Portal:Michigan highways/Pictures

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The following photos have been chosen to appear as the selected picture of the Michigan Highways portal.

May and June 2011

Credit: Michigan Department of Transportation

Cloverleaf interchange between US Highway 131 and M-6 south of Grand Rapids

July 2011

Credit: Barntks from Wikipedia

US Highway 41 and M-26 cross the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock, Michigan

Recently selected: US 131 and M-6 interchange

August 2011

Credit: Brett Marr

The Capitol Loop follows city streets in Lansing to provide access to the state government buildings

September 2011

Credit: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

M-39 (Southfield Freeway) crosses the River Rouge in Dearborn where the river was channelized as a flood control measure

Recently selected: US 131 and M-6 interchange • Portage Lake Lift Bridge • Capitol Loop

October 2011

Credit: Stratosphere from Wikipedia

M-28 and M-64 near Lake Gogebic in rural Ontonagon County

Recently selected: Portage Lake Lift Bridge • Capitol Loop • M-39

November 2011

Credit: Federal Highway Administration

Marquette–Negaunee Road along Dead Man's Curve in 1917 with the first highway centerline in the country

Recently selected: Capitol Loop • M-39 • M-28/M-64

December 2011

Credit: Federal Highway Administration

Trees line a wintry stretch of M-65 along the River Road National Scenic Byway

January 2012

Credit: Le fantome de l'opera at Wikipedia

A wooden sign marks the terminus of US 41 at a cul-de-sac east of Copper Harbor

Recently selected: M-28/M-64 • County Road 492 • M-65

February 2012

Credit: Howard I. Goldman

I-275 has an adjacent bike path, shown here in the winter

Recently selected: County Road 492 • M-65 • US 41

March 2012

Credit: Michael Barera from Wikipedia

A view of M-185 through Arch Rock on Mackinac Island

Recently selected: M-65 • US 41 • I-275

April 2012

Credit: Imzadi1979 from Wikipedia

I-296 viewed from across the Grand River

May 2012

Credit: Arthur Siegel, Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information

Looking south down Woodward Avenue from the Maccabees Building with the Detroit skyline in the distance, July 1942

Recently selected: I-275 • M-185 • I-296

June 2012

Credit: Shadowlink1014 from Wikipedia

The US 127 freeway through Lansing

Recently selected: M-185 • I-296 • Woodward Avenue

July 2012

Credit: Bugsy from flickr

The Seney Stretch along M-28

Recently selected: I-296 • Woodward Avenue • US 127

August 2012

Credit: The ed17 from Wikipedia

Brule River crossing as M-189 transitions from Highway 139 at the Michigan-Wisconsin state line

September 2012

Credit: Imzadi1979 from Wikipedia

US 41/M-28 previously used the Peshekee River Bridge, the first bridge built by the Michigan State Highway Department in 1914 .

Recently selected: US 127 • M-28 • M-189

October 2012

Credit: Steve & Christine from flickr.com

Fall color along M-22 on the Leelanau Peninsula

Recently selected: M-28 • M-189 • Peshekee River Bridge

November 2012

Credit: Bardya from Wikipedia

I-75 crosses between the Upper and Lower peninsulas on the Mackinac Bridge, shown at night

Recently selected: M-189 • Peshekee River Bridge • M-22

December 2012

Credit: Brian Rawson-Ketchum from flickr.com

M-311 sign along the highway in December 2009

January 2013

Credit: Michigan State Highway Department

M-35 on a Pennsylvania through truss bridge over the Dead River in Marquette County in 1922

Recently selected: M-22 • Mackinac Bridge • M-311

February 2013

Credit: Michigan Department of Transportation

Pedestrian plazas over Interstate 696 in Oak Park

Recently selected: Mackinac Bridge • M-311 • M-35

March 2013

Portions of H-58 are not plowed in the winter months; closed to vehicle traffic, the road is used as a snowmobile trail instead.

