Portal:Michigan highways/Selected article/January 2013
M-212 is the shortest signed state trunkline highway in Michigan. It was designated in order to provide access from M-33 to both the small community of Aloha on the eastern shore of Mullett Lake, as well as to Aloha State Park, where the highway ends. The highway beats out the second shortest, M-168, which registers at 1.022 miles (1.645 km). M-212 even beats out Michigan's shortest business loop, BUS M-32 in Hillman, which comes in at 0.738 miles (1.188 km), only about six thousandths of a mile longer, or about 32 feet (9.7 m). M-212 runs northward away from the park's gate and then turns east through the small community. From there, it runs east through fields and terminates at the intersection with M-33. M-212 was assigned on December 29, 1937, from the intersection with Second Street to an intersection with then US Highway 23 (US 23); in 1940, the state highway department rerouted US 23 and replaced it with M-33. (more...)