M-147 (Michigan highway)

{{Short description|Former state highway in Blackman Township, Jackson County, Michigan, United States}}

{{Infobox road

|state=MI

|type=M 1973

|route=147

|map={{maplink-road|frame-height=240|from=M-147 (Michigan highway).map}}

|map_custom=yes

|map_notes=M-147 highlighted in red

|length_mi=0.505

|length_ref={{cite map |author = Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation |date = July 1, 1978 |title = Control Section Atlas |scale = Scale not given |location = Lansing |publisher = Michigan Department of State Highways and Transportation }}

|established=1936

|decommissioned=January 5, 1991{{cite web |author = State Administrative Board |date = February 20, 2007 |title = State Administrative Board Resolutions, 1940–Present |location = Lansing |publisher = State of Michigan |url = https://cdm16110.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16110coll2/id/146503 |page = 49 |access-date = January 1, 2023 |author-link = Michigan State Administrative Board |oclc = 85834636 |via = Library of Michigan Digital Repository }}

|direction_a=West

|terminus_a={{jct|state=MI|M 1973|106}} near Jackson

|direction_b=East

|terminus_b=State Prison of Southern Michigan

|counties=Jackson

|previous_type=M

|previous_route=146

|next_type=M

|next_route=149

}}

M-147 was a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. The route started at M-106 just north of Jackson and stopped at the entrance of State Prison of Southern Michigan. The route of M-147 was transferred to local control in 1991 after being signed originally in 1936.

Route description

M-147 started at an intersection with M-106 west of the State Prison of Southern Michigan property. From there, the trunkline ran about a half mile (0.8 km) due east to the prison gate and terminated. Just east of the terminus was a branch line of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad.{{cite map |author = United States Geological Survey |author-link = United States Geological Survey |url = https://archive.org/details/usgs_drg_mi_42084_c4 |title = Jackson North Quadrangle |location = Reston, Virginia |publisher = United States Geological Survey |year = 1976 |scale = 1:24,000 |access-date = May 24, 2011 |via = Archive.org }} In 1976, a newspaper article said that "it's ... the second shortest highway on Michigan's state highway system, but for those who travel it one way, M-147 is the longest road in the world" in discussing its role as the connection to the state prison,{{cite news |title = The Long & Short of State Highways |url = http://66.129.39.201:8080/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-12642/1976-07-30%20Fri%20Easy%20Livin.pdf |format = PDF |department = Easy Livin' |work = Gaylord Herald Times |date = July 30, 1976 |page = 6 |access-date = June 3, 2011 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110810211405/http://66.129.39.201:8080/docushare/dsweb/Get/Document-12642/1976-07-30%20Fri%20Easy%20Livin.pdf |archive-date = August 10, 2011 |url-status = dead |oclc = 38114298 }} the world's largest walled prison.{{cite news |title = The Long and Short of State Highways |url =

https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120093199/the-long-and-short-of-state-highways/ |work = Livingston County Press |location = Howell, Michigan |date = July 28, 1976 |page = 3C |oclc= 35423811 |access-date = March 4, 2023 |via = Newspapers.com }} Another in 1972, called it a "snippet of highway" that "most people hope they never have to travel" in a profile of short highways to "important places".{{cite news |title = Just Smidgins of Highways |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111092898/just-smidgins-of-highways/ |work = Lansing State Journal |page = B1 |date = April 17, 1972 |issn = 0274-9742 |access-date = October 10, 2022 |via = Newspapers.com }}

History

M-147 was designated in 1936 to connect the prison property with the state trunkline system.{{cite MDOT map |date = 1935-12-01 |link = yes |c-link = yes |section = M11 }}{{cite MDOT map |date = 1936-06-01 |section = M11 }} It would remain under state control until January 5, 1991 when it was turned over to Jackson County.

Major intersections

{{MIinttop|ref= |county=Jackson |location=Blackman Township|former=yes}}

{{MIint

|mile=0.000

|road={{jct|state=MI|M 1973|106}}

|notes=}}

{{MIint

|mile=0.505

|road=State Prison of Southern Michigan front gate

|notes=}}

References

External links

[https://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/M-147.html Former M-147] at Michigan Highways

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Category:Transportation in Jackson County, Michigan