M-152 (Michigan highway)

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M-152
M-152 (Michigan highway)
M-152 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length7.701 mi [1]  (12.394 km)
Existed1933 [2] [3] –present
Major junctions
West end Van BurenBerrien county line
East endNorth plate.svg
M-51.svg
M-51 north of Dowagiac
Location
Country United States
State Michigan
Counties Van Buren, Cass
Highway system
M-151 rectangle.svg M-151 M-153.svg M-153

M-152 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan in Cass and Van Buren counties. The highway runs through the Sister Lakes area providing access to the lake cabins and adjoining farmlands. The highway has existed mostly unchanged since the designation was commissioned in the 1930s.

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Route description

M-152 begins at an intersection with South County Line Road on the border between Van Buren and Berrien counties just west of Round Lake. Known as 92nd Avenue, M-152 travels due east past the Sister Lakes area before turning south on 66th Street. From there, the road passes between Dewey and Magician Lakes before returning to its easterly course where it assumes the name Dewey Lake Street. Between the western terminus and Dewey Lake Street, the highway passes provides access to the cabins around the lakes. The route continues eastward for nearly three and a half miles through farmland before terminating at a junction with M-51. [4] In a traffic survey by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) in 2009, the department measured the average annual daily traffic (AADT), a computation of the average traffic levels for a segment of roadway on any given day of the year. This was calculated at 3,318 vehicles over the entire length of M-152. The commercial AADT in the same survey was 73 vehicles. [5]

History

M-152 was assumed into the state trunkline system in 1933. [2] [3] Aside from completing the pavement surfacing of the road in 1945, [6] [7] the route has remain unchanged since its inception. [8] The highway has been considered a potential candidate for transfer to local control. MDOT marked it as a "proposed transfer" in its Control Section Atlas in 1978. [9]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Van Buren Keeler Township 0.0000.000South County Line Road
Napier Avenue
Berrien–Van Buren county line; roadway continues westward as Napier Avenue
 2.9124.686Van Buren–Cass county line
Cass Silver Creek Township 7.70112.394M-51.svg M-51  Decatur, Dowagiac
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (May 1, 1933). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:840,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § N8. OCLC   12701053. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2016 via Archives of Michigan.
  3. 1 2 Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (September 1, 1933). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:840,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § N8. OCLC   12701053.
  4. "Overview Map of M-152" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  5. Bureau of Transportation Planning (2008). "Traffic Monitoring Information System". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 31, 2010.
  6. Michigan State Highway Department (June 1, 1945). Official Highway Map of Michigan (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § N8. OCLC   554645076 . Retrieved December 18, 2016 via Michigan History Center.
  7. Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1945). Official Highway Map of Michigan (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § N8. OCLC   554645076.
  8. Michigan Department of Transportation (2010). Uniquely Michigan: Official Department of Transportation Map (Map). c. 1:975,000. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. § N8. OCLC   42778335, 639960603.
  9. Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation (July 1, 1978). "Cass County" (Map). Control Section Atlas. Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation.
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