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M-57 (Michigan highway)

State highway in Michigan, United States

Field	Value
state	MI
type	M
route	57
map
map_custom	yes
map_notes	M-57 highlighted in red
length_mi	105.377
length_ref
established	1930
direction_a	West
terminus_a	near Rockford
junction	{{plainlist	1=
*{{jct	state	MI	M	66}} near Sheridan
*{{jct	state	MI	US	127}} in Washington Township
*{{jct	state	MI	M	52}} near Chesaning
*{{jct	state	MI	M	13}} near Montrose
*{{jct	state	MI	I	75	US	23}} near Clio
*{{jct	state	MI	M	54}} near Clio }}
direction_b	East
terminus_b	near Otisville
counties	Kent, Montcalm, Gratiot, Saginaw, Genesee
previous_type	M
previous_route	56
previous_dab	1971–1987
next_type	M
next_route	58

near Sheridan
in Washington Township
near Chesaning
near Montrose
near Clio
near Clio }} M-57 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The 105.377 mi 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. Three of these highways are freeways: US 131, US 127 and Interstate 75 (I-75). Along the way, between 3,700 and 22,300 vehicles use the highway daily.

The current highway that bears the M-57 moniker is the second to do so. The first is now M-75 in the Northern Lower Peninsula. This second highway was designated in the 1930s along a different, but parallel, routing. The first major changes shifted that routing southward to the current corridor in stages. Through additional extensions and truncations, the modern routing was formed by the 1970s.

Route description

M-57 is a rural, two-lane highway crossing the south central Lower Peninsula. The western terminus is at US 131, 14 mi north of Grand Rapids near Rockford in northern Kent County. The diner was moved from Little Ferry, New Jersey to its current location in 1990. From Rockford, M-57 runs east through rural farmland on 14 Mile Road into southern Montcalm County. East of the county line, the highway follows Carson City Road into the outskirts of Greenville. M-57 runs through a retail corridor before becoming Washington Street in town where it meets M-91. Washington Street crosses the Flat River and exits Greenville. Continuing eastward, the trunkline passes through more farmland on Carson City Road. It meets M-66 at a rural four-way intersection before passing into Carson City near the Gratiot county line. M-57 follows Cleveland Road, passing to the south of the communities of Middleton and Perrinton. Near Pompeii, M-57 meets US 127 at a folded diamond interchange along the expressway portion of the latter highway.

Cleveland Road continues east running near Ashley and into Saginaw County. In between Ashley and the county line, M-57 follows Brady Road and crosses M-52 just west of Chesaning. East of this area, the highway once again passes through rural agricultural lands on the way to its eastern terminus at M-15, one mile (1.6 km) north of Otisville. This terminal section of the trunkline had the lowest traffic levels in 2009 at 3,737 vehicles AADT. a system of roadways important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.

History

Previous designations

In 1919, the Michigan State Highway Department signposted the highway system in the state for the first time. At that time, M-57 designation was originally used in Charlevoix County from Boyne Falls at M-13 (now US 131) through Boyne City and back to then M-13. That highway's number was changed to M-75 in 1926. By the next year, the number was then assigned to a state trunkline that connected between Quinnesec and the Wisconsin state line in the Upper Peninsula. This second iteration was short-lived as it was replaced by an extension of US 141 into Michigan.

Current designation

In 1930, M-57 was designated from M-66 (now M-91) near Langston to M-47 (now M-52) in St. Charles. By the mid 1936, the section between Ithaca and St. Charles was removed from the state highway system when the designation was shifted south to run between Ashley and Chesaning. In the process, M-57 was run concurrently along US 27 between Ithaca and Ashley. The western section was similarly shifting by May 1938. The new routing started at a junction with US 131 between Rockford and Cedar Springs and continued through Greenville and Carson City to Ashley. The eastern end was also extended from Chesaning to the Clio area. It was extended a second time by early 1941 to a junction with Belsay Road. By the middle of 1946, the eastern end was extended a third time to end in Otisville. M-57 was lengthened after a western extension in late 1948 or early 1949. The highway was routed concurrently with US 131 to Cedar Springs and then west to M-37 at Kent City.

A new routing on the eastern end was designated in late 1956 or early 1957; this routing shifted the eastern terminus out of Otisville to its current location. The last gravel section of highway was paved near Fenmore by the Gratiot–Saginaw county line in the late 1950s. The last change to M-57's routing came in 1973. Then-Congressman Gerald R. Ford opened a section of US 131 freeway on September 21. The freeway ran between the two M-57 junctions along US 131 near Rockford and Cedar Springs. Afterwards, M-57 was truncated to the Rockford area, and the segment previously part of M-57 between Kent City and Cedar Springs was made part of M-46 afterwards.

Major intersections

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Bushnell Township Chesaning Township Genesee Montrose Township

References

Reens, Nate. (January 20, 2006). "Rosie's Diner Changing Hands". [[The Grand Rapids Press]].
(January 15, 1990). "They Soak Up Ambience as Rosie's Diner Closes". [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]].
{{cite MDOT map. (2010)
"Overview Map of M-57".
Michigan Department of Transportation. (April 23, 2006). "National Highway System, Michigan". Michigan Department of Transportation.
(June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". [[Federal Highway Administration]].
(September 20, 1919). "Michigan May Do Well Following Wisconsin's Road Marking System". [[The Grand Rapids Press]].
{{cite MDOT map. (1919-07-01L)
{{cite MDOT map. (1926-05-15)
{{cite MDOT map. (1926-12-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1927-12-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1928-05-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1928-10-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1930-07-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1930-11-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1936-06-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1938-05-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1941-03-21)
{{cite MDOT map. (1946-07-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1948-07-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1949-04-15)
{{cite MDOT map. (1956-10-01)
{{cite MDOT map. (1957-04-15)
{{cite MDOT map. (1958)
{{cite MDOT map. (1960)
(September 21, 1973). "Freeway Dedicated". [[The Argus-Press]].
{{cite MDOT map. (1973)
{{cite MDOT map. (1974)
{{cite MDOT PRFA

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