&sq=&lang=&file=File:M-44.svg) M-44 | ||||
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 M-44 highlighted in red and Conn. M-44 highlighted in green | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MDOT | ||||
| Length | 37.463 mi[1] (60.291 km) | |||
| Existed | c. July 1, 1919[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  M-11 in Kentwood | |||
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| East end |  M-66 near Ionia | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Michigan | |||
| Counties | Kent, Ionia | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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M-44 is a 37.463-mile (60.291 km) state trunkline highway in the western region of the US state of Michigan. It runs northward from the intersection of M-11 (28th Street) and M-37 toward the Rockford area. The highway then turns eastward to Belding, and it ends six miles (10 km) north of Ionia at M-66. M-44 is known in Grand Rapids as the "East Beltline" and intersects with its related highway, Connector M-44, in Plainfield Township. This highway runs concurrently with M-37 between M-11 and Interstate 96 (I-96).
As a state highway, M-44 dates back to around July 1, 1919, and it was routed along a section of its modern route at that time. The eastern end was altered in the late 1920s, and the western end was extended to the Grand Rapids area in the 1970s. For over 20 years, M-44 was truncated to remove the M-37 concurrency. Since 2003 though, the highway has terminated at the intersection with 28th Street.