M-137 (Michigan highway)
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| M-137 |
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| Length: | 2.89 mi[1] (4.65 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1929 | ||||||||
| South end: | Interlochen State Park | ||||||||
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| North end: |  US 31 near Interlochen |
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| Counties: | Grand Traverse | ||||||||
| Major cities: | Interlochen | ||||||||
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M-137 is a state highway route in the U.S. state of Michigan that serves as a spur route to the Interlochen Music Camp, Interlochen Arts Academy, and Interlochen State Park. It starts at US 31 in Grand Traverse County and terminates at the park 2.89 miles (4.65 km) away. Although M-137 is near the much longer M-37 designation, the two have never been related to one another. M-37 in the area was a section of M-42 at the time M-137 was designated.
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[edit] Route description
M-137 starts at the Interlochen State Park south of the community of Interlochen. It runs north, connection the Interlochen Arts Academy and the community of Interlochen with the rest of the state trunkline system at US 31 in Interlochen corners. The entire route is two-lane rural highway, winding through wooded terrain between Green and Duck lakes. The roadway continues north of US 31 as S. Long Lake Road after the M-137 designation.
[edit] History
The early history of M-137 shows some confusion. Two new trunklines were added to the state system on 1929-12-02, one in the Upper Peninsula is initially shown on maps as M-137, one in the Lower Peninsula is not given a designation. The 1931 state official map shows that the UP routing in Schoolcraft County is given the M-99 designation and M-137 is applied as the connector route to the Interlochen State Park. This routing would be extended on 1931-08-17 by .9 miles (1.4 km). The route would be realigned and completed on 1956-03-06, moving M-137 off the campus of the Interlochen Center for the Arts.[1]
