M-100 is a north–south
state trunkline highway in the
central region of the U.S. state of
Michigan
Michigan ( ) is a peninsular U.S. state, state in the Great Lakes region, Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest, Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, ...
. It runs between
Potterville and
Grand Ledge, connecting
Interstate 69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of eight unconnected segments. The longest segment runs from Evansville, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, and includ ...
(I-69) and
I-96
Interstate 96 (I-96) is an east–west Interstate Highway that runs for approximately entirely within the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. The western terminus is at an interchange with US Highway 31 (US 31) and B ...
west of the state capital,
Lansing
Lansing () is the capital city of the U.S. state of Michigan. The most populous city in Ingham County, parts of the city extend into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. It is the sixth-most populous city in Michigan with a popul ...
. The highway was previously a section of
M-16. After M-16 was realigned, M-100 was created by 1927. Three extensions in the 1930s, 1950s and 1990s resulted in the current highway routing.
Route description
M-100 starts at exit 66 on I-69 in Potterville. The highway runs north along Hartel Road, intersecting Lansing Road, the former route of
US Highway 27 (US 27) south of downtown. Hartel Road runs due north from Potterville to Grand Ledge. North of
M-43 (Saginaw Highway), M-100 follows Clinton Street, jogging northwest along Jefferson Street north of Willow Highway. Crossing the
Grand River on Bridge Street, M-100 returns to Clinton Street north of the river. North of town, the roadway is once again known as Hartel Road before changing to Wright Road near the Abrams Municipal Airport. North of Grand River Highway, which is the former route of
US 16, M-100 meets I-96 and ends; Wright Road continues to the north of the interchange.
Like other state highways in Michigan, M-100 is maintained by the
Michigan Department of Transportation
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is a constitutional government principal department of the US state of Michigan. The primary purpose of MDOT is to maintain the Michigan State Trunkline Highway System which includes all Interst ...
(MDOT). In 2011, the department's traffic surveys showed that on
average
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, 16,626 vehicles travelled along the highway in the city of Grand Ledge and 5,419 vehicles used the highway daily between Potterville and Grand Ledge, the highest and lowest counts respectively.
No section of M-100 is listed on the
National Highway System,
a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.
History
M-100 was created in 1925 when
M-16 was rerouted directly between Lansing and
Eagle
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.
M-100 started at
M-39 in Grand Ledge and ran north to M-16 in Eagle. The highway was extended southward in 1932 to end at US 27/
M-78 in Potterville.
The northern end was extended to meet the US 16 (now I-96) freeway in 1958.
The south was similarly extended in 1991 with the completion of the I-69/US 27 freeway south of Potterville.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
M-100at Michigan Highways
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100
100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101.
In mathematics
100 is the square of 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standard SI prefix for a hundred is " hecto-".
100 is the b ...
Transportation in Eaton County, Michigan
Transportation in Clinton County, Michigan