michigan highway mile long state trunkline highway western portion state michigan runs highway exit outside bradley west hastings lower_peninsula highway crosses forest land provides access state recreational areas given chief recreational heritage route designation michigan_department_of_transportation mdot prior october highway eastern portion county road number formally assigned year time number michigan unrelated previously existed 1930s 1950s farther north route description begins interchange west bradley road travels east past gun lake casino community bending southern edge passing lake highway resumes easterly course continues rural forest areas eastern road known avenue crosses county line heads north road locally known chief road continues eastward trek winds way passing recreation area road continues east passing wooded area slight curve north continues east terminates junction west hastings michigan_department_of_transportation mdot maintains roadway state highway system role department tracks average annual daily traffic roadways calculation number vehicles use highway segment average day year mdot determined vehicles vehicles daily length highway commercial traffic calculated trucks daily section highway listed national_highway_system system roads important nation economy defense mobility named chief pure michigan mdot natural beauty access recreational areas history original version established near roy route turned local control late designation disappeared system original decommissioned years later october process transfer turned county road state state later designated following year major intersections
M-179 (Michigan highway)