M-41 (Michigan highway) explained

State:MI
Type:M 1919
Route:41
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:M-41 highlighted in red on a modern map
Length Mi:38.1
Formed:[1]
Deleted:[2]
Direction A:South
Terminus A: in Holton
Direction B:North
Terminus B: in Hart
Counties:Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana
Previous Type:US-Bus
Previous Route:41
Previous Dab:Marquette
Next Type:M
Next Route:42

M-41 was the designation of a former state trunkline highway in the Lower Peninsula of the US state of Michigan that began near Holton and ran north- and northwest-ward, ending at Hart. The highway was created by 1919 and lasted until 1926. The designation has not been reused since.

Route description

M-41 followed the present day route of M-120 between Holton and Hesperia. The roadway ran northeast to the MuskegonNewaygo county line. The highway turned north along the county line to the tri-point between Muskegon, Newaygo and Oceana counties. From there, M-41 followed the Oceana–Newaygo county line north to Hesperia. There it turned west to Ferry and then northwest to Hart.[1] [3]

History

When the state highway system was first signed in 1919,[4] M-41 was designated between Holton and Hart.[1] After the creation of the United States Numbered Highway System on November 11, 1926,[5] and the designation of U.S. Highway 41 in the Upper Peninsula,[6] the Michigan State Highway Department renumbered the state highways that had numbers that duplicated the then-new US Highways. In the process, the M-41 designation was decommissioned. the southern half became part of a newly designated M-20. The northern half was made part of M-82.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. 1919-07-01L . yes .
  2. 1926-12-01 . MSHD .
  3. 2023 . K8 . January 20, 2024 .
  4. News: Michigan May Do Well Following Wisconsin's Road Marking System . . September 20, 1919 . 10 . 9975013.
  5. Book: McNichol, Dan . McNichol . 2006 . The Roads that Built America: The Incredible Story of the US Interstate System . New York . Sterling . 1-4027-3468-9 . 74.
  6. Bureau of Public Roads . Bureau of Public Roads . American Association of State Highway Officials . American Association of State Highway Officials . November 11, 1926 . United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials . 1:7,000,000 . Washington, DC . . 32889555 . November 7, 2013 . . amp.