Portal:Michigan highways/Did you know/November 2020

Steel Bridge over the Dead River in 1922
Steel Bridge over the Dead River in 1922
  • ... that the state highway department moved a bridge from Pennsylvania in the 1920s so that M-35 could cross the Dead River?
  • ... that M-131 was assigned as an extension of US 131 in 1926 before it was progressively replaced by US 131 and later M-119?
  • ... that M-95 has been named for Leif Ericson, the Norse explorer?
  • ... that M-78 used to extend south to the Indiana state line and northeast to Flint, but now only runs for about 11 miles (18 km) near Battle Creek?
  • ... that both M-30 and M-129, on the Lower and Upper peninsulas respectively, follow the Michigan Meridian, an important landmark for how Michigan was surveyed?