M-74 (Michigan highway)
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Missaukee County Road Commission | ||||
| Length: | 18.4 mi[1] (29.6 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1919[2] – 1939[3][4] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 M-66 in Pioneer | |||
| South end: |
 M-55 near Merritt | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Missaukee | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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M-74 was the designation of a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. The highway ran through rural Missaukee County connecting Pioneer with Merritt. The highway was designated by 1919 along a longer route. It was shortened before it was totally removed from the highway system in the late 1930s.
Route description
M-74 started at a junction with M-66 near the community of Pioneer. It ran east on Moorestown Road through Stittsville to Moorestown before turning south on Nelson Road. There it ran through the community of Star City, turning west briefly on Walker Road and running south on Star City Road before terminating at a junction with M-55 west of Merritt. All of M-74 was a gravel highway.[1][3]
History
On July 1, 1919, M-74 ran between Pioneer and M-55 west of Merritt. There it turned east running concurrently with M-55 to Merritt where it turned south to Moddersville and terminated.[2] The spur south of Merrit remained a state highway through at least late 1938.[5] Late that year or early the next, the roadway between Merritt and Moddersville was turned back to local control and removed from the highway system.[3][5] By late 1939, the entire highway was decommissioned in its entirety.[4] The highway designation has not been used since.[6]
Major intersections
The entire highway was in Missaukee County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Pioneer | 0.0 | 0.0 | M-66 – Lake City, Kalkaska | Historic western terminus |
| Merritt | 18.4 | 29.6 | M-55 – Lake City, Houghton Lake | Southern terminus at time of decommissioning |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||
See also
- Michigan Highways portal
References
- 1 2 3 Google (March 4, 2011). "Overview Map of Former M-74" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- 1 2 Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Lower Peninsula sheet. OCLC 15607244.
- 1 2 3 Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (April 15, 1939). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Summer ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC 12701143.
- 1 2 Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (December 1, 1939). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Winter ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § H10. OCLC 12701143.
- 1 2 Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (December 1, 1938). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map) (Winter ed.). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. OCLC 12701143.
- ↑ Michigan Department of Transportation (2015). Pure Michigan: State Transportation Map (Map). c. 1:975,000. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation.