M-28 (Michigan highway)
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M-28 is a long east-west state highway that almost completely traverses the Upper Peninsula of Michigan from Wakefield to near Rosedale. It is the longest state highway in Michigan numbered with the "M-" prefix at 290 miles. It has intersections with US 45 at Bruce Crossing and I-75 near Dafter. Between Covington (where US 41 and US 141 have their northern junction) and Marquette, M-28 and US 41 coincide, and the route is more decidedly east-west than north-south, through hilly terrain. Between Marquette and Munising, M-28 gives a spectacular view of Lake Superior shoreline; west of Munising is a ferry dock offering transport to the Grand Island National Recreation Area, and at Munising, one has easy access to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. East of Munising, M-28 borders the Seney National Wildlife Refuge. Tahquamenon Falls State Park, containing Tahquamenon Falls, is a short drive on M-123 from M-28.
All of M-28 is surface road, undivided except for segments coinciding with US 41 near Marquette. Much of M-28 is part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour.
- Historical notes: From 1952 to 1962, M-28 crossed US 2 at Wakefield going south and stopped at the Wisconsin line, connecting with a county road; in Chippewa County, M-28 originally turned north to Brimley, then east onto 6 mile Road to stop at US 2 (Mackinaw Trail).
- The portion of M-28 east of Shingleton was once M-25 before M-28 was extended over it. The section between Munising and Harvey was once part of M-94 as well. M-28 supplanted the M-25 designation in 1928 and switched routings with M-94 in 1941.
Counties traversed
- Gogebic County
- Ontonagon County
- Houghton County
- Baraga County
- Marquette County
- Alger County
- Schoolcraft County
- Luce County
- Chippewa County
Junctions and duplexes
- M-64 a duplex near Lake Gogebic
- US 45 in Bruce Crossing
- US 141, a short duplex near Covington
- US 41, a duplex from Covington to Harvey
- M-95 in Humboldt Township, Marquette County.
- BUS M-28, junctions with both ends of the business loop in Ishpeming and Negaunee.
- M-35 in Negaunee Township
- M-553 in Marquette
- M-94 from Munising to Shingleton
- M-77, a brief duplex in Seney
- M-117 west of Newberry
- M-123 in Newberry and in Eckerman
- M-221 south of Brimley
- I-75 near Dafter
Termini
Western terminus
The western terminus of M-28 is at US 2 in Wakefield.Eastern terminus
The eastern terminus is at M-129 near Rosedale.External links
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