michigan highway state trunkline highway lower_peninsula state michigan primarily serving link interstate highway birch run themed town primarily north south trunkline passes landmarks christmas wonderland leaving town landscape remainder area composed farm fields northern terminus near previously designation highway immediately moniker designation thumb area disconnected segment highway given area gap roads eliminated year end 1930s highway truncated current northern terminus area removing thumb area segments changes rerouted southern end connect freeway opened route description starts exit north outlet mall birch run interchange northern terminus highways run concurrently east freeway birch crossing highway landscape away freeway predominantly fields area traveling eastward roadway northbound southbound making miles wrong way concurrency intersection turns southward turns north miles trunkline curves northwest christmas wonderland bills world largest christmas store store acres roof devoted christmas merchandise north follows main street downtown north river restaurants known world famous chicken city known michigan little bavaria area settled german 19th century today buildings road signs erected theme north downtown highway passes residential area city landscape returns farm fields follows road north highway passes community crosses line north railroad trunkline intersects holland road intersection continues mile half ends way intersection road near continues county road maintained michigan_department_of_transportation 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 level vehicles daily interchange highway lowest count vehicles day northern terminus section listed national_highway_system network roads important country economy defense mobility history previous designation designation place july routing communities designation lasted late replaced northerly extension second designation replaced thumb bay port today current designation current designation assigned second disconnected section highway new routing ran way gap sections filled year later redesignated change continued north ran concurrently bay port connecting segments eastern segment designated separated rest highway northern end scaled concurrency removed section northeast transferred local control section northeast added bay port section redesignated changes came freeway completed flint rerouted south end turn west birch run road freeway concurrent new replaced south birch run road major intersections entire highway
M-83 (Michigan highway)