Michigan: US-127 has milemarkers and exit numbers!
Chris Bessert
with, but when they do something good, I also want to make sure to
point it out. The weekend before Christmas on our way from West Mich-
igan to my parents in Howell, I took the "other way" through Lansing
(I-69 east to US-127 south) so vary it up a bit and found that MDOT
had installed both exit number signs at each interchange as well as
those new "deluxe" milemarkers with the direction, route marker and
mileage in them. The mileages reflect the distance from US-127's
entrance from Ohio and not based on any "I-73" distances. (I wonder
if the department waited to install these until the "I-73" thing had
worked itself out.)
Right now, exit numbers have been erected at each interchange from the
Jackson/Ingham Co line (near Leslie) northerly to the end of the free-
way at St Johns, while exit numbers on the freeway signage itself are
only in place from Leslie northerly to Holt, as those have been con-
verted to Clearview already. The "deluxe" milemarkers are also in
place from Jackson Co to the end of the freeway at St Johns.
I haven't yet been on the freeway portion of US-127 from Ithaca nor-
therly to Grayling yet to see if they've numbered those interchanges,
but I noticed a very interesting problem. When MDOT installed mile-
markers along then-US-27 from Ithaca to Grayling in 1995, I believe
they may have used "I-73" mileage. Why? The freeway ending at St
Johns is at Mile 100.3 and it's almost exactly 16 miles to the be-
ginning of the freeway at Ithaca... at Mile 131.15. That's almost 31
miles difference for a 16-mile stretch! And, no, it's not that MDOT
used US-27 mileage, as there is only a 7-8 mile difference between
I-69 mileage and US-127 mileage at the I-69/US-127 interchange. (Exit
89 on I-69 and Exit 82 on US-127).
So, I guess I'm glad MDOT didn't add exit numbers to the interchanges
and attendant signage back in '95 because they'd have to go back and
re-number 'em all now, or somehow explain a 15-mile difference in
milemarkers and exit numbers at Ithaca when that part of the freeway
is completed... someday...
Later,
Chris
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Gary V
Clearview signs. Included were mile markers and exit numbers. They
are based on 0 at the west end of M-59 at I-96 near Howell. The exit
for I-75 is 40, or a number close to that, as I recall. I guess MDOT
doesn't intend to reroute M-59 from Pontiac west.
That brings up an interesting question. M-59 eb in Pontiac is
significantly longer than wb (former Wide Track Drive vs. Huron).
Which measurement would they use?
Chris Bessert
Eastbound.