M-136 is a
state trunkline highway in the US state of
Michigan
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that runs from
Brockway to
Fort Gratiot
Fort Gratiot was an American stockade fort in Fort Gratiot, Michigan, in Saint Clair County, Michigan. The former location of the fort was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
History
The Army constructed Fort Gratiot in ...
in the lower part of
The Thumb
The Thumb is a region and a peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, so named because the Lower Peninsula is shaped like a mitten. The Thumb area is generally considered to be in the Central Michigan region, east of the Tri-Cities and north of M ...
of the
Lower Peninsula
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. The highway serves as a connector between
M-19 on the west and
M-25 M25 or M-25 may be:
Aerospace
* M-25 Dromader Mikro, a variant of the Polish PZL-Mielec M-18 Dromader agricultural aircraft
* Cors-Air M25Y Black Devil, an Italian aircraft engine
* Shvetsov M-25, an aircraft radial engine produced in the Soviet ...
northwest of
Port Huron
Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administered separately.
Located along the St. Clair ...
. In between, the highway runs through rural
St. Clair County through farm fields and along a creek and river. The trunkline uses roads that were part of the state highway system in 1919. The M-136 designation was assigned in 1931 and extended to its current length in 1961.
Route description
M-136 begins at a junction with M-19 just south of Brockway on the north side of Mill Creek. The highway heads eastward through farm fields on Metcalf Road for about before bending to the southeast on Beard Road, parallel to the creek. The road then turns eastward on Avoca Road near
Tackaberry Airport and heads toward
Avoca. The trunkline continues in this direction through farm fields and the community of Avoca before turning southward on Glyshaw Road near the
Black River. M-136 turns east, returning to Beard Road, and running through a wooded area to cross the river. From here, it continues through farm fields again on a generally east-southeast track on North and Keewahdin roads as it heads towards Gardendale. The highway then branches southeastward on Pine Grove Avenue to connect with M-25 from
Interstate 94 (I-94) and
I-69
Interstate 69 (I-69) is an Interstate Highway in the United States currently consisting of 10 unconnected segments with an original continuous segment from Indianapolis, Indiana, northeast to the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, at ...
and their international border crossing on the
Blue Water Bridge
The Blue Water Bridge is a twin-span international bridge across the St. Clair River that links Port Huron, Michigan, United States, and Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Water Bridge connects Highway 402 in Ontario with both Interstate 69 ( ...
in Port Huron.
Like other state highways in Michigan, M-136 is maintained by the
Michigan Department of Transportation
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is a constitutional government principal department of the US state of Michigan. The primary purpose of MDOT is to maintain the Michigan State Trunkline Highway System which includes all Interstate ...
(MDOT). In 2011, the department's traffic surveys showed that on
average
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, 6,070 vehicles used the highway daily on the eastern segment along Beard Road and 1,894 vehicles did so each day near the western terminus, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.
No section of M-136 is listed on the
National Highway System,
a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.
History
When the state highway system was initially signposted in 1919,
the westernmost section of today's M-136 was designated as part of M-19.
In 1927, that section of highway was redesignated as
M-13 M13, M-13 or M13 may refer to:
Military
* Fiat M13/40, an Italian tank used in World War II
* M13 Half-track, a U.S. anti-aircraft gun used in World War II
* M13 link, a machine gun's ammunition link
* M-13 rocket, a version of the Soviet World War ...
and extended through Avoca.
During 1929, the trunkline was extended eastward to terminate at the contemporary
M-51 M51 or M-51 may refer to:
* M-51 (Michigan highway), a state highway in Michigan
* M51 highway (Russia)
* M51 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa
* M51 Skysweeper, an anti-aircraft gun
* M51 MACI mine
* M51 SLBM, a French ...
near Gardendale.
M-136 was commissioned in 1931 to replace M-13 between what was M-19 and M-51.
The highway was fully paved in 1940 as the last section of gravel road was hard-surfaced through Avoca that year.
In 1961, M-136 was extended further east to replace the section of M-51 between Gardendale and Fort Gratiot on present day Pine Grove Avenue.
Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
M-136at Michigan Highways
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136 136 may refer to:
*136 (number)
*AD 136
*136 BC 136 may refer to:
*136 (number)
*AD 136
Year 136 ( CXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 136th Year of the Common Era (C ...
Transportation in St. Clair County, Michigan