Grid square D10 – D11.
  24. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (July 15, 1940). 1940 Official Michigan Highway Map , Summer. Cartography by Rand McNally. Grid square D10 – D11.
  25. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (December 1, 1940). 1940 Official Michigan Highway Map , winter. Cartography by Rand McNally. Grid square D10 – D11.
  26. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (April 15, 1950). Michigan Official Highway Map . Grid square D11 – D12.
  27. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1950). Official Highway Map . Grid square D11 – D12.
  28. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (1957-10-01). 1957 Official Highway Map . Grid square D10 – D11.
  29. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Highway Map . Grid square D10 – D11.
  30. ↑ Walking Grandfather Completes Long Hike (English) . In: Argus-Press , October 31, 1963, p. 14. Retrieved July 1, 2011. 
  31. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (1963). Official Highway Map . Grid square D10.
  32. ↑ Michigan State Highway Department (1964). Official Highway Map . Grid square D10.
  33. ↑ Michigan Department of Transportation (1989). Michigan Department of Transportation Map , 1 in: 14.5 mi / 1 in: 23 km. Grid square D12.
  34. ↑ Michigan Department of Transportation (1990). Michigan Department of Transportation Map , 1 in: 14.5 mi / 1 in: 23 km. Grid square D12.