M-125 (Michigan highway)
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M-125 is a 19.38 mile long highway in Monroe County, Michigan with a southern terminus on the Ohio border at Toledo and a northern terminus at US 24 5 miles north of Monroe. In Ohio, the road continues as Detroit Avenue, which merges with US 24 2 miles further the south. M-125 runs roughly parallel with and between both US 24 and I-75 its entire length, separated from US 24 by less than a mile most of the way.
From the Ohio state line to about Jones St. in downtown Monroe, M-125 is also known as "South Dixie Highway". North of that point, M-125 is named Monroe Street.
The present route of M-125 is a relic of the old US 25 in Michigan. This highway is not a spur of M-25 and there is not any near connection between the termini of M-25 or M-125. Both M-125 and M-25 have segments that were formerly designated as US 25, and is why both these highways exist without any other apparent connection. There is a 2.9 mile connector route CONN M-125, also named "Summit Street", running from the first northbound exit off I-75 in Michigan and merging with M-125 just north of Erie.
M-125 is designated as a Historical Heritage Route in downtown Monroe.
- Historical note: From 1931 to 1937, M-125 was designated on a road in the Upper Peninsula from US 2 to north of Thompson. Later, from 1938 to 1957, the M-125 designation was used on Parish Road in Bay County for 3 miles, and it junctioned with US 23 (now M-13) between Kawkawlin and Linwood and ran westward to 7 Mile Road.
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