M-87 (Michigan)

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M-87

M-87 highlighted in red on a modern map
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length11.564 mi[4] (18.610 km)
Existedc. July 1, 1919[1]–c. 1960[2][3]
Major junctions
West end
 Bus. US 23 in Fenton
East end US 10 in Springfield Township
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesGenesee, Oakland
Highway system
← M-86→ M-88

M-87 is the designation of a former state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan, which prior to 1960 ran east–west between the towns of Fenton and Holly. The highway served as a connector between US Highway 23 (US 23) and the former routing of US 10, which ran along what is now the Interstate 75 (I-75) corridor. The highway connected the downtown areas of each community as well as running through then-rural areas of Genesee and Oakland counties. The trunkline was decommissioned in late 1960, removing it from the system.

Route description

Immediately before decommissioning, M-87 began at a junction with Business US 23 (Bus. US 23, Leroy Street) east of the Shiawassee River in the town of Fenton. From there the road traveled to the east along Main Street,[2][5] where it crossed a branch rail line of the present-day CSX Transportation[6] and headed east out of town in Genesee County. After about one mile (1.6 km), the highway crossed into Oakland County and followed Grange Hall Road south of Seven Lakes State Park. The road then turned south in the town of Holly along Saginaw Street. Near Bevins Lake, the street curved to the east around the end of the lake. The highway turned east on Maple Street and ran south of Simonson Lake as it continued eastward out of Holly.[2][5] The road crossed a branch line of the present day Canadian National Railway in Springfield Township.[6] The trunkline continued to the east and southeast through rural areas before terminating at US 10 (Dixie Highway).[2][5]

History

M-87 on November 1, 1956

M-87 was assumed into the state trunkline system by July 1, 1919,[1] when the system was first signed.[7] At the time, the highway connected M-65 in Fenton with M-10 east of Holly. Later when the United States Numbered Highway System was created on November 11, 1926, those two highways were renumbered US 23 and US 10 respectively.[8] The highway was fully paved in 1937.[9][10] In 1958, Fenton was bypassed by the Fenton–Clio Expressway to the west of downtown[11] and the former route through downtown was redesignated Bus. US 23.[12] M-87 was removed from the state trunkline system and turned back to local control in late 1960.[2][3]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[4]kmDestinationsNotes
GeneseeFenton0.0000.000
 Bus. US 23 – Flint, Ann Arbor		Western terminus
OaklandSpringfield Township11.56418.610 US 10 – Flint, DetroitEastern terminus; present day Dixie Highway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Lower Peninsula sheet. OCLC 15607244. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  2. ^ a b c d e Michigan State Highway Department (1960). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § L12. OCLC 12701120, 81552576. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1960)
  3. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department (1961). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § L12. OCLC 12701120, 51857665. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1961)
  4. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c Google (March 12, 2008). "Overview Map of the Former M-87" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 12, 2008.
  6. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (January 2011). Michigan's Railroad System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 4, 2012. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  7. ^ "Michigan May Do Well Following Wisconsin's Road Marking System". The Grand Rapids Press. September 20, 1919. p. 10. OCLC 9975013.
  8. ^ Bureau of Public Roads & American Association of State Highway Officials (November 11, 1926). United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials (Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey. OCLC 32889555. Retrieved November 7, 2013 – via Wikimedia Commons.
  9. ^ Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (May 15, 1937). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Summer ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § L12. OCLC 12701143. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  10. ^ Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (December 1, 1937). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Winter ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § L12. OCLC 12701143. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  11. ^ "Fenton–Clio X-Way Big Time Saver". Argus-Press. Owosso, MI. Associated Press. June 28, 1958. p. 9. OCLC 36134862. Retrieved April 20, 2011 – via Google News.
  12. ^ Michigan State Highway Department (1958). Official Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:918,720]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § L12. OCLC 12701120, 51856742. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center. (Includes all changes through July 1, 1958)

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