M-199 (Michigan highway)

As a two-lane roadway, M-199 starts at exit 119 along I-94 northwest of Albion in Sheridan Township. The highway runs southward through farm fields along 26 Mile Road before curving to the southwest on Star Commonwealth Road near the campus of the Montcalm School for Boys and Girls, a private boarding school. At the end of this curves, the highway follows 25½ Mile Road southward to the intersection with Michigan Avenue. There M-199 turns easterly along Michigan Avenue and passes south of Montcalm Lake. The trunkline runs parallel to a line of the Norfolk Southern Railway until about the intersection with 26½ Mile Road. At the intersection with 27 Mile Road, M-199 enters the city of Albion, and the street name changes to Austin Avenue. In town, the highway follows a four-lane street through residential neighborhoods. The trunkline passes the northern edge of McAuliffe Park and runs parallel to the Kalamazoo River. At the intersection with Eaton Street, the highway meets BL I-94, where M-199 ends while the business loop continues southeasterly on Austin Avenue at this corner.{{cite map |location= Lansing |scale= Scale not given |publisher= Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget |date= August 5, 2010 |title= Calhoun County |url= http://www.michigan.gov/documents/CGI_COUNTY-v4_CALHOUN_COUNTY_125036_7.pdf |format= PDF |author= Michigan Center for Shared Solutions and Technology Partnerships |access-date= April 6, 2012}}{{google maps |url= https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=M-199+E%2F26+Mile+Rd&daddr=42.26094,-84.78577+to:Austin+Ave&hl=en&sll=42.249614,-84.75656&sspn=0.015312,0.01457&geocode=FQU2hQIdVQry-g%3BFczZhAIdlkXy-im_IWXQu1o9iDE-Xc9U47vHVQ%3BFUS1hAIdBbny-g&oq=Sheridan+Township,+Cal+MI&mra=ls&via=1&t=h&z=14 |title= Overview Maps of M-199 |access-date= April 6, 2012}}

M-199 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) like other state highways in Michigan. As a part of these maintenance responsibilities, the department tracks the volume of traffic that uses the roadways under its jurisdiction. These volumes are expressed using a metric called annual average daily traffic, which is a statistical calculation of the average daily number of vehicles on a segment of roadway. MDOT's surveys in 2010 showed that 1,185 vehicles per day used the roadway between I-94 and Michigan Avenue and between 3,174 and 4,042 vehicles used section along the combined Michigan and Austin avenues.{{cite web |author= Bureau of Transportation Planning |url=http://mdotnetpublic.state.mi.us/tmispublic/ |title= Traffic Monitoring Information System |publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation |year=2008 |access-date=April 6, 2011}} No sections of M-199 have been listed on the National Highway System,{{cite map|author=Michigan Department of Transportation |location=Lansing |scale=Scale not given |title=National Highway System, Michigan |date=April 23, 2006 |publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation |url=http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Statewide_150626_7.pdf |format=PDF |access-date=October 7, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004040152/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Statewide_150626_7.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2012 }} a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.{{cite web |first1= Stefan |last1= Natzke |first2= Mike |last2= Neathery |first3= Kevin |last3= Adderly |url= https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/ |title= What is the National Highway System? |work= National Highway System |publisher= Federal Highway Administration |date= June 20, 2012 |access-date= July 1, 2012 |name-list-style=amp}}

In the middle of 1933, an earlier designation of M-199 was used for a short spur route from US Highway 41 (US 41) into Daggett in Menominee County.{{cite MDOT map |date= 1933-05-01 |link= yes |c-link= yes |section= E5}}{{cite MDOT map |date= 1933-09-01 |section=E5 }} This highway was decommissioned in 1939.{{cite MDOT map |date= 1939-04-15 |section= E5}}{{cite MDOT map |date= 1939-12-01 |section= E5 }}

The current M-199 was once part of M-17 starting around July 1, 1919.{{cite MDOT map |date= 1919-07-01L }} When the US Highway System was created on November 11, 1926,{{cite map |author1= Bureau of Public Roads |author-link= Bureau of Public Roads |author2= American Association of State Highway Officials |author2-link= American Association of State Highway Officials |date= November 11, 1926 |title= United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials |url= https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_System_of_Highways_Adopted_for_Uniform_Marking_by_the_American_Association_of_State_Highway_Officials.jpg |scale= 1:7,000,000 |location= Washington, DC |publisher= United States Geological Survey |oclc= 32889555 |access-date= November 7, 2013 |via= Wikimedia Commons |name-list-style= amp}} the highway was incorporated into US 12.{{cite MDOT map |date= 1926-12-01 }} The Albion area was bypassed by a freeway (now I-94) at the end of the 1950s, and Michigan Avenue was turned over to local control.{{cite MDOT map |year= 1958 |section= M10}}{{cite MDOT map |year= 1960 |section= M10 }} The current highway routing was transferred to state control on October 1, 1998,{{cite press release|title=MDOT Accepts Responsibility for 120 Miles of Local Roads |publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation |date=September 24, 1998 |url=http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11057-94859--,00.html |access-date=August 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315030216/http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0%2C1607%2C7-151-9620_11057-94859--%2C00.html |archive-date=March 15, 2007 |first=John |last=Truscott |url-status = dead }} and the M-199 designation was subsequently assigned to the trunkline.{{cite MDOT map |year= 1999 |section= M10 }} The highway has remained unchanged since designation.

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