M-30 | ||||
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M-30 highlighted in red
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by MDOT | ||||
Length: | 51.353 mi (82.645 km) | |||
Existed: | c. July 1, 1919 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end: | M-20 near Midland | |||
M-61 at Wooden Shoe Village | ||||
North end: | BL I-75 / M-55 at West Branch | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Midland, Gladwin, Ogemaw | |||
Highway system | ||||
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M-30 is a state trunkline highway in the U.S. state of Michigan that runs in a north–south direction from the Midland area to West Branch. The highway runs through rural parts of three counties in the Lower Peninsula. The southern end runs along the Michigan Meridian and parallel to the Tittabawassee River. Prior to 1962, M-30's southern terminus ended at a junction with M-46 in Merrill. Since then, the segment south of US Highway 10 (US 10) was returned to local control and decommissioned. In May 2009, M-30 was extended southerly from US 10 to M-20, restoring some of the highway decommissioned in the 1960s to M-30.
M-30 is a rural, two-lane highway. M-30 follows Meridian Road starting at an intersection with M-20 (Isabella Road) outside of Midland. From this intersection, the highway runs north along the Michigan Meridian through forest lands to a crossing of the Tittabawassee River near Sanford. M-30 passes through the community and crosses the US 10 freeway near the location where the latter crosses a narrow section of Sanford Lake. The road continues north running parallel to the lake along the meridian to a point near Edenville. There, the highway turns westerly along Curtis Road and then back northerly on Midland Road to a crossing of the Tittabawassee and Wixom Lake.