| Michigan Connector Route 13 |
Southern Terminus
I-75 /
US 23 (Exit 164),
2 miles northwest of Bay City | Length:
2.5 miles | Northern Terminus:
M-13, Kawkawlin
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CONN M-13 is so named
because it serves as a link between M-13 at Kawkawlin and I-75 / US 23 northwest
of Bay City. When this 2.5 mile long freeway opened in 1960, it carried
the US 23 designation. However, with the completion of the future I-75
freeway from Bay City to Standish in 1968, US 23 was re-routed onto that
highway, the CONN M-13 designation came into existence along what then became a
freeway spur from US 23 (future I-75) to M-13, and M-13 was extended from
Kawkawlin up to Standish.
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The southern end of CONN
M-13 is at Exit 164 off of I-75 / US 23, a partial interchange which
permits access from south CONN M-13 to south I-75 / US 23 and from north
I-75 / US 23 to north CONN M-13 only. To go from south I-75 / US
23 to north CONN M-13 or from south CONN M-13 to north I-75 / US 23, one
must use Wilder Road. Presented here is the signage leading
up to the CONN M-13 exit along north I-75 / US 23. On these signs,
however, the route is marked at TO M-13.
(PHOTOS # 1 - 2:
Geoff
Hatchard | January 8, 2003) |
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As soon as north CONN M-13 diverges from north I-75 / US 23, there is a CONNECTOR
M-13 shield in place.
(PHOTO # 3:
Geoff
Hatchard | January 8, 2003) |
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Just beyond the Wilder Road
interchange is the second and final CONNECTOR M-13 marker in the
northbound direction. M-13 is 1.5 miles away from this point.
(PHOTO # 1:
Geoff
Hatchard | January 8, 2003) |
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0.5 mile north of the
Wheeler Road overpass, CONN M-13 comes to an end at an intersection with
M-13 in Kawkawlin. From 1960 - 1968, when CONN M-13 was known as
US 23, US 23 continued straight ahead through the intersection, while
M-13 came to an end here.
(PHOTO # 2:
Geoff
Hatchard | January 8, 2003) |
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In the southbound direction,
CONN M-13 is signed as TO I-75 / US 23 instead of as CONNECTOR M-13.
This is to better guide motorists to the route's ultimate desitnation.
(PHOTO # 3:
Geoff
Hatchard | January 8, 2003) |
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