michigan highway north south state trunkline highway counties state michigan highway starts area runs north ending interstate highway runs farm fields past lakes southwestern lower_peninsula trunkline average vehicles state designated early 1930s previous alignment highway rerouted area extended years later changes routing trunkline 1950s 1960s change resulting modern course highway route description starts intersection near north runs north farm fields trunkline west near returning northerly course westerly road lake turns northward runs community near claire highway turns bends maple grove road feet going north east town trunkline follows eastward line intersects northern terminus curves north northern follows interchange interstate highway continues northward main street running middle town intersecting north downtown trunkline curves residential neighborhoods northeast east end crosses western van county miles north highway crosses parallels covert connects freeway north interchange highway continues maintained michigan_department_of_transportation mdot like state highways michigan mdot surveys showed highest traffic levels vehicles daily near lowest count vehicles day road average lane undivided highway sections cities like lanes section trunkline listed national_highway_system network roads important country economy defense mobility history created act time system divisions corresponded initial segment division followed course northward encompassed highway highway system time future corridor assigned original november redesignated state late state transferred new routing areas process route redesignated highway extended southward area late early concurrency eliminated end highway truncated terminate east claire instead continuing west town end 1950s route north county line realigned sharp curves construction freeway area impacted northern terminus 1960s opened shown maps continuing north town junction business loop rerouted truncated end freeway interchange south town major intersections
M-140 (Michigan highway)