U.S. Route 112

Infobox road
type=US
state=MI
route=112
length_mi=207
length_ref=cite web|url=http://www.us-highways.com/us1830.htm |title= US Highways From US 1 to US 830 |author= Droz, Robert V. |accessdate=2008-09-04]
length_notes=


established=1926
deleted=1962
direction_a=West
direction_b=East
starting_terminus=jct|state=MI|US|12 in New Buffalo
junction=jct|state=MI|US|31 in Niles
jct|state=MI|US|131 in White Pigeon
jct|state=MI|US|27 in Coldwater
jct|state=MI|US|127 in Somerset Center
jct|state=MI|US|23 in Ypsilanti
jct|state=MI|I|94|US|12 in Ypsilanti
ending_terminus=jct|state=MI|US|12 in Detroit
previous_type=M|previous_route=111|next_type=M|next_route=112

U.S. Route 112 (US 112) was a largely east-west state trunkline highway across the southern portion of the U.S. state of Michigan between New Buffalo and Detroit. At each end, the route terminated at the original US 12.

As part of the shortest route between Detroit and Chicago, it was considered a likely corridor for an expressway along its route before the Indiana Toll Road and I-94 made such a highway largely unnecessary.cite web| url=http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/MichHwys10-19.html#US-012 |title=Michigan Highways: Highways 10 through 19 |author=Bessert, Christopher J. |accessdate=2008-09-04|date= January 1, 2008]

Part of old US 112 was the Old Sauk Trail, an Indian trail.

Route description

All of US 112, except for a bypass of Niles, was an undivided surface road. It passes through terrain full of lakes suitable for recreational use.cite map |publisher= Michigan State Highway Department |title=Official Michigan Highway Map |year=1961 |cartography= MSHD |section= ]

US 112 began in New Buffalo. US 112 continued across the southern portion of Berrien County running eastward to Niles. There US 112 met US 31 US 112 ran parallel to the state line intersecting US 131 near White Pigeon and M-66 in Sturgis in St. Joseph County. East of Sturgis, US 112 turned northeasterly to Coldwater and a major intersection with US 27.

East of Coldwater, US 112 ran northeastward to Jonesville northwest of Hillsdale where it met M-99. In Jackson County it passed near the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn. It runs along the Lenawee/Washtenaw county line before turning northeast to Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti. Here it formed Michigan Avenue the rest of the way to Detroit, where it ended.

History

In 1925, US 112 was originally proposed to run from Oshkosh to Fremont, Wisconsin on what later became U.S. Route 110.cite web| url=http://www.us-highways.com/1925bpr.htm |title=1925 US Highway Plan |work=US Highways From US 1 to US 830 |author=Droz, Robert V. |accessdate=2008-09-04]

In 1926, between Edwardsburg and Adamsville, it made a sharp turn to the southwest along what was first US 112S and later until 2002 M-205 in Michigan, then Indiana's State Road 19 and former State Road 112 to connect to US 20 west of Elkhart, Indiana.

In 1961, Michigan completed I-94 between New Buffalo and Ypsilanti along the corridor of the old, more northerly and urban US 12 to the north and removed signs for US 12 parallel to and along the freeway. Michigan redesignated the intrastate US 112 as US 12, which has been little altered since 1961 except to give access to new freeways.

Michigan designated this highway the Pulaski Memorial Highway in honor of the Polish Count Kazimierz Pułaski, a hero of the American War of Independence. [cite web| url=http://mdotwas1.mdot.state.mi.us/public/oga/listall.cfm |publisher=Michigan Department of Transportation |title= All Memorial Highways |accessdate=2008-09-04]

Major intersections

MIint
county=Berrien
cspan=3
location=New Buffalo
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|US|12
notes=MIint
location=Niles
lspan=3
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|60
notes=MIint
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|US|31|US|33
notes=MIint
county=Cass
cspan=4
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|60
notes=MIint
location=Edwardsburg
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|62
notes=MIint
location=Adamsville
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|205
notes=Former US 112SMIint
location=Union
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|119
notes=MIint
county=St. Joseph
cspan=3
location=Mottville
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|103
notes=MIint
location=White Pigeon
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|US|131
notes=MIint
location=Sturgis
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|78
notes=MIint
county=Branch
cspan=2
location=Coldwater
lspan=2
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|86
notes=MIint
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|US|27
notes=MIint
county=Hillsdale
cspan=2
location=Allen
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|49
notes=MIint
location=Jonesville
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|99
notes=MIint
county=Lenawee
cspan=5
location=Somerset
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|US|127
notes=MIint
location=Cambridge Junction
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|50
notes=MIint
location=Springville
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|124
notes=MIint
location=Clinton
lspan=2
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|92
notes=MIint
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|52
notes=MIint
county=Washtenaw
cspan=3
location=Ypsilanti
lspan=3
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|US|23
notes=MIint
mile=
type=concur
road=jct|state=MI|I|94|US|12
notes=West end of I-94/US 12/US 112 concurrencyMIint
mile=
type=concur
road=jct|state=MI|I|94|US|12
notes=East end of I-94/US 12/US 112 concurrencyMIint
county=Wayne
cspan=3
location=Denton
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|M|17
notes=Eastern terminus of M-17MIint
location=Dearborn
mile=
road=jct|state=MI|US|24
notes=MIint
location=Detroit
mile=207
road=jct|state=MI|I|94|US|12
notes=

uffixed routes

U.S. Route 112S or US 112S was a spur route of US 112 in the 1930s. Originally, it had been part of US 112 before the latter route was relocated to go through Michigan's southwestern most counties. When US 112 was relocated to New Buffalo, the former US 112 going into Indiana became US 112S. This would continue only a couple of years or so, when the Michigan portion of US 112S would become M-205. In December 2003, the M-205 designation was removed, and today it is a county road.

See also

*M-112 (Michigan highway), a loop route in the Metro Detroit area and the initial designation for the Willow Run Expressway and Detroit Industrial Freeway

References

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/usend1019/End110/end110.htm Proposed 1925 US 112 route (became US 110)]
* [http://www.geocities.com/usend1019/End112/end112.htm Historic US 112 Endpoint Photos]
* [http://www.illi-indi.com/EndsPage.php?id=2112&section=1 More Historic US 112 Endpoint Photos]
* [http://www.michiganhighways.org/listings/HistoricUS-112.html Historic US 112 at Michigan Highways]
* [http://illi-indi.com/Gallery.php?id=1323&section=21122&terminus=Eastern+Terminus Former Michigan US 112S Endpoint Photo]