These are the Opposite Ends of Every Federal Highway That Begins in Michigan

There are more than 15 federal highways that begin in Michigan and end somewhere else in the country. These are the US and Interstate routes that crisscross the state.

In most cases it's hundreds or thousands of miles from Michigan where the same highway can take you. In two particular cases, it's just a few feet beyond Michigan's borders where a highway ends.

Because of Michigan's peninsular shape, highways that enter the state have to end here - there simply no where else to go as they run out of land. While this may be true on the coasts as well - where, say an east/west highway may run out of land, a north/south route would pass through to somewhere else. Florida, another state that mirrors Michigan in its peninsula-ness has the same distinct highway qualities as Michigan does.

Highways that begin here can take travelers to locations like Florida and Alabama in the deep south, Tennessee in the mid-south, Texas - sort of, and Colorado, Montana and Washington in the west.

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Highways that begin in Michigan either go south or west. Because of water and Canada, continuing north or east isn't possible.

So here are the US and interstate routes that begin somewhere in Michigan and their far-flung endpoints.