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South-
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St. Joseph County
Village of White Pigeon |
Assembly
featuring US 131 North and US 12 shields on US 131 North at its junction
with US 12 on the western edge of White Pigeon, 3 miles north of the
Indiana State Line. |
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Photographer: David Stilwell |
Date: 5/16/2006 |
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Kalamazoo County
Oshtemo Township |
 Overhead
sign truss for the northbound exit to Business I-94 and Business US-131
in Kalamazoo. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 7/06/2008 |
High Res (100 kb) |
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Kent County
Byron Township |
Bridge-mounted Clearview
0.75 mile advance exit sign for 68th St. and M-6 (Exits 76 and 77) on US
131 North, affixed to the 76th St. overpass. US 131 transitions from
four lanes with a grassy median to six lanes (eight briefly between 76th
St. and 68th St.) with a paved median and
concrete tall-wall at this location. |
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Photographer: Josh Anderchek |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (100 kb) |
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Kent County
Byron Township |
Overhead
Clearview exit only sign for 76th St. (Exit 75) on US 131 South. A
fourth southbound lane that forms with the merging of the C/D lane for
M-6 and 68th St. turns into an exit only lane for 76th St. Note
the ending of the left lane that takes place simultaneously, as US 131
approaches the 76th St. overpass. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (177 kb) |
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Kent County
Byron Township |
Sign truss with
Clearview exit only sign for 68th St. and M-6 (Exits 76 and 77) on US
131 North. A fourth northbound lane is formed by the merge of the
on-ramp from 76th St. This lane becomes exit only for both the 68th St.
and M-6 interchanges. |
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Photographer: Josh Anderchek |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (80 kb) |
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Kent County
Byron Township |
Clearview exit sign for
68th St. and M-6 attached to sign gantry on US 131 North at the point
where a C/D lane begins that carries traffic from US 131 North to the
next two interchanges: 68th St. (Exit 76) and the M-6 freeway (Exit 77). |
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Photographer: Josh Anderchek |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (125 kb) |
Kent County
Byron Township |
Sign
truss with exit signs for M-6 (Exit 77) and 68th St. (Exit 76) on the US
131 North C/D road for these two interchanges at the divergence of the
off-ramp to 68th St. |
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Photographer: Josh Anderchek |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
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Kent County
Byron Township |
View looking south along
US 131 from the 68th St. overpass at Exit 76. The southbound C/D lane
from the M-6 interchange continues up to the spot where the entrance
ramp from 68th St. merges in with the C/D lane. At that point, the
concrete barrier between the mainline and C/D lanes ends, and the C/D
lane blends back in with the three mainline US 131 South lanes to form a
fourth lane for the 76th St. exit. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (112 kb) |
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Kent County
Byron Township |
Scene of US 131 as
viewed from the 68th St. overpass, looking north toward the expansive
cloverleaf interchange with M-6. The ramps from US 131 South to 68th
St. and from 68th St. to US 131 North are direct with the mainline US
131 lanes. These connections take place via braided ramps that cross
over the respective C/D lanes for the M-6 interchange. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (107 kb) |
Kent County
Byron Township |
Bridge-mounted Clearview 1 mile advance exit sign for 54th St. (Exit 78)
on US 131 North, mounted on the overpass that carries the M-6 East C/D
lanes over US 131. |
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Photographer: Dan
Garnell |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
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M-6 is a
southern freeway by-pass of Grand Rapids, connecting I-196 to the west
with I-96 to the east.
