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US Highway 131 (US 131) is a north–south United States Highway, of which all but 0.64 of its 269.96 miles (1.03 of 434.46 km) are within the state of Michigan.The highway starts in rural Indiana south of the state line as a state road connection to the Indiana Toll Road.
Business US Highway 131 (Bus.US 131) is a three-mile-long (4.8 km) business loop running through downtown Three Rivers.It follows M-60 (Michigan Avenue) eastward from a commercial district on the main highway into downtown.
Construction of the remaining phases between US 131 and M-37 and between I-196 and US 131 was started on April 1, 2002. Area roads that crossed the path of the new freeway were closed to traffic with posted detours so that work could begin on the roadbed for the freeway. [ 38 ]
Shortly after the creation of the Michigan Territory in 1805, the new government established the first road districts. The federal government aided in the construction of roads to connect population centers in the territory. At the time, road construction was under the control of the township and county governments. The state government was ...
MDOT is the agency responsible for the day-to-day maintenance and operations of the State Trunkline Highway System, which includes the Interstate Highways in Michigan.. These highways are built to Interstate Highway standards, [6] meaning they are all freeways with minimum requirements for full control of access, design speeds of 50 to 70 miles per hour (80 to 113 km/h) depending on type of ...
US 131 in Plainfield Township: 1945 [126] 1953 [71] Replaced by M-11, M-37 and M-44: Bus. US 131: 2.419: 3.893 US 131 in Grand Rapids: I-296/US 131 in Grand Rapids 1953 [71] 2017 [127] Returned to local control Bus. US 131: 6.860: 11.040 US 131/M-20 in Big Rapids Township: US 131 and B-96 in Big Rapids Township
[21] [22] The M-131 concurrency was switched to a US 131 concurrency when the latter was extended in 1939. [23] This concurrency was shortened just before World War II when the Michigan State Highway Department (MSHD) rerouted US 131 along a new road between South Boardman and Kalkaska. [24] The MSHD completed a major rerouting of M-66 around ...
M-57 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The 105.377-mile (169.588 km) highway connects US Highway 131 (US 131) near Rockford on the west end to M-15 near Otisville in the Lower Peninsula. In between, the mostly rural highway passes through farmland and connects several highways and smaller towns together.