U.S. Route 12 In Michigan
US Highway 12 (US 12) is a US Highway that runs from Aberdeen, Washington to Detroit, Michigan. In the US state of Michigan it runs for 208.90 miles (336.19 km) between New Buffalo and Detroit as a state trunkline highway.
The current US 12 follows roadways that previously carried two other numbers. When the state signposted its State Trunkline Highway System in 1919, the current highway was numbered M-23. After the United States Numbered Highway System was created, US 12 was assigned to replace the original M-17 in the state along Michigan Avenue between Kalamazoo and Detroit, a highway corridor now served by Interstate 94 (I-94). M-23 was replaced by US 112 in 1926. That highway was extended in the 1930s to replace the original M-151. Once the I-94 freeway was completed, the US 12 designation was moved to replace US 112 between New Buffalo and Ann Arbor.
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