M-49 (Michigan highway)

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This article is about the state highway in Michigan; for other uses, see M49

M-49

Maintained by MDOT

Length:

25.41 mi^[1] (40.89 km)

Formed:

1929^[2]

South end:

SR 49 at the Ohio state line

Major
junctions:

US 12 in Allen

North end:

M-99 in Litchfield

Counties:

Hillsdale

Michigan highways
< M-48		M-50 >

M-49 is a short north-south route in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Michigan that goes from Litchfield south to the Ohio state line. M-49 is the only Michigan highway in which the road crossing into another state has the same state highway number. M-49 continues as SR 49, which is the westernmost interchange with the Ohio Turnpike. SR-49 begins at US 35 in Dayton, Ohio and runs up the west side of the state, connecting with M-49.

1 Route description
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Route description

M-49 passes through Allen where it crosses US 12 (the old US 112). It also passes through Reading, and Camden. Near the Michigan/Ohio state line just south of Camden, it has a junction with Territorial Road, a Hillsdale county road that used to be M-120. Territorial Road becomes SR 120 as it crosses the Indiana state line in the short segment of north-south border between Indiana and Michigan.^[3]

[edit] History

M-49 was added to the state highway system in 1920, running along its current routing between Litchfield and the Ohio state line. The northern terminus at the time was located on M-9 which is now M-99. The now defunct M-120 ran concurrently with M-49 from 1939 until 1946. This concurrency was removed when M-49 was realigned to smooth out some curves in the road.^[2]

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Mile^[1]	Roads	Notes
Hillsdale	Camden	0.00	SR 49	Southern terminus at state line
	Allen	18.68	US 12	Beginning of short concurrency
	Allen	18.93	US 12	End of short concurrency
	Litchfield	25.41	M-99	Northern terminus