M-80 is a
state trunkline highway in the
Upper Peninsula
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of the US state of
Michigan
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. It runs from
Kinross
Kinross (, ) is a burgh in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, around south of Perth, Scotland, Perth and around northwest of Edinburgh. It is the traditional county town of the Counties of Scotland, historic county of Kinross-shire.
History
Kinro ...
to
M-129 near
Donaldson. The highway serves the site of the former
Kincheloe Air Force Base and the current
Chippewa County International Airport
Chippewa County International Airport is a public use airport in Chippewa County, Michigan, United States. It is located south of the central business district of Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. The airport is owned by the Chippewa County Econom ...
. The designation has been used twice before on roads in the
Lower Peninsula
The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...
in the 1910s through 1930s while the current usage dates back to the mid-1990s.
Route description
M-80 starts at exit 378 along
Interstate 75
Interstate 75 (I-75) is a major north–south Interstate Highway in the Great Lakes and Southeastern regions of the United States. As with most Interstates that end in 5, it is a major cross-country, north–south route, traveling from S ...
(I-75) near Kinross. A short section of it
runs concurrently with
H-63 (
Mackinac Trail) to connect to ramps in the interchange. This section runs northeast–southwest across the freeway from Mud Lake before the M-80 designation turns southeasterly along Tone Road running past Kinross Lake in a forested area. Tone Road curves sharply northeasterly and then southeasterly to run around the north end of the runway complex at the Chippewa County International Airport. The highway runs due east past the airport terminal area to the south and a prison and the residential area of the former Kincheloe Air Force Base to the north. Near Dukes Lake, M-80 crosses Gaines Highway and leaves the former base and runs through forest to the intersection with
M-129 where M-80 terminates. The roadway continues eastward as 17 Mile Road in
Pickford Township.
M-80 has not been listed on the
National Highway System (NHS) 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). The NHS is a network of highways important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.
MDOT's annual surveys of the traffic counts are used to compute a value called the
annual average daily traffic
Annual average daily traffic (AADT) is a measure used primarily in transportation planning, transportation engineering and retail location selection. Traditionally, it is the total volume of vehicle traffic of a highway or road for a year divided ...
(AADT), which is a measurement of the number of vehicles on a road for any given day of the year. The survey from 2009 showed that 2,803 vehicles used the western section between I-75 and Gaines Highway, with 61 trucks included in the count. The eastern section was used by 1,657 vehicles and 61 trucks.
History
On July 1, 1919, M-80 existed as a highway in the Lower Peninsula connecting
Adrian
Adrian is a form of the Latin given name Adrianus or Hadrianus. Its ultimate origin is most likely via the former river Adria from the Venetic and Illyrian word ''adur'', meaning "sea" or "water".
The Adria was until the 8th century BC the ma ...
with
Somerset
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.
The highway was included in the route of
US Highway 127 in 1926. The M-80 designation was then shifted to a section of highway that was previously part of
M-18 near
Beaverton The M-80 designation was decommissioned in 1939 when the roadway was transferred back to local control.
The current designation of M-80 was created in 1994–95 when Tone Road through Kinross and the former Kincheloe Air Force Base were transferred to MDOT. The department assigned the roadway its designation and included it on the 1995 map.
Major intersections
See also
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References
External links
M-80at Michigan Highways
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Transportation in Chippewa County, Michigan