M-247 (Michigan highway)
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Map of Bay City area with M-247 highlighted in red
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| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length: | 3.036 mi[2] (4.886 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1961[1] – present | |||
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| South end: |  M-13 near Bay City |
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| North end: | Bay City Recreation Area | |||
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| Counties: | Bay | |||
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→M-247 is a north–south state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan, connecting M-13 to the Bay City Recreation Area, entirely within Bangor Township. As a state trunkline, M-247 runs north from M-13 before turning to access the park, a distance of 3.036 miles (4.886 km). The highway carries just over 6,000 vehicles a day on average. The roadway has been part of the state trunkline highway system since the 1920s, and from 1961 until 1998, it was the highest non-Interstate highway in the state. Before it was given the M-247 designation, the roadway has been a part of M-111 and M-47.
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Route description
Starting at its southern terminus at M-13, M-247 follows Euclid Avenue north about 2.7 miles (4.3 km), crossing the Kawkawlin River. When it meets Beaver Road, M-247 turns east leading directly into the state park and ends at its entrance.[3] The entire roadway passes through suburban Bay City near the Saginaw Bay.[4] None of the highway is listed on the National Highway System, a system of regionally important highways.[5]
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) measures the traffic volumes on its highways using a calculation called average annual daily traffic (AADT). This value is an expression of the number of vehicles that use a section of roadway on any average day of the year. When the department surveyed M-247 in 2009, the southernmost section near M-13 carried 6,135 vehicles; the remainder carried 6,224 vehicles. As a subset of these figures, 190 commercial vehicles used the trunkline on average. This was an overall increase from 2008 when the sections carried 5,031 and 5,573 vehicles respectively, but a decrease from the 214 commercial vehicles.[6]
History
By 1929, the first highway designation along the current M-247 was assigned. That first number was M-111,[7] which lasted until 1937 when all of M-111 became part of M-47.[8] In early 1961, the roadway changed numbers once more. This time M-47 was realigned to a former section of US Highway 10 (US 10), and the connection to the state park was assigned the M-247 designation.[1] This was the highest highway number in the state, excluding Interstates, until the 1998 designation of M-553 in the Upper Peninsula.[9]
Major intersections
The entire highway is in Bangor Township, Bay County.
| mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| 0.000 | 0.000 |  M-13 / LHCT |
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| 3.036 | 4.886 | Bay City Recreation Area entrance | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
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See also
References
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