M-130 (Michigan highway)
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M-130 was the designation of a former state trunkline route
Michigan Highway System
The Michigan State Trunkline Highway System is made up of all the highways designated as Interstates, U.S. Highways and State Highways in the US state of Michigan. The system is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation and comprises of trunklines in all 83 counties of Michigan on...

 in the extreme southeast corner of the US state of Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. It ran from Monroe
Monroe, Michigan
Monroe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,733 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but both are politically independent. The city is located approximately 14 miles ...

 westerly along current day North Custer Road on the northern side of River Raisin
River Raisin
The River Raisin is a river in southeastern Michigan, United States that flows through glacial sediments into Lake Erie. The area today is an agricultural and industrial center of Michigan. The river flows for almost , draining an area of in the Michigan counties of Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw,...

. The route continued onto present day Ida-Maybee Road, ending shortly thereafter.

Route description

Beginning at a junction with M-50
M-50 (Michigan highway)
M-50 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. Although designated as an east–west highway, it is nearly a diagonal northwest-southeast route...

 just north of Ida, M-130 traveled along Ida-Maybee Road across the Raisin River before turning southeast on Custer Road. While on Custer Road, M-130 ran along the northern banks of the river passing through primarily agricultural areas. The rural surroundings dominated much of the route until it began to encroach on the outskirts of Monroe
Monroe, Michigan
Monroe is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 20,733 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city and county seat of Monroe County. The city is bordered on the south by Monroe Charter Township, but both are politically independent. The city is located approximately 14 miles ...

. The highway terminated at US 24
U.S. Route 24
U.S. Route 24 is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It originally ran from Pontiac, Michigan, in the east to Kansas City, Missouri, in the west. Today, the highway's eastern terminus is west of Clarkston, Michigan, at an intersection with I-75 and its western terminus is near...

 in Monroe.

M-130 also had a spur route which ran from its western terminus along North Custer Road to Muehleisen Road.

History

Prior to 1930, M-130 ended at the intersection of North Custer and Ida-Maybee Roads. In 1930, when US 23 was realigned to run west along M-50, the former section between North Custer and M-50 was added to the M-130 designation. The M-130 extension spur route was implemented in anticipation of a US 23 realignment which never came to fruition. Both the highway and extension were returned to local control in 1955.

Major intersections

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