M-11 is a state highway in
the U.S. state of Michigan
in the
Grand
Rapids
metropolitan area. M-11 includes portions of
the former route of
US 16 in
Michigan.
Route description
The western terminus is at exit 24 of
I-96, one mile (1.6 km) east of
Marne.
In Ottawa County
, the road is called Ironwood Drive. beginning at
the Kent
County
border, the street is called Remembrance Road (in
honor of those who died in battle). From its western
terminus, the road angles southeast-northwest for about a mile and
a half. It then turns onto Wilson Ave to run north-south.
It
intersects with M-45/Lake
Michigan Drive in Walker's
Standale
Business District. South of Lake Michigan Drive, the route
continues on Wilson Ave. until it crosses the
Grand River at
I-196.
Past I-196, the route curves to run east-west and becomes 28th
Street.
Wilson continues as a local road and 28th
Street is the route through Grandville
and Wyoming
.
It
intersects with US 131 and continues
through Grand
Rapids and Kentwood
to its eastern terminus as exit 44 of
I-96.
History
M-11
originally ran along Lake Michigan
in the 1920's, and then became US 31 in 1926. Streets are still
designated as Old M-11 in places such as Chikaming
Township
and Honor
.
M-11 was
later designated on Austin Road from Saline
to Napoleon
until 1954.
Major intersections
References
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