M-179 (Michigan highway)

M-179
M-179 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	16.963 mi[1] (27.299 km)
Existed	1998–present
Tourist routes	Chief Nooday Trail Recreational Heritage Route
Major junctions
West end	US 131 near Bradley
Major intersections	A-45 in Bradley
East end	M-43 near Hastings
Location
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Counties	Allegan, Barry
Highway system
Michigan State Trunkline Highway System Interstate US State Byways
← M-178 → M-183

M-179 is a 16.963-mile-long (27.299 km) state trunkline highway in the western portion of the US state of Michigan. It runs from US Highway 131 (US 131) at exit 61 outside of Bradley to M-43 just west of Hastings in the Lower Peninsula. The highway crosses through forest land and provides access to state recreational areas. M-179 has been given the Chief Noonday Recreational Heritage Route designation by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). Prior to October 1998, this highway was the eastern portion of county road A-42. The number was formally assigned by the next year. This is not the first time the number was used in Michigan, an unrelated M-179 previously existed in the 1930s through the 1950s farther north.