M-98 (Michigan highway)

M-98
	M-98 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MSHD
Length	16.2 mi [1] (26.1 km)
Existed	c. July 1, 1919 [2] – c. 1960 [3] [4]
Major junctions
West end	M-77 in Germfask
	M-135 in Helmer
East end	M-28 near McMillan
Location
Counties	Schoolcraft, Luce
Highway system

Last updated April 21, 2019

M-98 is the designation of a former 16.2-mile (26.1 km) state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It ran between M-77 at Germfask and M-28 near McMillan. The highway connected both small towns situated around Manistique Lake when it was designated with the rest of the original state highways in 1919. The section north of Helmer on the east side of the lake ran concurrently with M-135 after the latter's creation in the late 1920s. M-98 was extended at the end of the 1940s before the whole trunkline was removed from the highway system in the 1960s. Since the 1970s, part of M-98 has been designated as one of the two County Road H-44s in the state.

Upper Peninsula of Michigan Northern major peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan

The Upper Peninsula (UP), also known as Upper Michigan, is the northern of the two major peninsulas that make up the U.S. state of Michigan. The peninsula is bounded on the north by Lake Superior, on the east by the St. Marys River, and on the southeast by Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Geographically, the Upper Peninsula has a land boundary with Wisconsin, and over-water boundaries with Minnesota and Ontario (Canada). Upper Peninsula counties also include nearby islands such as Grand, Drummond, Mackinac, and Bois Blanc, and more distant Isle Royale.

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. The state's name, Michigan, originates from the Ojibwe word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake". With a population of about 10 million, Michigan is the tenth most populous of the 50 United States, with the 11th most extensive total area, and is the largest state by total area east of the Mississippi River. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies.

M-77 is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the US state of Michigan. It starts in US 2 near Blaney Park north of Lake Michigan. The highway borders the eastern edge of the Seney National Wildlife Refuge and passes through the community of Germfask. At Seney, it overlaps M-28 to cross the Fox River before returning northward. The northern half has been designated as a Scenic Spur of the Lake Superior Circle Tour. M-77 runs along the eastern end of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and terminates in Grand Marais north of H-58 near Lake Superior. Originally designated by 1919, the highway has not been changed much in its history. By the late 1950s, the highway was paved, completing the modern M-77 highway.

Route description

M-98 started at a junction with M-77 in Germfask next to the Seney National Wildlife Refuge, a managed wetland in Schoolcraft County. The highway followed Ten Curves Road east and then north out town. The trunkline turned back due east and crosses the Fox River before a set of curves that shifted the highway along the Schoolcraft–Luce county line to pass north of Big Manistique Lake. Ten Curves Road passes between the Big and North Manistee lakes as it enters the community of Helmer in Luce County. There, M-98 intersected M-135, and the two ran concurrently north along Manistique Lakes Road. M-98/M-135 turned due east to intersect M-28 southwest of McMillan near East Lake.^[1]^[3]

The Seney National Wildlife Refuge is a managed wetland in Schoolcraft County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It has an area of 95,212 acres (385 km²). It is bordered by M-28 and M-77. The nearest town of any size is Seney, Michigan. The refuge contains the Seney Wilderness Area and the Strangmoor Bog National Natural Landmark within its boundaries.

A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is inundated by water, either permanently or seasonally, where oxygen-free processes prevail. The primary factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the characteristic vegetation of aquatic plants, adapted to the unique hydric soil. Wetlands play a number of functions, including water purification, water storage, processing of carbon and other nutrients, stabilization of shorelines, and support of plants and animals. Wetlands are also considered the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems, serving as home to a wide range of plant and animal life. Whether any individual wetland performs these functions, and the degree to which it performs them, depends on characteristics of that wetland and the lands and waters near it. Methods for rapidly assessing these functions, wetland ecological health, and general wetland condition have been developed in many regions and have contributed to wetland conservation partly by raising public awareness of the functions and the ecosystem services some wetlands provide.

Schoolcraft County is a county located in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 8,485. The county seat is Manistique, which lies along the northern shore of Lake Michigan. The county is named in honor of Henry Schoolcraft, who explored the area with the expedition of Lewis Cass. The county was founded in 1843 and organized in 1876. The county is largely rural and forested, with much of its western portion within Hiawatha National Forest.

History

M-98 was first designated by July 1, 1919,^[2] at the same time as the initial state highway system was signed.^[5] In 1929, M-135 was designated, creating the concurrency along the last several miles of M-98.^[6]^[7] By 1936, a series of corners were straightened out on the western end of M-98 near Germfask.^[8]^[9] In late 1949 or early 1950, M-28 was realigned to take an angled route southeasterly out of McMillan. The east–west section of the previous M-28 routing was added to M-98 while the north–south segment was added to M-135.^[10]^[11] By the middle of 1958, M-135 was shifted to follow M-98, removing the roadway section added to its routing previously; this change made M-98 and M-135 concurrent north of Helmer all the way to M-28 once again.^[12]^[13] M-98 was removed from the state trunkline system in late 1960 or early 1961, and the designation was decommissioned at that time.^[3]^[4] The M-98 designation has not been reused since.^[14] The routing was then assigned as a County Road H-44 after October 5, 1970,^[15] along the east–west section of the former M-98. The former M-98/M-135 was given the H-33 moniker at the same time.^[16] Both roads have retained those designations ever since.^[14] The Luce County Road Commission has also assigned the former highway the designations County Road 98 (CR 98) along Ten Curves Road and CR 135 on Manistique Lakes Road since taking control back from the state in the 1960s.^[1]

