M-22 (Michigan highway)

M-22
M-22
	M-22 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MDOT
Length	116.651 mi (187.732 km)
Existed	c. July 1, 1919–present
Tourist; routes	Lake Michigan Circle Tour; Leelanau Scenic Heritage Route; M-22 Pure Michigan Byway;
Major junctions
South end	US 31 near Manistee
	M-115 at Frankfort; M-72 at Empire; M-204 near Lake Leelanau; M-201 at Northport; M-204 at Suttons Bay; M-72 in Greilickville;
North end	US 31 / M-37 / M-72 in Traverse City
Location
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Counties	Manistee, Benzie, Leelanau, Grand Traverse
Highway system
	Michigan State Trunkline Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Byways;

M-22 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan. It is 116.7 miles (187.8 km) long and follows the Lake Michigan shoreline of the Leelanau Peninsula, making up a portion of the Lake Michigan Circle Tour. It also passes through the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The highway is U-shaped as it rounds the peninsula running through tourist areas in Leland and Suttons Bay in addition to the national lakeshore.

M-22 is an original trunkline designation dating back to the 1919 designation of the system. Reroutings have moved the highway closer to the water between Suttons Bay and Traverse City. A section of the highway was used temporarily for another highway, M-109. Two sections of the highway have been designated as separate Pure Michigan Byways. The highway marker is used in marketing by a local business as a symbol of the region, a trademark for which has been the subject of legal controversies. A popular roadway in the area with tourists, the highway's marker has also been the subject of sign theft.

^ Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
^ Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Lower Peninsula sheet. OCLC 15607244. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

[PRF-1] Michigan Department of Transportation (2021). Next Generation PR Finder (Map). Michigan Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 11, 2021.

[MSHD19-2] Michigan State Highway Department (July 1, 1919). State of Michigan (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan State Highway Department. Lower Peninsula sheet. OCLC 15607244. Retrieved October 17, 2019 – via Michigan History Center.

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