Portal:Michigan highways/Selected article/September 2011

US Highway 41 (US 41) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from Miami, Florida, to the Upper Peninsula. In Michigan, it is a state trunkline highway that enters via the Interstate Bridge between Marinette, Wisconsin, and Menominee, Michigan. Most of the 278.769 mi of US 41 that lie within the state are listed on the National Highway System. Various sections are rural two-lane highway, urbanized four-lane divided expressway and the Copper Country Trail National Scenic Byway. The trunkline ends at a cul-de-sac east of Fort Wilkins State Park after serving the Central Upper Peninsula and Copper Country regions of Michigan. The highway is included in the Lake Superior Circle Tour and the Lake Michigan Circle Tour and passes through the Hiawatha National Forest and the Keweenaw National Historical Park.

US 41 was first designated in 1926. A section of the highway originally served as part of Military Road, a connection between Fort Wilkins and Fort Howard during the Civil War. US 41 replaced the original M-15 designation on the roadway which dated back to the formation of the state trunkline highway system. Realignments and construction projects have expanded the highway to four lanes in Delta and Marquette counties. (more...)

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