Portal:Michigan highways/Selected article/February 2015
M-26 is a 96+1⁄3-mile-long (155.0 km) state trunkline highway running from two miles (3.2 km) east of Rockland to its junction with US 41 in Copper Harbor. It generally runs southwest-to-northeast in the western half or Michigan's Upper Peninsula. From Rockland to Houghton, M-26 runs to the west of US 41 before joining that highway to cross the Portage Lake Lift Bridge (pictured) over the Keweenaw Waterway to Hancock. From there, the highway runs to the east of US 41 through Lake Linden, rejoins US 41 from Calumet to Phoenix. The northernmost segment, which closely parallels the shore of Lake Superior on the west side of the Keweenaw Peninsula, is highly scenic. M-26 previously reached the Wisconsin border, but a section of the highway became US 45. Other changes on the northern end of M-26 incorporated highways that were previously numbered M-111 and M-206 in the Eagle Harbor and Eagle River area. (more...)
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