michigan highway state trunkline highway state michigan called lake michigan drive highway runs near west western lower_peninsula continues direction termini extending west highway east interstate road runs rural suburban areas ottawa kent counties including main campus lake michigan drive originally mid-1960s previously 1920s 1930s number designated highway route description starts near intersection drive near water plant road runs east intersection designation begins area marked mix woodland agricultural properties road runs rural town lake michigan drive widens lane divided boulevard median east main town passes main campus crossing 24th avenue highway loses median gains central turn lane landscape suburban highway crosses near intersection walker east terminus road lined residential subdivisions commercial properties bridge street lake michigan drive turns southeast approaches ends interchange lake michigan drive continues east end pearl street near downtown michigan_department_of_transportation mdot maintains like parts state trunkline highway system responsibilities department tracks volume traffic roadways expressed metric called average annual daily traffic aadt calculation traffic levels segment roadway average day year vehicles section near western terminus daily near interchange vehicles observed lake michigan drive day segment highway listed national_highway_system network roads important country economy defense mobility history previous designation originally designated july highway ran created november replaced extended south north change replaced previous section ran concurrently connect highway segments extended concurrently independent routing wisconsin state line year replaced current designation current designation dates truncated end near remainder cascade road lake michigan drive redesignated eastern section turned local control shortening route east end shortened removing designation east jurisdiction transferred portion division avenue west leaving state maintenance unsigned trunkline upgraded lane divided highway walker campus new alignment bypassed section road 24th 40th avenues section renamed river hill drive retained unsigned state trunkline old major intersections
M-45 (Michigan highway)