Recently selected: I-696 • M-35 • M-311

April 2013

M-54 and M-83 as a "wrong-way concurrency" near Frankenmuth

May 2013

US 2 along the Lake Michigan shoreline near Brevort

Recently selected: M-54/M-83 • H-58 • I-696

June 2013

The former M-209 running past the Glen Haven General Store

Recently selected: US 2 • M-54/M-83 • H-58

July 2013

A special sign at the northern terminus of US 41 east of Copper Harbor

Recently selected: M-209 • US 2 • M-54/M-83

August 2013

Satellite image of the interchange with M-5, I-275 and I-696 in Novi and Farmington Hills

September 2013

Welcome to the Upper Peninsula on I-75 north of the Mackinac Bridge toll plaza in St. Ignace

Recently selected: I-96/I-275/I-696/M-5 • US 41 • M-209

October 2013

Construction on H-58 at the Hurricane River

Recently selected: I-75 • I-96/I-275/I-696/M-5 • US 41

November 2013

Planning map for the US 131 Constantine Bypass, which opened on October 30, 2013

Recently selected: H-58 • I-75 • I-96/I-275/I-696/M-5

December 2013

H-13/FFH 13 during winter 2001

January and February 2014

Next to US 131, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum at the end of the motorcade on January 3, 2007 when the late president was laid to rest

Recently selected: H-13/FFH 13 • US 131 • H-58

March 2014

View towards western end of Brockway Mountain Drive with Lake Bailey and Mount Lookout (Mt. Baldy) visible in distance

Recently selected: US 131 • H-13/FFH 13 • US 131

April 2014

New signs being erected along I-94/I-69 in Port Huron bearing American and Canadian flags to keep motorists in the proper country

Recently selected: Brockway Mountain Drive • US 131 • H-13/FFH 13

May 2014

M-35 looking south near G-12 in Menominee County

Recently selected: I-94/I-69 • Brockway Mountain Drive • US 131

June 2014

US 31 passing through Bay View north of Petoskey

Recently selected: M-35 • I-94/I-69 • Brockway Mountain Drive

July and August 2014

Old CR 553 in Marquette County, bypassed by what is now M-553

Recently selected: US 31 • M-35 • I-94/I-69

October 2014

Construction on I-75 during the Gateway Project in 2007

Recently selected: Old CR 553 • US 31 • M-35

November and December 2014

I-69 and I-94 on the twin-span Blue Water Bridge

Recently selected: I-75 • Old CR 553 • US 31

January 2015

H-13/FFH-13 in winter 2001/02

Recently selected: I-94/I-69 • I-75 • Old CR 553

February 2015

Streetcar on Woodward Avenue (now M-1) in Detroit between 1900 and 1910

Recently selected: H-13/FFH-13 • I-94/I-69 • I-75

March 2015

Mileage sign along US 41 in Copper Harbor showing 1,990 miles (3,200 km) to Miami, Florida

Recently selected: M-1 • H-13/FFH-13 • I-94/I-69

April 2015

Running alongside M-6 south of Grand Rapids, the Frederik Meijer Trail connects to other trails in the area.

May 2015

Grading the gravel section of H-58 in Alger County before 2007

Recently selected: M-6 • US 41 • M-1

June 2015

US 25 along Gratiot Avenue in Detroit in 1941

Recently selected: H-58 • M-6 • US 41

July 2015

I-75 north of St. Ignace

Recently selected: US 25 • H-58 • M-6

August and September 2015

End point of M-212 at Aloha State Park

October 2015

Brockway Mountain Drive with fall colors in October 2006

Recently selected: M-212 • I-75 • US 25

November 2015

US 41 northbound in Baraga County

Recently selected: Brockway Mountain Drive • M-212 • I-75

December 2015

M-185 downtown Mackinac Island during the winter

January 2016

Sunrise along M-43 (Grand River Avenue) in East Lansing

Recently selected: M-185 • US 41 • Brockway Mountain Drive

February 2016

A section of the 1932 Official Michigan Highway Map, showing the planned M-35 in the Huron Mountains between Big Bay and L'Anse

Recently selected: M-43 • M-185 • US 41

March 2016

BL I-94/Bus. US 23 along Washtenaw Avenue in Ann Arbor

Recently selected: M-35 • M-43 • M-185

April 2016

M-26 in downtown Lake Linden

May 2016

A mile marker along M-14 in 1922. From that year's biennial state highway commissioner's report:

The diamond mile post markers are numbered consecutively from the point of origin of the trunk line to its end. The numbers are placed on the metal post directly under the diamond. The origin of the trunk line is considered to be at the east or south end of the route and is at the State line or at the intersection of two trunk lines

Recently selected: M-26 • BL I-94/Bus. US 23 • M-35