Click here for M-6 images. |
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Kent County
City of Wyoming |
Sign
truss spanning both the mainline and C/D lanes for US 131 South at the
M-6 interchange. Over the mainline lanes is a Clearview 0.5 mile
advance exit sign for 68th St. (Exit 76), and over the C/D road are exit
signs for M-6 East and M-6 West. No sooner then the C/D lanes
separate from the mainline lanes, the exit ramp to M-6 West diverges
from the C/D road. |
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Photographer: Josh Anderchek |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res
(87 kb) |
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Kent County
City of Wyoming |
Overhead exit sign for
M-6 (Exit 77) on US 131 South. A C/D lane commences at this location to
facilitate traffic maneuvers between both directions of M-6 and US 131
South. The exit only lane defaults onto M-6 West, while a second lane
accessible from the right-center lane coming into the interchange
provides access to M-6 East. |
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Photographer: Josh Anderchek |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res
(95 kb) |
Kent County
City of Wyoming |
Overhead Clearview exit only sign for 54th St. (Exit 78) on US 131
North. US 131 North temporarily gains a fourth lane following the merge
of the C/D lanes from the M-6 interchange. This fourth lane immediately
becomes exit only for the 54th St. interchange. |
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Photographer: Dan
Garnell |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
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Kent County
City of Wyoming |
Overhead
exit only sign for M-6 (Exit 77) on US 131 South. The convergence of
the on-ramp from 54th St. to US 131 South forms a fourth lane, which
immediately becomes exit only for the M-6 freeway. |
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Photographer: Josh Anderchek |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res
(89 kb) |
Kent County
City of Wyoming |
Overhead Clearview exit sign for 54th St. (Exit 78) on US 131 North at
the southernmost of four interchanges along US 131 within Wyoming. The
interchange between US 131 and 54th St. is a six-ramp parclo A4. |
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Photographer: Dan
Garnell |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
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Kent County
City of Wyoming |
Bridge-mounted Clearview
advance exit signs for 68th St. (Exit 76, 1.25 miles) and M-6 (Exit 77,
0.75 mile) on US 131 South, attached to the 54th St. overpass. While
one ramp accesses two separate exits for mainline US 131 North traffic,
two separate exits facilitate maneuvers between US 131 South and M-6 and
68th St., respectively. |
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Photographer: Josh Anderchek |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (164 kb) |
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Kent County
City of Wyoming |
Sign truss with
Clearview 1 mile advance exit sign for M-11/28th St. (Exit 81) and
Clearview exit sign for 36th St. (Exit 80) on US 131 North. The 36th
St. exit off of US 131 is a diamond interchange. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (150 kb) |
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Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Sign truss with
Clearview 0.5 mile exit sign for BS I-196/Franklin St. (Exit 83 B) and
Clearview exit sign for Hall St. (Exit 83 A) on US 131 North. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (152 kb) |
Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Sign truss with
Clearview 0.75 mile advance exit sign for the upcoming left exit to
Wealthy St. (Exit 84 A) and Clearview exit sign for BS I-196/Franklin
St. (Exit 83 B) on US 131 North at the interchange that marks the
Eastern Terminus of BS I-196. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
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Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Bridge-mounted Clearview
advance exit signs for the upcoming left exit for Wealthy St. (Exit 84
A, 0.5 mile) and the upcoming right exit for BUS US 131 (Exit 84 B, 0.5
mile) on US 131 North, mounted on the BS I-196/Franklin St. overpass. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (171 kb) |
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Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Sign truss with
Clearview exit signs for the Wealthy St. left exit (Exit 84 A) and the
BUS US 131 right exit (Exit 84 B) on US 131 North. The Wealthy St. exit
is a full interchange, but the BUS US 131 exit is only a partial
interchange. Because of the close layout of these two interchanges,
access between US 131 North and Wealthy St. is via a left exit and left
entrance, respectively. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (171 kb) |
Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Bridge-mounted
1 mile Clearview advance exit sign for I-196/G.R. Ford Frwy. (Exits 86
A-B) on US 131 North, affixed to the Wealthy St. overpass. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
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Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Overhead
exit only sign for Pearl St. (Exit 85 B) on US 131 North. The
on-ramp from Market St. forms a fifth northbound lane for US 131 North.
Immediately, that lane turns into an exit only lane for Pearl St. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (171 kb) |
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Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Sign
truss with advance exit sign for I-196/G.R. Ford Frwy. West (Exit 86 B),
exit only sign for I-196/G.R. Ford Frwy. East (Exit 86 A) and exit sign
for Pearl St. (exit 85 B), all in Clearview, on US 131 North.
Beyond the Pearl St. exit, the right lane of the four northbound lanes
becomes exit only for I-196 East. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (189 kb) |
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Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Sign
truss with advance exit sign for I-196/G.R. Ford Frwy. West (Exit 86 B)
featuring black-on-yellow "Left Exit" text in lieu of the normal "Exit
Only" text, US 131 lane distribution sign and second exit only sign for
I-196/G.R. Ford Frwy. East (Exit 86 A), all in Clearview, on US 131
North. The right lane begins to diverge just after this sign
gantry, and the exit sign in the distance appears well after the ramp to
I-196 East has split from mainline US 131. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (167 kb) |
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Kent County
City of Grand Rapids |
Overhead
Clearview exit sign for I-196/G.R. Ford Frwy. East (Exit 86 A), followed
by sign truss with Clearview exit sign for the left-side exit to I-196/G.R.
