M-66 (Michigan highway)

M-66

Length:

268.95 mi^[1] (432.83 km)

Formed:

1920

South end:

Major
junctions:

M-86 near Fairfax

North end:

Counties:

Michigan highways
< M-65		M-67 >

M-66 is a north-south state highway in the U.S. state of Michigan. It runs from the Indiana state line in the south to Charlevoix in the north. M-66 is the only state highway to traverse almost the entire north-south distance of the lower peninsula. It starts as a continuation of State Road 9 and gives access to the Indiana Toll Road.

Total length is 269 miles. It includes three miles of freeway between Interstate 94 and downtown Battle Creek known designated as Interstate 194.

Historical note: In the 1930's and 1940's, M-66 was originally designated on what is now M-91 and started at a junction with US 16.

[edit] Junctions

A characteristic view of M-66 in rural Michigan. Taken just south of the M-46 junction

US 12 in Sturgis
M-86 near Colon and Centreville
M-60 in St. Joseph, Branch, and Calhoun Counties
I-94 just south of Battle Creek
I-194 is completely concurrent with M-66 in Battle Creek. I-194 is known as the Sojourner Truth Memorial Parkway.
M-96 in Battle Creek
I-96 in Ionia County
M-21 in Ionia
M-46 in Montcalm County
US 10 in Osceola County
M-115 in Osceola County
M-61 in Osceola County
M-55 a brief concurrency in Lake City, Missaukee County
M-42 in Missaukee County
US 131, a concurrency in Kalkaska County and Antrim County
M-72, a brief concurrency in Kalkaska. A portion of M-66 forms a three-route concurrency with US 131 and M-72 in Kalkaska as well.
M-32 in East Jordan
US-31 Charlevoix, Michigan (terminus of M-66)

^ Michigan Highways: Highways 60 through 69 Christopher J. Bessert. URL Accessed October 28, 2006.