H-33 is a county-designated highway in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan between Gould City and McMillan that was previously M-135, a former state trunkline highway. The roadway follows Manistique Lakes Road from Gould City at a junction with US Highway 2 (US 2) near Lake Michigan north to M-28 near McMillan. The northern section of the highway is also called County Road 135 (CR 135) in Luce County.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Schoolcraft	Germfask	0.0	0.0	M-77 – Blaney Park, Seney	Former western terminus
Luce	Helmer	11.5	18.5	M-135 south – Curtis	Modern day H-33; southern end of M-135 concurrency
Luce	McMillan	16.2	26.1	M-28 – Munising, Newberry M-135 south	Former eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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References

1 2 3 4 Google (February 17, 2008). "Overview Map of Former M-98" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved February 17, 2008.
1 2 Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Upper Peninsula sheet. OCLC 15607244 . Retrieved December 18, 2016– via Michigan State University Libraries.
1 2 3 Michigan State Highway Department (1960). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. §§ C8–D8. OCLC 12701120, 81552576 . Retrieved August 12, 2017– via Archives of Michigan. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
1 2 Michigan State Highway Department (1961). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. §§ C8–D8. OCLC 12701120, 51857665 . Retrieved June 17, 2017– via Archives of Michigan. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
↑ "Michigan May Do Well Following Wisconsin's Road Marking System". The Grand Rapids Press . September 20, 1919. p. 10.
↑ Michigan State Highway Department (May 1, 1929). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:810,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. OCLC 12701195, 79754957.
↑ Michigan State Highway Department & H.M. Gousha (January 1, 1930). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:810,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. OCLC 12701195, 79754957.
↑ Michigan State Highway Department & H.M. Gousha (July 1, 1930). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:810,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. OCLC 12701195, 79754957.
↑ Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (June 1, 1936). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § C8. OCLC 12701143.
↑ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1949). Michigan Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § D8. OCLC 12701120.
↑ Michigan State Highway Department (April 15, 1950). Michigan Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § D8. OCLC 12701120.
↑ Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1957). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § D8. OCLC 12701120, 367386492.
↑ Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § D8. OCLC 12701120, 51856742 . Retrieved December 18, 2016– via Archives of Michigan. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)
1 2 Michigan Department of Transportation (2015). Pure Michigan: State Transportation Map (Map). c. 1:975,000. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Full map. OCLC 42778335, 900162490.
↑ "County Primary Road Marking System Okayed". The Holland Evening Sentinel . October 5, 1970. p. 6. ISSN 1050-4044. OCLC 13440201 . Retrieved May 17, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
↑ Michigan Department of State Highways (1971). Michigan, Great Lake State: Official Highway Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Lansing: Michigan Department of State Highways. §§ C8–D8. OCLC 12701120, 77960415.

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[google-1] 1 2 3 4 Google (February 17, 2008). "Overview Map of Former M-98" (Map). Google Maps . Google. Retrieved February 17, 2008.

[MSHD19UP-2] 1 2 Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Upper Peninsula sheet. OCLC 15607244 . Retrieved December 18, 2016– via Michigan State University Libraries.

[MSHD60-3] 1 2 3 Michigan State Highway Department (1960). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. §§ C8–D8. OCLC 12701120, 81552576 . Retrieved August 12, 2017– via Archives of Michigan. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)

[MSHD61-4] 1 2 Michigan State Highway Department (1961). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. §§ C8–D8. OCLC 12701120, 51857665 . Retrieved June 17, 2017– via Archives of Michigan. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)

[press-1919-09-20-5] "Michigan May Do Well Following Wisconsin's Road Marking System". The Grand Rapids Press . September 20, 1919. p. 10.

[MSHD29-05-6] Michigan State Highway Department (May 1, 1929). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:810,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. OCLC 12701195, 79754957.

[MSHD30-01-7] Michigan State Highway Department & H.M. Gousha (January 1, 1930). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:810,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. OCLC 12701195, 79754957.

[MSHD30-07-8] Michigan State Highway Department & H.M. Gousha (July 1, 1930). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:810,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. OCLC 12701195, 79754957.

[MSHD36-06-9] Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (June 1, 1936). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § C8. OCLC 12701143.

[MSHD49-07-10] Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1949). Michigan Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § D8. OCLC 12701120.

[MSHD50-04-11] Michigan State Highway Department (April 15, 1950). Michigan Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § D8. OCLC 12701120.

[MSHD57-10-12] Michigan State Highway Department (October 1, 1957). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § D8. OCLC 12701120, 367386492.

[MSHD58-13] Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § D8. OCLC 12701120, 51856742 . Retrieved December 18, 2016– via Archives of Michigan. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)

[MDOT10-14] 1 2 Michigan Department of Transportation (2015). Pure Michigan: State Transportation Map (Map). c. 1:975,000. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Full map. OCLC 42778335, 900162490.

[HS-15] "County Primary Road Marking System Okayed". The Holland Evening Sentinel . October 5, 1970. p. 6. ISSN 1050-4044. OCLC 13440201 . Retrieved May 17, 2017– via Newspapers.com.

[MDSH71-16] Michigan Department of State Highways (1971). Michigan, Great Lake State: Official Highway Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Lansing: Michigan Department of State Highways. §§ C8–D8. OCLC 12701120, 77960415.