U.S. Route 131

United States Highway 131 is a north-south United States highway. All but one mile (1.6 km) of its length is within Michigan.

Termini

As of 2004, the highway's northern terminus is in Petoskey, Michigan, at an intersection with U.S. Highway 31. Its southern terminus is about five miles (8 km) north of Middlebury, Indiana at an intersection with the Indiana Toll Road, just south of the Michigan-Indiana border, where it continues as Indiana State Highway 13.

Until the mid-1960s it extended south to Middlebury and was co-signed with U.S. Highway 20 to complete a loop to U.S. Highway 31 in South Bend, Indiana.

Business routes

• BUS US-131 Big Rapids
• BUS US-131 Cadillac
• BUS US-131 Grand Rapids, routed on the following streets: Leonard, Division, and Oakes. The northern terminus is at US 131, Exit 87 Leonard Ave. The southern terminus is at US 131, Exit 83B just north of Wealthy St.
• BUS US-131 Kalamazoo
• BUS US-131 Manton

States traversed

The highway passes through the following states:

Michigan

US 131 runs for a distance of approximately 275 miles (443 km) in Michigan, beginning at the junction with the Indiana Toll Road near the Michigan-Indiana state border and running north to Petoskey. It is an important highway in Western Michigan, serving the cities of Three Rivers, Portage, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Cadillac, Kalkaska, and Petoskey. The highway is an important link between Grand Rapids and the tourist areas of northwest Michigan.

US 131 is a freeway from Portage to Manton, Michigan; it is a four-lane highway, though not limited-access, from just south of Portage to Three Rivers. As of 2003, an extension of the freeway north to Kalkaska and a possible link to Interstate 75 as well as a southward extension of the freeway to the Indiana state line are in the planning stages.

Indiana

US 131 extends less than a mile (1.6 km) into Indiana before becoming Indiana State Highway 13 at the Indiana Toll Road.

Lane configurations

• From Indiana Toll Road to Three Rivers, MI (1 lane in each direction with 4 lane right of way).
• From Three Rivers to freeway terminus (2 lanes in each direction)
• From beginning of freeway to metropolitan Grand Rapids, MI (2 lanes in each direction)
• Grand Rapids metroplex (3 lanes in each direction)
• From metropolitan Grand Rapids to end of freeway portion (2 lanes in each direction)
• From end of freeway to Petoskey, MI, (1 lane in each direction with 4 lane right of way)
• From Petosky city limits to terminus (5-lane arterial; 2 in each direction with center turn lane)

Related US routes

• U.S. Highway 31
• U.S. Highway 231
• U.S. Highway 331
• U.S. Highway 431

See also

• List of United States Highways

Sources

• Endpoints of US highways (used with permission)

External links

• US-131 Endpoint Photos