M-86 (Michigan highway)

M-86 marker
M-86
Map
M-86 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDOT
Length34.059 mi[1] (54.813 km)
Existed1940[2][3]–present
Major junctions
West end
Bus. US 131 / M-60 in Three Rivers
Major intersections M-66 near Nottawa
East end US 12 near Coldwater
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMichigan
CountiesSt. Joseph, Branch
Highway system
M-85 M-87
M-6M-7 US 8

M-86 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan in the southern portion of the Lower Peninsula. The highway starts at Business US Highway 131 (Bus. US 131) and M-60 in Three Rivers and ends at US Highway 12 (US 12) near Coldwater. In between, it crosses farm country and runs along a section of the Prairie River. Following a highway originally numbered M-7, the roadway was renumbered M-86 in 1940. It has been a part of the state highway system at least since 1927. Two other roadways carried the M-86 designation in the 1920s. Two bridges along the road are eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

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