Michigan Highways

Michigan Transportation Links

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The links on this page are arranged first according to an overall "category" then alphabetically within each category. You may either scroll through the entire list or choose from the category links below to jump to that section:

Official Links Traffic & Commuting Links
General & Statewide Links Michigan's Bridges & Ferries
Regional Links Links to Adjacent States/Provinces
Road Construction Links Miscellaneous & Other Links
Links to Specific Roads/Routes/Corridors

Official Links

General & Statewide Links

  • Highway Photo Galleries - Adrian Leskiw has published road-related photos from around the U.S. and even Europe, with three of the galleries concentrating on Michigan.
  • Michigan Left Turn - everything you ever wanted to know about Michigan Left-Hand Turns and why they're not that bad when you get to know them. Includes the history of the Michigan Left as well.
  • Michigan Highway Ends Gallery - maintained by Dan Garnell, this site "documents the endpoints of the many state routes that dot the landscape of the Wolverine State." Every highway has its terminus and this site helps document them pictorially!
  • Michigan Highways - page after page of highway photographs from all over the state, taken by Eric Buchanan.
  • Michigan Road Photos - by Dan Garnell, showcasing various highway scenes from the Wolverine State.
  • Midwest Roads - from Craig Holl and Scott O. Kuznicki, "an information source for roadway transportation enthusiasts!" which should feature some Michigan-related content... someday...
  • MPG Roads: Michigan Gateway - the Michigan section of Geoffrey Hatchard's MPG Roads website featuring "Images and maps from the Great Lakes State."
  • Wolverine State Road Gateway - jointly maintained by Dan Garnell and Sean Lyons as "your all-access pass to the highways and by-ways of the State of Michigan."
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Regional Links

  • A Guide to Highways in Upper Michigan by Luke Salminen, with information on many of the U.P.'s highways.
  • BT's Detroit Road Guide - from Dan Ploch.
  • Detroit Highways - from Andrew Farina.
  • Michiana Roads - Marc Fannin's site describing the roads and highways in the area known as "Michiana," comprising of Southwestern Michigan and Northern Indiana outside Chicagoland; South Bend, Indiana, is the regional center. As a part of his website, Marc's Routes in Niles, Michigan Throughout the Years attempts to make sense of the plethora of highway routings over the years in the Greater Niles area in southeastern Berrien County.
  • Northern Minnesota, Northern Wisconsin, and Michigan's Upper Peninsula Road Page (offline?) - Jody Aho's website containing photographs and observations from the areas listed in its title.
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Road Construction Links

Links to Specific Roads/Routes/Corridors

  • High Priority Corridor No. 5 (I-73/I-74) - from the AARoads.com website. Includes information on I-73 in Michigan.
  • I-69info.com - operated by Chris Lawrence, "intended to provide accurate and timely information about the national I-69 project, and is made available as a free service for interested and concerned citizens along the route and elsewhere."
  • Traveling the Dixie Highway in Michigan - R. W. Reini's illustrated description of a southbound trip down the famous Dixie Highway, the eastern branch of which went from Sault Ste. Marie down to Florida.
  • US-23 Sunrise Coastal Highway - "A peaceful ride along the Lake Huron shore in Alcona County can begin at Greenbush Township on the south or Caledonia Township on the north."
  • US-27 Corridor Updates (offline) - Ryan Stahl's excellent website detailing the construction of the US-27 (now US-127) "St. John's Bypass," as well as the ongoing upgrades to the US-127 corridor in Mid-Michigan. Extremely thorough with excellent maps, photos and information, including the new US-127 & M-57 interchange. A must-visit!
  • Whatever Happened to the Dixie Highway? - an excellent site by Robert V Droz detailing the history of one of the more famous "Names Auto Trails."
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Traffic & Commuting Links

Michigan's Bridges & Ferries

  • Bridges Borders & Ferries News - from MDOT.
  • Ambassador Bridge - an impressive site from the operators of the Ambassador Bridge, connecting Detroit, Michigan with Windsor, Ontario -- reportedly the busiest international border crossing between the United States and Canada. Opened to traffic on Nov. 14, 1929.
  • Detroit-Windsor Tunnel - a site from the operators of the "first and only vehicular subway ever built between two nations." One of the two connections between Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario. Formally dedicated on November 1, 1930.
  • Blue Water Bridge - this crossing consists of two unique bridges, the Original Blue Water Bridge, opened in 1938 and renovated in 1999 is a three lane west bound bridge. The Second Blue Water Bridge, which carries three lanes of east bound traffic, is an impressive modern bridge opened in 1997. State of the art facilities make the Blue Water Bridge crossing one of the smoothest and most modern crossings in the world.
  • Drummond Island Ferry - the only connection between the mainland (Upper Peninsula) and this large island in northern Lake Huron. The Drummond Island Ferry is also a link in the route of M-134 between De Tour Village and the island.
  • Ferry Information from MDOT provides information on all of the automobile and passenger ferries in Michigan.
  • Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere - an excellent website by Nathan Holth: "With a focus on metal truss bridges, this site provides photos, information, and maps for historic bridges in Michigan, part of Ontario and Pennsylvania, and several other places, and discusses why many of these bridges are in danger of demolition."
  • [Houghton-Hancock Bridge] Three Spans over the Portage - "The history of the three bridges to span the canal between Houghton and Hancock" from Kevin E. Musser's excellent Copper Range Railroad historical website.
  • International Bridge UPDATED - The International Bridge at Sault Ste. Marie is the only vehicular crossing between Ontario and Michigan within a 600-mile distance. The Bridge connects two cities, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario with Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
  • Lake Express - began service in June 2004 linking the cities of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Muskegon, Michigan. The high speed Lake Michigan crossing takes just two and one-half hours, saving passengers a lengthy drive through heavily congested Chicago.
  • Lake Michigan Carferry - cruise coast to coast in four hours. The 410' S.S. Badger offers daily sailings during the Spring, Summer and Fall between Ludington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The 4-hour cruise features food, entertainment, a gift shop and spectacular views of Lake Michigan. This is the last remaining original carferry traversing Lake Michigan.
  • Mackinac Bridge - the official site of the Mackinac Bridge Authority, the agency charged with upkeep and maintenance of one of the world's most graceful suspension bridges. Over the past year, this website has grown considerably with the addition of a live "BridgeCam," fare schedule, multiple photo galleries, information on the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk, updated news and even up-to-the-minute bridge conditions! Full of great information on what has been described as an "Eighth Wonder of the World." Opened to traffic on November 1, 1957.
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Links to Adjacent States & Provinces

Miscellaneous & Other Links