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{{short description|Unsigned state highway in Livingston County, Michigan, United States}}
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'''M-155''' was a former [[Michigan Highway System|state trunkline]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Michigan]] that served as a spur route from [[Interstate 96 Business (Howell, Michigan)|BL I-96]] in [[Howell, Michigan|Howell]] in [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]] to the Hillcrest Center, former Howell State Hospital.<ref name="bessert1">{{cite web | author= Bessert, Christopher J. | title=Michigan Highways: Unsigned Trunklines List | date=[[2006-04-23]] | work=Michigan Highways | url= http://www.michiganhighways.org/other/unsigned.html#M-155OLD | accessdate=2008-03-11}}</ref>
'''M-155''' was a signed [[Michigan Highway System|state trunkline]] in the US state of [[Michigan]] that served as a spur route from [[Interstate 96 Business (Howell, Michigan)|Business Loop Interstate&nbsp;96]] (BL I-96) in [[Howell, Michigan|Howell]] in [[Livingston County, Michigan|Livingston County]] to the Hillcrest Center, the former Howell State Hospital. It was originally designated in the early 1930s and outlasted the hospital which closed in 1982. The roadway was removed from state maps after 1991 but remains under state maintenance as an [[unsigned highway|unsigned trunkline]] listed as either M-155 or '''Old M-155'''.


==Route description==
==Route description==
Old M-155 begins in front of the former state hospital on High Hillcrest Drive and runs north and northwesterly through a field and out of the property. The road passes some houses in the area as it curves onto Country Farm Road next to Sanatorium Lake, turning northward. From there, the trunkline follows Country Farm Road to Norton Road through [[Marion Township, Livingston County, Michigan|Marion Township]]. The trunkline follows Norton Road east over the South Branch of the [[Shiawassee River]] and then northeasterly past a residential subdivision. Old M-155 then turns due east on Mason Road, running along the Marion–[[Howell Township, Michigan|Howell]] township line before crossing into the city of Howell next to [[Interstate 96|I-96]]. There is no interchange for the unsigned trunkline as it crosses over the freeway. The trunkline runs through more residential subdivisions before it turns northward onto Michigan Avenue. After {{convert|1/2|mi|km|spell=in}}, the trunkline terminates at the intersection with BL I-96 ([[Grand River Avenue]]) in downtown Howell.<ref name=TOM10>{{cite MDOT map |year = 2010T |section = L12 }}</ref><ref name=google>{{google maps |url = https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=High+Hillcrest+Dr&daddr=CR-D19%2FS+Michigan+Ave+%4042.607120,+-83.929580&hl=en&sll=42.593548,-83.965373&sspn=0.015228,0.01457&geocode=FavSiQId_ZD--g%3BFRAiigIdFFb_-g&t=h&mra=prev&z=14 |title = Overview Map of Old M-155 |access-date = March 11, 2008 }}</ref>
M-155 began at a junction with Business Loop 96 in [[Howell, Michigan|Howell]] where it traveled southwest on Michigan Avenue. After a half mile, the road turned westward along Mason Road where it traveled out of Howell. Shortly after, the route turned southwest on Norton Road before turning back to the west. The road then, briefly, turned south onto County Farm Road which delivered it to Hillcrest Drive, on which it traveled to the hospital where it terminated.<ref name="gmaps">{{google maps |url=http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=10740847540171150282,42.607120,-83.929580%3B12562410916724803313,42.586968,-83.980132&saddr=CR-D19%2FS+Michigan+Ave+%4042.607120,+-83.929580&daddr=42.586677,-83.980029&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=16&sll=42.589252,-83.973978&sspn=0.011627,0.028667&ie=UTF8&ll=42.597355,-83.953228&spn=0.023251,0.057335&z=15 |accessdate=2008-03-11 }} </ref>

