michigan highway state trunkline highway state michigan western terminus intersection north roadway runs miles rural farmland community approaches eastern terminus interchange interstate near highway vehicles daily basis state highway system signed followed similar routing turned northeast terminate charlotte 1920s highway extended southerly indiana state line near northeasterly area 1930s extended northern eastern end flint highway converted freeway sections starting 1960s decade southern extension 1920s removed added state highways 1970s northeastern extensions freeways removed special routes created result area longer state highway system route description begins intersection north trunkline passes rural farm lands runs east northeast briefly crosses southeast corner enters follows past small ponds town trunkline town turns south main street middle central business district crosses branch line leaving town turns easterly crosses battle creek river terminating exit maintained michigan_department_of_transportation mdot like state highways michigan maintenance responsibilities department tracks volume traffic uses roadways jurisdiction volumes expressed metric called annual average daily traffic statistical calculation average daily number vehicles segment roadway mdot surveys showed highest traffic levels vehicles daily lowest counts vehicles day listed national_highway_system network roads important country economy defense mobility history original state highway system designated july ran route similar today started north junction cut corner turned northeasterly end charlotte junction extended southward replacing indiana state line connecting state road south time northerly addition extended highway concurrently highway solo junction near section north changed section redesignated extended highway extended way flint end time second routing downtown designated route main streets grand avenue given truck designation half beginning section concurrent rerouted west bridge main street completed completion mainline routed bridge street replacing process car route removed state highway system middle section freeway opened area year freeway extended far southwest end start freeway perry junction way creek near flint december freeway completed south west sides year later freeway completed north downtown rerouted interchange southwest east north followed way pairing homer howard streets northern end freeway way street grand river avenue returning previous routing route downtown redesignated bus time extended southerly indiana state line replacing sections freeway completed mason north adding designation freeway year freeway extended eastward flint freeway extended north section freeway east flint completed time frame freeway completed bus designation removed highway rerouted run east instead northeast charlotte year northeast removed charlotte southwest completed produced modern routing state major intersections related routes truck route truck route city started corner main street ran main street grand avenue turned north grand avenue street turned east street continued north rejoin mainline corner streets middle routing split mainline restricted cars moved run routing restricted trucks designed truck route bridge main street completed mainline rerouted use connect north followed truck route decommissioned time business route bus business loop city ran interchange southwest road downtown ran east main street north street street bus turned east business loop created rerouted newly completed sections freeways area designation decommissioned completed downtown
M-78 (Michigan highway)