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The West Michigan Pike Pure Michigan Byway is a
Pure Michigan Byway A Pure Michigan Byway is the designation for a segment of the State Trunkline Highway System in the US state of Michigan that is a "scenic, recreational, or historic route that is representative of Michigan's natural and cultural heritage." The ...
on the
Lower Peninsula The Lower Peninsula of Michigan – also known as Lower Michigan – is the larger, southern and less elevated of the two major landmasses that make up the U.S. state of Michigan; the other being the Upper Peninsula, which is separated by the S ...
of the US state of
Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
that follows several different highways, most notably Interstate 94 (I-94), I-196 and US Highway 31 (US 31) and various business routes from the Indiana state line near New Buffalo to the Ludington area. The routing is also mostly part of the
Lake Michigan Circle Tour The Great Lakes Circle Tour is a designated scenic road system connecting all of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River. It consists of routes for circumnavigating the lakes, either individually or collectively. It was designated by the Grea ...
, although it deviates from that tourist route in a few locations in Berrien County. From south to north, the byway specifically follows: *I-94 from the Indiana state line at New Buffalo Township to M-63 in St. Joseph Township; * M-63 from I-94 in St. Joseph Township through
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to I-196/US 31 in Lake Michigan Beach, including a segment that runs concurrently with Business Loop I-94 (BL I-94) in
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; *I-196/US 31 from M-63 in Lake Michigan Beach to BL I-196 in South Haven Township; * BL I-196 from I-196/US 31 in South Haven Township to I-196/US 31 in South Haven; *I-196/US 31 from BL I-196 in South Haven to BL I-196/US 31 in Laketown Township; * BL I-196/US 31 from I-196/US 31 in Laketown Township through
Holland Holland is a geographical regionG. Geerts & H. Heestermans, 1981, ''Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal. Deel I'', Van Dale Lexicografie, Utrecht, p 1105 and former province on the western coast of the Netherlands. From the 10th to the 16th c ...
to US 31 in Holland Township; *US 31 from BL I-196/US 31 in Holland Township to Bus. US 31 in Norton Shores; * Business US 31 (Bus. US 31) from US 31 in Norton Shores through
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to US 31 in Muskegon Township; *US 31 from Bus. US 31 in Muskegon Township to Bus. US 31 in Whitehall Township; * Bus. US 31 from US 31 in Whitehall Township through
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and Montague to US 31 in Montague Township; *US 31 from Montague Township to Bus. US 31 in Weare Township; * Bus. US 31 from US 31 in Weare Township through Pentwater to US 31 on the Weare– Pentwater township line; *US 31 from the Weare–Pentwater township line to Pere Marquette Township; * Bus. US 31 from US 31 to US 10 in Pere Marquette Township near Ludington; and * US 10 from Bus. US 31 in Pere Marquette Township to US 31 in Amber Township.


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