As the highway is still under state jurisdiction, M-155 is maintained by the [[Michigan Department of Transportation]] (MDOT). In 2011, the department's traffic surveys showed that on [[average annual daily traffic|average]], 13,699&nbsp;vehicles used the highway daily in Howell and 3,960&nbsp;vehicles did so each day near the southern terminus, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.<ref name=TMIS>{{cite web |author = Bureau of Transportation Planning |url = http://mdotnetpublic.state.mi.us/tmispublic/ |title = Traffic Monitoring Information System |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |year = 2008 |access-date = June 30, 2012 }}</ref> No section of Old M-155 is listed on the [[National Highway System (United States)|National Highway System]],<ref name=NHS-MI>{{cite map |author = Michigan Department of Transportation |location = Lansing |scale = Scale not given |title = National Highway System, Michigan |date = April 23, 2006 |publisher = Michigan Department of Transportation |url = http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Statewide_150626_7.pdf |access-date = October 7, 2008 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004040152/http://www.michigan.gov/documents/MDOT_NHS_Statewide_150626_7.pdf |archive-date = October 4, 2012 }}</ref> a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.<ref name=NHS>{{cite web |first1 = Stefan |last1 = Natzke |first2 = Mike |last2 = Neathery |first3 = Kevin |last3 = Adderly |url = https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/ |title = What is the National Highway System? |work = National Highway System |publisher = [[Federal Highway Administration]] |date = June 20, 2012 |access-date = July 1, 2012 |name-list-style = amp }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The Michigan State Sanatorium was opened on September 1, 1907, to treat adult patients with tuberculosis.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92477074/administration-building-michigan-state/ |title = Administration Building, Michigan State Sanatorium, Being Erected At Howell |work= [[Detroit Free Press]] |date = September 1, 1907 |page = 1 |issn = 1055-2758 |access-date = January 13, 2022 |via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref> Children were later treated there starting in 1915.<ref>{{cite news |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92477179/state-sanatorim-to-treat-children/ |title = State Sanatorium to Treat Children |date = July 23, 1915 |work = Detroit Free Press |page = 7 |issn = 1055-2758 |access-date = January 13, 2022 |via = Newspapers.com }}</ref> After 1955 the hospital also handled patients with mental illnesses. In 1961 the sanatorium became the Howell State Hospital, and later the Hillcrest Center in 1978. The facility operated until September 30, 1982, when it was closed. and the building finally demolished a few years after.<ref name=humphrey>{{cite news |first = Laurie |last = Humphrey |date = October 5, 2007 |title = Former Employees of Michigan State Sanatorium Commemorate 25th Anniversary of Facility's Closing |url = http://blog.mlive.com/lcn/2007/10/former_employees_of_michigan_s.html |work = [[The Livingston Community News]] |location = Brighton, Michigan |access-date =July 9, 2012 |oclc =53872770 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110101143427/http://blog.mlive.com/lcn/2007/10/former_employees_of_michigan_s.html |archive-date = January 1, 2011 |url-status = live }}</ref> M-155 was designated in 1931; it began at the hospital and ran to a junction with [[U.S. Route 16 in Michigan|US Highway&nbsp;16]] (modern BL I-96) in Howell.<ref name=MSHD31-07>{{cite MDOT map |date = 1931-07-01 |link = yes |c-link = yes |section =L12 }}</ref><ref name=MSHD31-10>{{cite MDOT map |date = 1931-10-01 |section = L12 }}</ref> After the hospital was abandoned, the trunkline designation remained on the road, serving a field. The designation last appeared on official state maps in 1991.<ref name=MDOT91>{{cite MDOT map |year = 1991 |section = L12 }}</ref><ref name=MDOT92>{{cite MDOT map |year= 1992 |section = L12 }}</ref> The highway remains an unsigned trunkline.<ref name=TOM10/>
The Michigan State Sanitorium was established in 1907, primarily to treat patients with tuberculosis. After 1955 the hospital also handled patients with mental illnesses. In 1961 the sanitorium became the Howell State Hospital, and later the Hillcrest Center in 1978. The facility operated until 1982 when it was abandoned, and the building finally demolished a few years after.

To serve this facility M-155 was assumed into the state trunkline system in 1931. It began at a junction with [[U.S. Route 16|US 16]] in Howell, what is today Business Loop 96. It continued to serve the facility over the next fifty years and beyond. After the hospital was abandoned, the route markers remained on the road, serving a field, until they were finally removed in 1987.<ref name="bessert1"/>


==Major intersections==
==Major intersections==
{{MIinttop|ref=<ref name="CGI"/><ref name="1952map">{{cite map | publisher = Rand McNally | title=Michigan Highway Map | edition = 1952 | section = J6}}</ref>|county=Livingston}}
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|mile=0.00
|mile=0.000
|road=Hillcrest Drive
|road=High Hillcrest Drive
|notes=Western terminus; Access to former State Hospital}}
|notes=Access to former state hospital}}
{{MIint
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|location=Howell
|location=Howell
|mile=3.44
|mile=3.420
|road={{jct|state=MI|BL|96|dab1=Howell|city1=Lansing|city2=Detroit}}
|road=[[Image:US 16 Cutout (MI).svg|20px]] [[U.S. Route 16|US 16]]
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==See also==
* {{portal-inline|Michigan Highways}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
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==External links==
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[[Category:Former state highways in Michigan|155]]
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[[Category:Unsigned Michigan state highways|155]]
* [http://www.michiganhighways.org/other/unsigned.html#M-155OLD M-155] at Michigan Highways

