M-211 is a
state trunkline highway in the
Lower Peninsula
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(LP) of
Michigan
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that connects the community of
Onaway with
Onaway State Park. The highway runs through farmland and forests along the route to the park. The trunkline was originally designated
M-95 from 1919 until 1934. In that year, the designation was moved to a different highway in the
Upper Peninsula
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(UP), and the state park connector was given the current number. The highway was last changed by 1960 when paving was completed.
Route description
M-211 is a two-lane highway that starts at
M-68 in downtown Onaway. The trunkline runs north out of town on Main Street past business and residences. It crosses the
North Eastern State Trail The North Eastern State Trail is a bicycle and hiking trail in Michigan that creates a non-highway right-of-way between Alpena and Cheboygan within three northern counties of Michigan's Lower Peninsula. The trail uses a section of the former road ...
and passes the
Leo E. Getz County Airport north of town. M-211 enters an area of farmland north of the airport. As it continues north and approaches Onaway State Park, the terrain transitions to forest land. M-211 ends at the intersection with Bonz Beach Highway in front of the state park gate. All of M-211 is undivided highway.
Like other state highways in Michigan, M-211 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 2010, the department's traffic surveys showed that on
average
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, 1,429 vehicles used the highway in the city of Onaway and 1,254 vehicles did so north of the city line to the state park.
No section of M-211 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 highway that ran north from
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Transportation ...
at Onaway toward Black Lake was numbered
M-95.
By 1934, the highway was redesignated M-211 to free up the M-95 number. At the time, a highway in the UP was numbered
M-45, but
US Highway 45 was being extended into Michigan. The
Michigan State Highway Department
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 ...
renumbered M-45 in the UP as M-95, and M-95 in the LP as M-211.
By the middle of 1960, all of the current M-211 was paved.
The highway has remained unchanged since.
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Major intersections
See also
*
References
External links
M-211
at Michigan Highways
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Transportation in Presque Isle County, Michigan