michigan highway state trunkline highway lower_peninsula state michigan near city jackson travels southwest northeast direction junction miles northwest hell highway designated running north downtown jackson connected highway state prison road pair changes early 1930s resulted extension eastward gregory 1960s early years 21st century section downtown jackson routed way streets route description starts downtown jackson corner cooper street michigan avenue michigan avenue runs east west carrying bus runs northwesterly carrying highway passes residential neighborhoods immediately north downtown turns north near historic continuing miles north interchange runs north town cooper street continues town trunkline runs north current prison highway curves northwest following road area runs farm fields forests highway turns orchard road near runs east community merges east town crossing county line south merges run concurrently community turns east downtown area continues highway ends junction gregory maintained 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 south lowest counts vehicles day near junction section listed national_highway_system jackson network roads important country economy defense mobility history designated route ran michigan avenue cooper street road total miles highway extended north late early realignment resulted extension gregory cooper street jackson converted way southbound traffic northbound routing milwaukee street established south end southbound trimmed end bus way traffic restored shifted run cooper street milwaukee street cooper street left unsigned trunkline major intersections
M-106 (Michigan highway)