M-183 (Michigan highway)
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| M-183 |
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| Length: | 16.38 mi[1] (26.36 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1984 | ||||||||
| South end: | Fayette State Park entrance | ||||||||
| North end: |  US 2 in Garden Corners |
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| Counties: | Delta | ||||||||
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M-183 is a north-south state highway route in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. It serves Fayette State Park as an access route from US 2.
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[edit] Route description
M-183 lies on the Garden Peninsula in Delta County. Running along the east shore of Big Bay de Noc, M-183 is a rural two-lane road. The designation ends at the gate to Fayette State Park, an historical iron smelting town site from the 1800s. Now a ghost town, the Jackson Iron Company operations lasted here from 1867-1891. Past the entrance to the park, the roadway continues under local jurisdiction as Delta County Road 483.
[edit] History
[edit] Previous routing
Between 1932-10-29 and 1960-07-06, the M-183 designation was used on another highway in the Lower Peninsula serving as an access road to the "Dodge Bros. #1 State Park" (part of today's Island Lake State Recreation Area). It looped between US 16 and US 23 near Brighton. Briggs Lake Drive was turned back to local control, and a portion inside the park was converted into a park access road.[1]
[edit] Current routing
The highway was commissioned in 1984 as a transfer of the northern portion of Delta CR 483. The number was chosen to reflect the CR 483 designation it once bore.
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads | Notes |
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| Delta | Fayette | 0.00 | Fayette State Park entrance | |
| Garden Corners | 16.38 | US 2 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Michigan Highways: Highways 180 through 199 Christopher J. Bessert. URL accessed August 31 2006.
