M-186 (Michigan highway)
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| M-186 |
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| Length: | 2.5 mi[1] (4.0 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1940-08-17[2] | ||||||||
| West end: |  M-113 near Kingsley |
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| East end: |  US 131 in Fife Lake |
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| Counties: | Grand Traverse | ||||||||
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M-186, is a short state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It functions as a connector highway. The western terminus is at M-113 east of Kingsley and the eastern terminus is at US 131 west of downtown Fife Lake.
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[edit] Route description
M-186 forms an easterly "extension" of M-113 from Kingsley to Fife Lake. M-186 starts south of a ninety-degree curve in M-113 and runs east to Fife Lake. From the eastern terminus, State Street connects M-186 and US 131 with downtown Fife Lake.[3]
[edit] History
[edit] Previous designation
In the 1930s, M-186 was designated on a 4.3 miles (6.9 km) connector route in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan between US 2/US 41 at Rapid River and M-35 near Brampton. This designation existed from 1932-10-29 to 1939-07-13, forming a convenient route for westbound US 2 traffic to access M-35 northbound towards Gwinn and Negaunee.[2]
[edit] Current designation
In 1940, US 131 ended at a threeway convergence with M-113 and M-131 four miles north of Walton Junction in Paradise Township. From this intersection, US 131 ran south to Walton Junction, M-113 ran west to Kingsley, and M-131 ran east toward Fife Lake before turning north to Petoskey. A new alignment of US 131 was built from Walton Junction directly to Fife Lake. This formed a third leg of a triangle of roads, allowing US 131 to bypass the Paradise Township intersection. US 131 replaced M-131 north from Fife Lake to Petoskey. M-113 was extended along the former section of US 131 south to Walton Junction. The remaining leg of the triangle from Paradise Township to Fife Lake along a portion of the former M-131 was designated M-186 at this time. In 1979, plans were drawn up to extend M-186 farther west along a cut-off alignment that would have run to the south of M-113 to an intersection east of Kingsley near Hodge Rd. This realignment was never built and removed from state plans in the 1990s.[2]
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Roads | Notes |
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| Grand Traverse | Fife Lake | 0.0 | M-113 |
Western terminus |
| 2.5 | US 131 |
Eastern terminus |
[edit] References
- ^ a b Google Maps. M-113 & M-186, Fife Lake, MI 49633 to US-131 & M-186, Fife Lake, MI 49633 [map]. Cartography by NAVTEQ. (2008) Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
- ^ a b c Bessert, Christopher J. (2008-01-01). Michigan Highways: Highways 180 through 199. Michigan Highways. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
- ^ Google Maps. Fife Lake, MI [map]. Cartography by NAVTEQ. (2008) Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
