Portal:Michigan highways/Did you know/May 2013

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Original M-14 marker from the 1920s
Original M-14 marker from the 1920s
  • ... that on May 13, 1913, the legislation creating the State Trunkline Highway System went into effect?
  • ... that the first rural highway centerline in the US was painted on M-15 (currently CR 492) between Negaunee and Marquette in 1917?
  • ... that some of the original highway numbers assigned by the time the system was signposted in 1919 like M-12 or M-41 were decommissioned in 1926 and never used since?
  • ... that M-131 was assigned as an extension of US 131 in 1926 before it was progressively replaced by US 131 and later M-119?
  • ... that Michigan is home to the first roadside table in the country, which was installed next to US 16?
  • ... that Michigan is also home to the first welcome center in the nation, which opened in 1935 near New Buffalo?
  • ... that I-94 was the first Interstate Highway completed border-to-border in any state in the country when it was completed between New Buffalo and Detroit in 1960?