M-157 (Michigan highway)

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M-157

Roscommon Road
M-157 (Michigan highway)
M-157 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length1.193 mi [1]  (1.920 km)
Existed1932 [2] [3] –present
Major junctions
South endM-55.svg M-55 near Prudenville
North endM-18.svg M-18 near Prudenville
Location
Country United States
State Michigan
Counties Roscommon
Highway system
M-156 rectangle.svg M-156 M-158 1926.svg M-158

M-157 is a short state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway is entirely within Roscommon County in the Lower Peninsula. It is the fourth-shortest state highway in the system, [1] and it serves as a connector route between M-18 and M-55 just east of Prudenville. The current roadway was built and designated as M-157 in the 1930s.

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Route description

Southern terminus signage at M-55 M-157 (Michigan highway) southern terminus.jpg
Southern terminus signage at M-55

M-157 begins at an intersection with M-55 east of Prudenville and Houghton Lake. The trunkline angles to the northwest before turning north near Ryan Lake. Serving as a short connector, the highway travels north through the Roscommon State Forest terminating just over a mile later at a junction with M-18. [4] [5] A newspaper article in 1972 describing the shortest highways in the state to "important places" listed M-157 as a "short-cut" between the two highways. [6] The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) conducts surveys in 2008 that showed 496 vehicles per day, on average. [7]

History

Northern terminus signage at M-18 M-157 (Michigan highway) northern terminus.jpg
Northern terminus signage at M-18

M-157 was originally designated in 1931 as a connector route between M-55 and US 27 (present-day M-18). [8] [9] Just a year later, that version was decommissioned, and the road obliterated. A new alignment, the present-day routing of M-157, was then commissioned just to the east. [2] [3]

Major intersections

The entire highway is in Backus Township, Roscommon County.

mi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
0.0000.000M-55.svg M-55  Houghton Lake, West Branch
1.1931.920M-18.svg M-18  Prudenville, Roscommon
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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