State highway in Oakland County, Michigan, United States
M-150 is a country trunkline highway in the US state of matter of Michigan that runs through Rochester Hills and Rochester. It is more normally known as Rochester Road and runs from a southerly end point at the M-59 expressway north through downtown Rochester to a northerly terminal at Tienken Road. M-150 has been a state of matter trunkline since around 1930, and within a few years of its commission, it was extended south through Royal Oak and north into rural Oakland County. After changes in the 1960s, the highway terminated in Troy at Interstate 75 ( I-75 ) on the southern conclusion and Tienken Road on the north. Since 1987, it has ended at M-59 .

Route description [edit ]

M-150 follows a unmarried road, known locally as Rochester Road. The trunkline begins at an counterchange where Rochester Road crosses the M-59 expressway at exit 46 in Rochester Hills. From there it travels north past the Hampton Golf Club and the Winchester Mall between the intersections with Auburn and Hamlin roads. Past this commercial development, the trunkline runs through residential subdivisions and near Rochester College. North of the Avon Road intersection, the highway enters Rochester and crosses the Clinton River. Rochester Road forms one of the main streets of the business district area in Rochester as it passes through the city. North of Romeo Street, the road exits downtown and passes through another residential neighborhood. The highway crosses second into Rochester Hills before it terminates at the intersection with Tienken Road near another commercial development ; Rochester Road continues northbound as a locally maintained roadway. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Like other submit highways in Michigan, M-150 is maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation ( MDOT ). In 2011, the department ‘s traffic surveys showed that on average, 41,675 vehicles used the highway casual between M-59 and Auburn Road and 27,320 vehicles did so each day in Rochester, the highest and lowest counts along the highway, respectively. [ 6 ] The section of M-150 between M-59 and Auburn Road is listed on the National Highway System, [ 7 ] a network of roads important to the nation ‘s economy, defense, and mobility. [ 8 ]

history [edit ]

M-150 has always existed along Rochester Road in Oakland County since it was commissioned around the end of 1930 or in early 1931 At that fourth dimension, the road ran from a articulation with M-59 in, what is nowadays, Rochester Hills, north to the northern limit of Rochester. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Since then, the road has been extended and shortened a number of times. By the in-between of 1936, a 14-mile ( 23 kilometer ) extension to the south extended the highway along Rochester Road and Stephenson Highway through Royal Oak to end at M-102 ( 8 Mile Road ), and northbound to Romeo Road in northern Oakland County. [ 9 ] In 1963, the section south of 11 Mile Road near Royal Oak was removed from M-150 ; sections were rebuilt as part of I-75 and the lie was turned over to local control. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The northerly extension from the 1930s was removed in 1965 when the trunkline was shortened to end on the north slope of Rochester at Tienken Road. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] The southern segment was late truncated back to the current southern terminus at M-59 in 1987. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] This southern segment between I-75 and M-59 is listed on the National Highway System however. [ 7 ]

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major intersections [edit ]

The entire highway is in Oakland County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Rochester Hills0.000.00 M-59
Rochester RoadExit 46 on M-59; roadway continues south as Rochester Road
Rochester4.7677.672Tienken Road
Rochester RoadRoadway continues north as Rochester Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

Route map :

KML is from Wikidata

  • M-150 at Michigan Highways