M-41 was the designation of a former state trunkline highway in the

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of the US state of

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that began near Holton and ran north- and northwest-ward, ending at

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. 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

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–

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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

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and then northwest to Hart.

History

When the state highway system was first signed in 1919, M-41 was designated between Holton and Hart. After the creation of the

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on November 11, 1926, and the designation of U.S. Highway 41 in the

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, the

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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.

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Route description

History

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