Ford Frwy. West (Exit 86 B) and Clearview US 131 lane distribution sign
on US 131 North at the I-196 interchange. Immediately prior to the
left exit, the northbound and southbound US 131 lanes criss-cross,
accommodating for easier left-hand exit maneuvers from US 131 North to
I-196 West and from US 131 South to I-196 East, respectively. |
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Photographer: Scott Steeves |
Date: 4/21/2007 |
High Res (168 kb) |
Montcalm County
Reynolds Township |
Clearview exit sign for M-82 (Exit 118) on US 131 South/M-46 West. This
diamond interchange, located just a couple of miles west of Howard City,
serves as the Eastern
Terminus of M-82. |
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Photographer: David Stilwell |
Date: 2/20/2006 |
Montcalm County
Reynolds Township |
Clearview 1 mile advance exit sign for M-82 (Exit 118) on US 131
South/M-46 West. |
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Photographer: David Stilwell |
Date: 2/20/2006 |
Wexford County
Clam Lake Township |
Bridge-mounted
0.5 mile advance exit sign for the Cadillac BUS US 131 (Exit 177) on US
131 North/M-55 East, affixed to the Mackinac Tr. overpass. Prior
to the construction of the Cadillac By-Pass in the early 2000s, the US
131 freeway ended just north of this overpass, with the freeway melding
into the roadway that is now BUS US 131. |
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Photographer:
Dan Garnell |
Date: 8/29/2008 |
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Wexford County
Clam Lake Township |
Exit
sign for the Cadillac BUS US 131 (Exit 177) on US 131 North/M-55 East.
The US 131/M-55 freeway and the Cadillac BUS US 131 meet at a diamond
interchange. |
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Photographer:
Dan Garnell |
Date: 8/29/2008 |
High Res (101 kb) |
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Wexford County
Clam Lake Township |
1
mile advance exit sign for M-55 East (Exit 180) on US 131 North/M-55
East. |
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Photographer:
Dan Garnell |
Date: 8/29/2008 |
High Res (98 kb) |
Wexford County
Cedar Creek Township |
1 mile
advance exit sign for M-42 (Exit 191) on US 131 North approaching
Manton, which is located less than a mile west of the upcoming
interchange.
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Photographer: David Stilwell |
Date: 3/04/2004 |
Wexford County
Cedar Creek Township |
Exit
sign for M-42 (Exit 191) on US 131 North in Manton. The M-42 exit, a
four-ramp parclo AB-2 with all ramps on the north side of the
interchange, is the northernmost exit along the US 131 freeway. Four
miles north of this point, US 131 narrows into a two-lane highway. |
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Photographer: David Stilwell |
Date: 3/04/2004 |
Antrim County
Warner Township |
Shield
assembly with US 131 North, M-32 West and M-32 East shields on US 131
North at its southern junction with M-32. |
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Photographer: David Stilwell |
Date: 1/21/2005 |
Antrim County
Warner Township |
US 131
North and M-32 West shields on US 131 North/M-32 West at the northern
end of the multiplex between the two routes. |
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Photographer: David Stilwell |
Date: 1/21/2005 |
Charlevoix County
Village of Boyne Falls |
US 131
and C-48 shields on US 131 North at the northern end of its short
multiplex with C-48 through Boyne Falls. |
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Photographer: David Stilwell |
Date: 1/21/2005 |
Emmet County
City of Petoskey |
Scene
looking north along US 131 downhill toward its Northern Terminus at US
31, which is located at the traffic signal at the bottom of the hill.
Little Traverse Bay provides a spectacular backdrop for this view of the
final 0.25 mile of US 131. |
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Photographer: Cameron
Bevers |
Date: 8/31/2008 |
Emmet County
City of Petoskey |
First
reassurance marker for US 131 in the southbound direction, located after
the US 31 intersection. Note the placement of the "South" tab
beneath the US 131 shield, as opposed to above the shield. The
practice of putting the directional tab below a shield is common in
neighboring Ontario, and throughout Canada, but here and throughout the
United States it is more common to put the tab above the shield, instead
of below it. |
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Photographer: Cameron
Bevers |
Date: 8/31/2008 |
Emmet County
City of Petoskey |
US
131 ENDS assembly, also featuring a US 31 shield, at US 131's Northern
Terminus. US 31 South goes to the left, while US 31 North is
straight ahead. |
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Photographer: Cameron
Bevers |
Date: 8/31/2008 |
