michigan highway state trunkline highway state michigan running northern lower_peninsula highway connects empire highway michigan state cross lower_peninsula shore shore runs woodland agricultural areas near river watershed trunkline provides access national_guard training facility near city traffic levels highway vary approximately vehicles day east end vehicles near designated state highway segment current route extended southward westward 1940s section modern highway added previously existed 1930s east section highway near empire disconnected rest gap eliminated later decade completely paved early 1960s highway rerouted places 1950s new segment shifted near route description starts trans journey community empire shores runs easterly mixed farmland forest cross base highway approaches city roadway runs downhill forth county line merges run concurrently section immediately cross county line highways run parkway lane boulevard shore grand traverse bay intersection division street ends run north division street turn east parkway join highways stay merged triple concurrency length parkway bay bypassing downtown follow street reaching avenue east downtown turns north run separates west east arms grand traverse bay continues east shores northward junction turns east cross rural eastern rolling hills communities highway crosses continues eastward meets cedar street north downtown turns south cedar street forms triple concurrency downtown south town highway crosses turns east headed city follows cross set railroad tracks belong leaving follow path crosses county line passes northern shore lake west town camp military reservation north camp gate joins downtown meet carries turns north follow town turns south follow downtown turns east leave crossing process direct access instead traffic directed follow direction freeway eastern runs crosses river bridge east river crossing trunkline intersects northern terminus crossing continues east merges turns north cross river second time highways pick concurrency north river roadways run turns west continues east marks northern eastern end concurrency turns north atlanta continues easterly merges southward approximately miles heading east lincoln areas ends intersection shores maintained michigan_department_of_transportation mdot like parts state trunkline highway system maintenance duties department tracks traffic volumes roads metric called average annual daily traffic aadt figure calculation traffic level segment roadway average day year mdot surveys found highest traffic levels vehicles day lowest aadt vehicles near near lincoln commercial traffic varied trucks day trucks daily west listed national_highway_system intersection division street parkway southern junction network roads important country defense mobility economy addition listing included lake michigan circle tour segments concurrent area history designated july ran middle near east south lake shore route extended south west east section shoreline extended westward highway extended south section highway previously designated seven mile long segment highway miles west near empire redesignated section highway south western segment extended east segments joined routed early routed existing roads north followed highways downtown bridge gap addition routing road extended shore shore lake lake michigan rerouted near late early turning route local control middle section straightened paved western miles highway section opened paved middle highway paved entirety new section highway opened west junction bypassing routing north state trunkline highway served spur route current bridge 1930s highway designated removed highway system end roadway redesignated state highway system extended bridge east roadway remained state highway major intersections
M-72 (Michigan highway)