michigan highway arc shaped state trunkline highway southwestern state michigan highway runs indiana state line north west claire serves western communities highway formed 1920s originally north south route later extended taking current arc shaped routing short 1950s produced current routing remained unchanged total runs miles counties route description follows roughly question mark routing southwestern michigan starts indiana state line south township north indiana trunkline connects state road runs north farmland intersecting highway town turns northeasterly running town parallel rail line trunkline crosses rail line runs concurrently highways pass way downtown continues north leaving curves west leave town locations change north south east west occurs continues farmland crosses mouth lake crosses river second time way northwest michigan_department_of_transportation mdot tracks traffic volumes roads maintains measured metric called average annual daily traffic number vehicle day use roadway segment average day year mdot survey calculated vehicles section lowest traffic count highway crossing mouth eastern follows division street downtown section highway highest traffic count vehicles street merges run concurrently west town continues westerly separates turns southwesterly near municipal airport highway crosses south continues west scattered farms woodland junction intersection turns west roadway ends section listed national_highway_system system roads considered important country defense economy mobility history formed portion current routing trunkline started indiana state line ran north northern terminus southern section moved end follow direct routing state line extension moved northern terminus west ending final miles highway transferred local control transfer ran concurrently west continued transfer ended eastern junction concurrency removed major intersections
M-62 (Michigan highway)