M-123 (Michigan highway)

M-123 marker
M-123
Map
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length96.071 mi[1] (154.611 km)
Existed1936[2]–present
Tourist
routes
Lake Superior Circle Tour
Tahquamenon Scenic Heritage Route
Major junctions
South end I-75 near St. Ignace
Major intersections
North end M-28 near Newberry
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesMackinac, Chippewa, Luce
Highway system
M-122 M-124

M-123 is a state trunkline highway in the eastern Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan. It is one of only a few highways in Michigan that curve around and form a U-shape. In fact, M-123 has three intersections with only two state trunklines; it meets M-28 twice as a result of its U-shaped routing. M-123 also has a rare signed concurrency with a County-Designated Highway in Michigan; in Trout Lake, there is a concurrency with H-40. All of M-123 north of M-28 is a Scenic Heritage Route within the Michigan Heritage Route system.

The highway was first designated before 1936 along a section of its current routing. Sections added since then encompass segments formerly belonging to US Highway 2 (US 2) and M-48. The last changes came to the highway in 1962 and 1963, when the northern end was extended and the southern end was truncated slightly.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference PRFA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Michigan State Highway Department & Rand McNally (June 1, 1936). Official Michigan Highway Map (Map). [c. 1:850,000]. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. § B10. OCLC 12701143.