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Name Image Built Listed Location County Type 12 Mile Road–Kalamazoo River Bridge: 1920 1999-12-22 Marshall: Calhoun: Concrete arch 23 Mile Road–Kalamazoo River Bridge
South Euclid Road Bridge Replaced Steel rolled stringer: 1900 1990 South Euclid Road Squaconning (Dutch) Creek Bay City: Bay: MI-43: Cambria Road Bridge Replaced Pratt truss: 1899 1989 Cambria Road St. Joseph River West Branch, East Fork Camden: Hillsdale
Construction of the road began in 1830, when settlers of Eastern Michigan began to use the road. The survey was completed by 1831. [ 7 ] Father Gabriel Richard , a delegate to the United States Congress from 1823 to 1825, helped garner support for the road that would facilitate settlement in the state and provide a means for travel between ...
Dunbar, Willis F. and George S. May. Michigan: A History of the Wolverine State, 3rd ed. (1995) the standard comprehensive textbook 1980 edition online; Farmer, Silas (1889). The history of Detroit and Michigan; or, The metropolis illustrated; a full record of territorial days in Michigan, and the annals of Wayne County. Farmer, Silas (1890).
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 ...
The history of Grand River Avenue, and US 16 in Michigan, dates back to before the earliest settlement of Michigan by Europeans. The route has been the basis for an Indian trail, a pathway for European settlers, a state highway, a part of the US Highway System, and a section of the Interstate Highway System.
The road toll was a historical fee charged to travellers and merchants in return for permission to use the roads and waterways of the country or state concerned. It was reinforced in the Holy Roman Empire by the law of Straßenzwang which meant that traders in certain goods had to use specified roads.