michigan highway east west state trunkline highway state michigan connecting cities flint highway passes rural farming country small towns course lower_peninsula following course handful rivers connects state freeways like interstate highway highway vehicles daily designated highway july near changes 1920s extended west end holland east end port truncated current termini interstate freeways completed replaced holland portion retained state maintenance old replaced flint port section flint designation decommissioned 1980s returned routing flint route description starts junction east avenue east greater passes residential areas town crosses continuing east highway passes headquarters crosses near confluence runs long north grand turning southeasterly east roadway passes downtown near confluence grand runs east town southern end state gaming area crosses road follows river passing north turns northeasterly lightly forested farmland passing park approaches city town runs concurrently blocks central business district leaves town continues trunkline crosses east town follows course maple briefly turning east farms creek highway bypasses village south crosses near eastern edge town landscape dominated farms interrupted community highway enters county seat state street passing residential section town middle downtown intersects 2nd street carries bus east downtown passes agricultural land freeway landscape dominated farms western county passes community county line continuing east county highway enters trunkline follows main street downtown crosses junctions runs roughly parallel river country remainder county dominated farmland straight stretch flat highway north meets intersection county line landscape starts transition residential subdivisions roadway approaches flint area follows meets exit road crosses branch line converted bicycle trail east interchange road angles northeast near bradley avenue terminates court street trunkline turns east follows court tributary near northeast stream splits way pairing court 5th streets eastbound traffic follows 5th street past city county buildings area highway passes terminates east frontage road traffic connecting use frontage roads connection segments outside flint highway split way streets inside flint undivided surface road freeway section street flint national_highway_system network roadways important nation economy defense mobility like state highways maintained michigan_department_of_transportation mdot responsibilities department tracks traffic volumes highways use metric called average annual daily traffic aadt calculation average traffic segment roadway average day year traffic volumes vary vehicles neighborhood east vehicles daily mdot reported peak aadt vehicles daily near interchange flint area history interstate era extended entire lower_peninsula junction holland near east port crossed canada currently located designated july routing way ran joining current routing continued flint joined routing flint area highway extended west end extended later previous routing redesignated time shifted current routing communities creation led extension west replaced chicago drive holland highway moved new routing flint old route renumbered city portions transferred state control passage act bypass designation created area designation ran corner 28th street chicago drive 28th street east avenue turned north flint turned local control number routing replaced routing bus instead bypass opened town freeway opened routed freeway chicago drive downtown complete connection previous routing street freeway segment east end built freeway segment flint opened routed new freeway joined designation east section bus redesignated designation replaced extended north charlotte completion meant end time extended street business loop truncated spur route redesignated remaining segment freeway connecting flint port opened shortened flint replaced time port remainder turned local control michigan legislators proposed naming section highway state senate approved measure november bill moved state house approval bill failed pass state house session major intersections related alternate route near flint started intersection court street highway ran southward concurrently road highway turned eastward road city flint continued intersection south turned northward running concurrently downtown intersection flint street ended highway created turned local control late major intersections entire highway bypass route started intersection chicago drive 28th street routed eastward 28th street running concurrently intersection wyoming paris township line started ran concurrently eastward 28th street continued 28th street intersection avenue turned 28th street east 28th street junction turned northward turned south continued eastward 28th street running northward cascade road terminated intersection world war state building system highway numbered decommissioned streets composed given new designations routed 28th street mainline rerouted replace bypass downtown designation major intersections entire highway bus business route area started interchange chicago drive followed chicago drive easterly downtown highway ran industrial areas north wyoming running parallel freeway intersection clyde park avenue bus turned northward avenue entered city franklin street business route turned eastward terminated rerouted replace bypass route route downtown redesignated bus time bus continued eastward franklin street turning northward eastern avenue downtown followed eastward terminated east avenue business loop truncated redesignated major intersections entire highway state trunkline highway mid-1980s replaced designation flint freeway built highway started intersection county line west flint followed eastward rural areas today area farm fields suburban highway freeway west flint city line flint turned northeasterly court street intersection street highway turned southeasterly ended freeway rerouted flint area change turns south county line freeway routed eastward replace western county downtown redesignated designation replaced designation designation retired restored place major intersections
M-21 (Michigan highway)