M-35 (Michigan highway)

M-35 (Michigan highway)

M-35 is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It runs for 128 miles in a general north–south direction and connects the cities of Menominee, Escanaba, and Negaunee. Along the southern section, the highway is the closest trunkline to the Green Bay, a section of Lake Michigan. The highway is also listed on the National Highway System along the US 2US Highway 41 concurrency.

About M-35 (Michigan highway) in brief

Summary M-35 (Michigan highway)M-35 is a state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It runs for 128 miles in a general north–south direction and connects the cities of Menominee, Escanaba, and Negaunee. Along the southern section, the highway is the closest trunkline to the Green Bay, a section of Lake Michigan. The northern section of the highway turns inland through sylvan areas of the UP, connecting rural portions of Delta and Marquette counties. M-35 forms a segment of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour, and it is the UP Hidden Coast Recreational Heritage Trail, which is a part of what is now called the Pure Michigan Byways Program. The highway is also listed on the National Highway System along the US 2US Highway 41 concurrency. The 2012 AADT figures show that an average of 14,744 vehicles use the highway per day in the north-south segment inEscanaba. The southern terminus is in Menominese, and the northern terminus is outside of Negauneesi in Negauni Township. M 35 is primarily a two-lane roadway, with the exception of the nearly 8 1⁄2-mile-long section between Escanaba and Gladstone. From Escanabo to Gladstone, M- 35 logs its highest average annual mobility counts. At the Menominede–Delta county line, M -35 passes from the Central to the Eastern Time Zone.

M  35 also marks the location where the highway separates from US 2US 41 in Gladstone at an intersection with 4th Avenue in Northstone. This location is the location of the National  Highway System where the Highway Circle Tour and Pure Michigan Byways Program are also located. The highway follows the shoreline of the North Bay de Noc de la Noc, a paper mill just south of the mouth of the Escanabe River. The  highway runs northeasterly following the shorelines of the Green Bay, toward Escan Bay and the Escanaba area before turning northwesterly to its northern terminus outside of Negaunee Township in Negaun Towson. It is a Y-shaped intersection near John Henes Park, which sits on 50 acres of land, and was donated to the City of Menomine e by German-American brewer John O. Henes in 1907. It is at the corner of 10th Street and North Shore Drive north of downtown Manne Shine Drive. Here, M 35 joins the National Highway System, which is a road system important to the nation’s economy, defense, and and defense, and is important to the nation’s defense, and defense. At the intersection of Ludington Street and Lincoln Road, US  2 US 41 join M- 35 at the intersection of Ludington Street and Lincoln Road.