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[[Category:Unsigned state highways in Michigan|155]]
[[Category:Transportation in Livingston County, Michigan]]

Latest revision as of 01:10, 5 August 2024

M-155 marker
M-155
Old M-155
Map
M-155 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length3.420 mi[1] (5.504 km)
Existed1931[2][3]–present
HistoryLast signed on a state map in 1991[4][5]
Major junctions
South endHillcrest Center (former Howell State Hospital)
North end BL I-96 in Howell
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesLivingston
Highway system
← M-154→ M-156

M-155 was a signed state trunkline in the US state of Michigan that served as a spur route from Business Loop Interstate 96 (BL I-96) in Howell in Livingston County to the Hillcrest Center, the former Howell State Hospital. It was originally designated in the early 1930s and outlasted the hospital which closed in 1982. The roadway was removed from state maps after 1991 but remains under state maintenance as an unsigned trunkline listed as either M-155 or Old M-155.

Route description

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Old M-155 begins in front of the former state hospital on High Hillcrest Drive and runs north and northwesterly through a field and out of the property. The road passes some houses in the area as it curves onto Country Farm Road next to Sanatorium Lake, turning northward. From there, the trunkline follows Country Farm Road to Norton Road through Marion Township. The trunkline follows Norton Road east over the South Branch of the Shiawassee River and then northeasterly past a residential subdivision. Old M-155 then turns due east on Mason Road, running along the Marion–Howell township line before crossing into the city of Howell next to I-96. There is no interchange for the unsigned trunkline as it crosses over the freeway. The trunkline runs through more residential subdivisions before it turns northward onto Michigan Avenue. After one-half mile (0.80 km), the trunkline terminates at the intersection with BL I-96 (Grand River Avenue) in downtown Howell.[6][7]

As the highway is still under state jurisdiction, M-155 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). In 2011, the department's traffic surveys showed that on average, 13,699 vehicles used the highway daily in Howell and 3,960 vehicles did so each day near the southern terminus, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively.[8] No section of Old M-155 is listed on the National Highway System,[9] a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.[10]

History

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The Michigan State Sanatorium was opened on September 1, 1907, to treat adult patients with tuberculosis.[11] Children were later treated there starting in 1915.[12] After 1955 the hospital also handled patients with mental illnesses. In 1961 the sanatorium became the Howell State Hospital, and later the Hillcrest Center in 1978. The facility operated until September 30, 1982, when it was closed. and the building finally demolished a few years after.[13] M-155 was designated in 1931; it began at the hospital and ran to a junction with US Highway 16 (modern BL I-96) in Howell.[2][3] After the hospital was abandoned, the trunkline designation remained on the road, serving a field. The designation last appeared on official state maps in 1991.[4][5] The highway remains an unsigned trunkline.[6]

Major intersections

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The entire highway is in Livingston County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Marion Township0.0000.000High Hillcrest DriveAccess to former state hospital
Howell3.4205.504 BL I-96 – Lansing, Detroit
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (July 1, 1931). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:840,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § L12. OCLC 12701053. Archived from the original on May 10, 2017. Retrieved December 18, 2016 – via Archives of Michigan.
  3. ^ a b Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (October 1, 1931). Official Highway Service Map (Map). [c. 1:840,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § L12. OCLC 12701053.
  4. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (1991). Celebrate the Great Lakes, Yes Michigan: Michigan Department of Transportation Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. § L12. OCLC 42778335. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  5. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (1992). Celebrate the Great Lakes, Yes Michigan: Michigan Department of Transportation Map (Map). c. 1:918,720. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. § L12. OCLC 42778335, 318947496. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.
  6. ^ a b Michigan Department of Transportation (2010). Truck Operator's Map (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. § L12.
  7. ^ "Overview Map of Old M-155" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
  8. ^ Bureau of Transportation Planning (2008). "Traffic Monitoring Information System". Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
  9. ^ Michigan Department of Transportation (April 23, 2006). National Highway System, Michigan (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2008.
  10. ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
  11. ^ "Administration Building, Michigan State Sanatorium, Being Erected At Howell". Detroit Free Press. September 1, 1907. p. 1. ISSN 1055-2758. Retrieved January 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "State Sanatorium to Treat Children". Detroit Free Press. July 23, 1915. p. 7. ISSN 1055-2758. Retrieved January 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ Humphrey, Laurie (October 5, 2007). "Former Employees of Michigan State Sanatorium Commemorate 25th Anniversary of Facility's Closing". The Livingston Community News. Brighton, Michigan. OCLC 53872770. Archived from the original on January 1, 2011. Retrieved July 9, 2012.
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