Portal:Michigan highways/Did you know/February 2016


 * ... that the first highway centerline (pictured) was painted on the Marquette–Negaunee Road by K.I. Sawyer in 1917?
 * ... that M-114 was set up as a beltline around Grand Rapids following what are now Wilson Avenue, 28th Street and East Beltline Avenue?
 * ...that a private company wanted to pay for the construction of County Road 595 in Marquette County to connect its nickel mine to its processing mill?
 * ... that I-96 in Detroit was named the Rosa Parks Memorial Highway in December 2005 in honor of the civil rights pioneer?
 * ...that the Black River National Forest Scenic Byway in the Upper Peninsula connects to the tallest ski flying hill in the world and one of two National Forest harbors in the United States?