M-142 (Michigan highway)
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| M-142 | |||||||||
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| Length: | 39.27 mi[1] (63.20 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1974 | ||||||||
| West end: |  M-25 near Bay Port |
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| Major junctions: |
 M-53 in Bad Axe M-19 near Bad Axe |
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| East end: | M-25 in Harbor Beach |
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| Counties: | Huron | ||||||||
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>M-142 is a state trunkline highway in the Thumb region of the US state of Michigan. It is a "trans-peninsular" route in that it travels from Bay Port on Saginaw Bay to Harbor Beach on Lake Huron, thereby crossing the thumb peninsula.
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[edit] Route description
M-142 begins in Fairhaven, just a few miles south of Bay Port at an intersection with M-25. From there, the road travels east to Pigeon where the route turns briefly south before resuming its eastward trek. The road then continue eastward through Elkton and Colfax before reaching M-53. M-142 is then routed with M-53 to the town of Bad Axe. M-53 and M-142 part ways when M-53 travels off west and south while M-142 continues on eastward. Shortly after, M-142 meets up with M-19 at its northern terminus just east of Bad Axe. From here, the route continues on east, finally coming to its eastern terminus in Harbor Beach at a junction with M-25, once again.
[edit] History
In 1939, portions of M-83 were returned to local control, which would have resulted in a discontinuous routing. Portions of the route were absorbed into other existing routes. The former routing of M-83 from Bay Port, eastward across the thumb, to Harbor Beach where it met up with US 25 became designated as M-142. The routing has been signed as such ever since.
[edit] Major intersections
The entire route is in Huron County.
| Location | Mile[2] | Roads intersected | Notes |
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| Bay Port | 0.00 | M-25 |
Western terminus |
| Bad Axe | 19.86 | M-53 north |
Western terminus of concurrency |
| 21.35 | M-53 south |
Eastern terminus of concurrency | |
| 24.32 | M-19 south |
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| Harbor Beach | 39.27 | M-25 |
Eastern terminus |
[edit] References
- ^ Michigan Highways: Highways 140 through 159 Christopher J. Bessert. URL accessed Sep 11 2006.
- ^ "MiGDL - Center for Geographic Information - Geographic Data Library". Michigan Department of Information Technology. May 2007. http://www.mcgi.state.mi.us/mgdl/?rel=thext&action=thmname&cid=14&cat=MI+Geographic+Framework+All+Roads+%28v7b%29. Retrieved February 9, 2008.
