M-157 (Michigan highway)

M-157
Roscommon Road
M-157 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	1.193 mi [1]  (1.920 km)
Existed	1932 [2] [3] –present
Major junctions
South end	M-55 near Prudenville
North end	M-18 near Prudenville
Location
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Counties	Roscommon
Highway system
Michigan State Trunkline Highway System Interstate US State Byways
← M-156 → 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.

Route description

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 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]	km	Destinations	Notes
0.000	0.000	M-55  – Houghton Lake, West Branch
1.193	1.920	M-18  – Prudenville, Roscommon
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

• Michigan Highwaysportal

References

1. Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
2. Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (October 1, 1932). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:840,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC   12701053.
3. Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (May 1, 1933). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:840,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC   12701053. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2016– via Archives of Michigan.
4. Michigan Department of Transportation (2009). Michigan: Official Department of Transportation Map (Map). c. 1:975,000. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. § H10. OCLC   42778335.
5. "Overview Map of M-157" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved April 6, 2010.
6. "Just Smidgins of Highways". Lansing State Journal . April 17, 1972. p. B1. ISSN   0274-9742 . Retrieved October 10, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
7. Bureau of Transportation Planning (2008). "Traffic Monitoring Information System". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 6, 2010.
8. Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (July 1, 1931). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:840,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC   12701053. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2016– via Archives of Michigan.
9. Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (October 1, 1931). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:840,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC   12701053.

External links

Template:Attached KML/M-157 (Michigan highway)

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• M-157 at Michigan Highways