M-59 (Michigan highway)

M-59
M-59 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length	60.514 mi[1] (97.388 km)
Existed	c. July 1, 1919[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	I-96 in Howell
Major intersections	US 23 near Howell US 24 in Pontiac BL I-75 / Bus. US 24 in Pontiac I-75 in Auburn Hills M-150 in Rochester Hills M-53 in Utica M-97 near Mount Clemens M-3 near Mount Clemens
East end	I-94 near Mount Clemens
Location
Country	United States
State	Michigan
Counties	Livingston, Oakland, Macomb
Highway system
Michigan State Trunkline Highway System Interstate US State Byways
← M-58 → M-60

M-59 is an east–west state trunkline highway that crosses the northern part of Metropolitan Detroit in the US state of Michigan. It runs between Howell at Interstate 96 (I-96) and I-94 on the Chesterfield–Harrison township line near the Selfridge Air National Guard Base. While primarily a multi-lane surface highway, it is a full freeway from just east of downtown Pontiac near Opdyke Road to just east of the Mound Road/Merrill Road exit in Utica. The various surface highway segments are named either Highland Road, Huron Street or Hall Road, with the latter known as an area for shopping and dining. The rural sections west of Pontiac pass through Oakland County lake country, passing through two state recreational areas.

M-59 was first designated with the rest of the original state trunkline highway system by July 1, 1919 between Pontiac and Mt. Clemens. Extensions on both ends brought the termini as far as Howell and New Baltimore before the current termini were established in the 1960s. M-59 was expanded into a freeway in the late 1960s and early 1970s, with additional expansions in the 1980s and 1990s to create the divided highway sections.