Portal:Michigan highways/Selected article/March 2016

Approaching the historic 1929 bridge over the Paint River in Crystal Falls

M-69 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the Upper Peninsula. It connects with US 2 on both ends in Crystal Falls and near Bark River. In between, the highway runs for 65.260 miles (105.026 km) in rural UP forest lands, including an overlap with M-95. Before the creation of the U.S. Highway System, the current M-69 was a portion of M-12. The original M-69 was replaced by US 102 and the M-69 designation was reused on a section of M-12 not replaced by US 2. Further changes to the current highway truncated it for three decades. The eastern section removed from M-69 was given the County-Designated Highway name of G-30 until the change was reversed. In 2002, the historic Paint River Bridge in Crystal Falls was rehabilitated, repairing it and restoring it to the original appearance. (more...)

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